Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

Involvement is exactly the approach

In his letter, “Get involved, not just outspoken,” (Herald, Aug. 10), Steve Salka, Commissioner Matt Salka’s father, urged critics of La Plata County’s planning and building policies to get ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Who is really the immigrant?

There is a song in Spanish that goes, “Somos Mas Americanos.” It translates to “We are more American.” What it basically states is as follows. “We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed...

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bennet should stay in the senate

Two weeks ago, we had a politically motivated arson attack on voting machines in Colorado. Will our next election be open and fair? We count on our Congressional delegation, Republican and D...

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Confused how this is fixing things

I know that our immigration system was not working, but I’m confused by how the recent changes have fixed any of the problems. To my understanding, one issue was immigrants “cutting in line”...

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Call for a new reader survey

Now that The Durango Herald survey has determined that, by a two to one margin, respondents don’t want speed enforcement cameras in the city, it seems only logical that there should be a new...

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Student safety should come first in restroom policy

Durango School District's recent “LGBTQIA2S+ inclusion” resolution raises serious concerns about student safety and privacy. While the district states it will maintain at least one single-st...

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Mural depicts Durango’s mining roots

I am writing regarding the letter to the editor, “Make it go away – please,” (Herald, Aug. 10). I would like to suggest to the letter writer that maybe the mural at the new McDonald’s depic...

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Poem to the editor: And a voice said, “Cry!”

Whereas one doesn’t really want to be upsetting the little teacup of a notoriously choleric president on his latest transatlantic jaunt by reminding him for instance of such minutiae as his ...

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Death by a thousand cuts

Death by a thousand cuts: The Environmental Protection(?) Agency cutting emission regulations on coal fired power plants and automobiles; denying climate change initiatives by eliminating re...

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Please report on Three Springs activity

I am a tenant in a senior residence in Three Springs. All though I am old and disabled, I still want to feel connected to the community in which I live. I do not think I am alone. I want to...

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The GOP is no longer about small government, responsible spending

Republicans have been conned yet again, by Trump and all Republican representatives and senators. The big budget bill that Republicans passed last month contained $91 billion ($91,000,000,00...

DATE: Aug 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The best decision I ever made to this day

The Herald recently published an article regarding Capt. Bob Stratton (Herald, Aug. 1). I am originally from Durango and was hired by Chief John Garnand. I wasn’t really sure that I wanted t...

DATE: Aug 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor