Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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

Reelect ‘experienced and effective’ LPEA board member Tim Wheeler

While we are all acutely aware of the national election this November, there is also an important and more immediate local election worthy of our attention. I strongly encourage you to reele...

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘I support and endorse’ John Purser for LPEA District 4

I support and endorse John Purser for the LPEA Board of Directors’ fourth district in northeast La Plata County. John is an outdoor enthusiast who has lived in and enjoyed the Durango area ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Can hide behind my whiteness’

When growing up in the East, my family moved to a town where we were the only Jewish family. My mother had us wear the Star of David. When we left the house for school, someone would rip it ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Proposed change to downtown is madness’

I can only agree that the proposed change to downtown Durango is madness. The whole bump-out concept was a necessary evil, to keep restaurants open through the pandemic. To keep throwing out...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Thanks for work to pass child tax credit’

As reported in The Durango Herald, thanks to Sen. Michael Bennet for his continued work to pass the expanded child tax credit that would have lifted 400,000 children out of poverty and helpe...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Reallocate lodgers tax for ‘childcare crisis’

As the childcare project manager at La Plata Food Equity Coalition, I must address the critical childcare crisis impacting our community. The recent Workforce Childcare Survey Report highlig...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Give DHS coach Woolverton ‘keys to team’

Durango Athletic Director Ryan Knorr announced that Ryan Woolverton would be the interim head coach of the Durango High School football team. After the 2024 season, a national search for a n...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Slogan of ‘Save Democracy’ a joke’

It’s understandable that the Democratic Party’s newest presidential nominee will be Kamala Harris, considering she’s the vice president. And although the DNC wasn’t eager to support her in t...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Wilder, weirder and more exaggerated’

During the National Association of Black Journalists’ interview of The Former Guy, the criminal candidate’s complaining accusations against immigrants became wilder, weirder and more exagger...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Kennedy ‘spoke up’ about vaccine issues

Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. is right – vaccines haven’t been sufficiently safety tested. In a recent New England Journal of Medicine article, a renowned vaccinologist and his c...

DATE: Aug 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Photos: Wreaths Across America at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango

Photos: Durango High School girls basketball plays Piedra Vista High SchoolPanthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Panthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Photos: Noel Night in downtown Durango