Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

It’s time to ‘Heal the Divide’

I am writing in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign for the presidency of the United States. I am 68 years old, and have never volunteered to support any other presidential candidate...

DATE: Aug 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘We are loving Chicago Basin to death’

After many summers of going into Chicago Basin as a trail ambassador, I’ve come to the conclusion that something must be done to lessen the impact of all the backpack users. The train lets o...

DATE: Aug 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Land acknowledgment ‘only serves to increase the tension’

So, the city of Durango has succumbed to the pandering and virtue signaling that does nothing constructive to help any of the tribes mentioned in the demeaning and self-serving Indigenous la...

DATE: Aug 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s have a campaign based on issues, not identity

In the current rancorous political climate, it was so refreshing to read (“Candidates denounce ‘fearmongering’ GOP fundraising email,” Aug. 16) about a Republican candidate renouncing a gend...

DATE: Aug 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Douthat’s ‘arrogance is on full display’

Please no longer print the New York Times columnists. The latest from Ross Douthat (“There is still scandal around Biden,” Aug. 11) is such a snide and conceited piece as to be embarrassing....

DATE: Aug 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Next Step: ‘We can’t take hits like that and survive’

A business owner of two stores in downtown Durango for 50 and 40 years respectively, I am very much opposed to what the man the city has hired to do to our unique, historic downtown and is p...

DATE: Aug 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Democracy is worth saving

I’m pleased to see that the La Plata County Republican Party acknowledges that the divisions in the party are disruptive to the party. I came to that conclusion in early 2020 and unaffiliate...

DATE: Aug 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Puzzle pieces make us whole

The huge excitement and joy generated by Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination as candidate for president aligns the Democratic Party with younger generations. Gen Z and millennials are f...

DATE: Aug 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Kamala Harris not ‘border czar’

There’s lots to say about Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the November presidential election, but describing her as the “border czar” isn’t one of them. The U.S. has no border czar...

DATE: Aug 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Next Step: ‘Please leave downtown alone’

I am appalled that the city came in and took our parking away on the 600 block! Aren’t they losing parking meter revenue ... I know they are losing sales tax as we felt the immediate impact ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Crosswalk near Mountain Middle School ‘a serious hazard’

I am writing to express my deep concern about a serious hazard in our town of Durango. The pedestrian crosswalk on the 2900 block of north Main Avenue within two blocks of Mountain Middle S...

DATE: Aug 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Vivian Smotherman ‘understands and advocates’ for our needs

As a young and concerned voter in this district, I’m writing to express my strong support for Vivian Smotherman running for Senate District 6 in the upcoming election. We deserve to have a r...

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday