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Big thanks to all our summer work crews

I’ve been meaning to write this for several weeks, and the photo of the crew painting stripes on the street got me off high center (Herald, Sept. 18). I want to express my gratitude to the w...

If not La Plata County, who?

Who snowplows the roads to get you to the doctor’s office? Who protects you when you are threatened? Who helps your neighbor who has gotten laid off? Who helps low-income parent...

A warning amid rising tensions

I fear the assassination of Charlie Kirk lit the fuse toward civil war. So remember the old Boy Scouts of America motto: “Be Prepared.” Randall Eicher Cortez ...

Not every online comment is a news story

The Durango Herald using online commenters to call into question the response of Durango Police Department officers during an emergency situation is a disservice to our responders (Heral...

Meddling in another country's democracy

The former president of Brazil, Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years, three months in prison when the country's Supreme Court convicted him on charges of plotting a coup to stop the democrati...

Paths to citizenship, then and now

Thanks for your front page essay by Christian Burney, “World Upended: Family’s lives turned upside down after ICE arrest near Bayfield,” (Herald, Sept. 10). I was appalled by the ugly respon...

Cutting and running is not leadership

It would be amusing if it wasn’t rather sad to witness Sen. Michael Bennet’s traveling campaign show in Colorado last month. In tow, are two sitting U.S. representatives, Joe Neguse and Jaso...

G.U.N.s don’t kill people … do they?

Charlie Kirk was murdered and many people including our president have vigorously blamed the ideas and beliefs (the ideology) of liberals. This, they say, radicalized the shooter. Hence, the...

A call to protect lives, press freedom

I salute The Durango Herald on its recent editorial, “Our view: silencing Gaza’s journalists silences the world,” (Herald, Aug. 31). The Herald is right to speak up for the importance of pro...

When will student achievement become the priority?

The release of the 2025 CMAS scores should make every parent in our community stop and think. While officials are quick to celebrate modest gains since the pandemic, they seem to ignore an i...

Free speech doesn’t shield us from consequences

It is appropriate to have career consequences for those celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Those with a moral compass speak loudly and persistently to demand the resignation or f...

Honoring the best of what we can be

Our hearts are heavy in the wake of recent tragedies. What has been most painful is not only the loss itself, but also the rhetoric that has followed. Too often, compassion has been replaced...