Letters to the Editor Greetings from your new county assessor The task of the assessor could not get done without these hard-working folks. Thanks go out to: Mark Reddy, Renae… February 18, 2019
Editorials Dry erase: What else will the city remove so it can roust the homeless? Council is foolishly angling to remove our downtown signs February 17, 2019
Letters to the Editor The Electoral College is now perverted There is no reason we shouldn’t elect presidents by a nationwide popular vote. The candidate with the most votes in… February 17, 2019
Guest Columns Iran has languished in darkness for 40 long years History hasn’t been kind to their sympathy. “The depiction of him as fanatical, reactionary and the bearer of crude prejudices… February 17, 2019
Letters to the Editor CORE act is good for business – and life Like Osprey, which established its base in Southwest Colorado for the area’s quality of life and access to spectacular lands,… February 16, 2019
Guest Columns Abolish billionaires Eliminating excessive wealth may be an ideawhose time has come for America February 16, 2019
From the State House Our bill will keep Colorado waters clean It wasn’t always easy. Or pleasant. But I’d made a promise to my parents, and I begrudgingly kept it. And… February 16, 2019
Editorials We’ll take Amazon: And we’ll even throw in some tax breaks all that hassle in New York, Jeff – Durango is calling your name February 15, 2019
Letters to the Editor News from the left and right essential For example, Democrats supported a wall but don’t support Trump’s wall. They now support more effective and less expensive modern… February 15, 2019
Guest Columns What is happening to the quality of life here? There will be a public “Neighborhood Meeting” at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Durango Public Library to hear… February 15, 2019
Letters to the Editor City leaves us in dark on tax hike bid A wide spectrum of citizens expressed many consistent themes, suggestions, and concerns. Except for comments about the details of the… February 14, 2019
Letters to the Editor Don’t be so quick to blame the train By my estimate, there have probably been over 3,000 train trips to Silverton and Cascade, many of them being fund… February 14, 2019
Letters to the Editor News on effects of Trump tax cut is fake The average net pay check actually increased every pay period because less federal tax was withheld. This kind of incomplete… February 14, 2019
Fareed Zakaria American left must find its voice on Venezuela It must pursue a foreign policy that helps usher out the odious regime of Nicolas Maduro without triggering a backlash… February 14, 2019
Editorials Get that lion: The 26th president’s cougar fixation Roosevelt hunted in Colorado and the world was never the same February 14, 2019
Guest Columns Don’t believe anti-wolf hype – let science guide us Dig deeper, though, and you’ll discover that those who oppose wolves do trust in science, but they know that the… February 12, 2019
Letters to the Editor You got us through shutdown at forest On behalf of the Forest Service employees, I want to thank you, our communities, for your outpouring expressions of care… February 12, 2019
Letters to the Editor Pleased to see Bayfield news in Herald I was excited to read news and events from outside Durango’s city limits. When my family moved to the area… February 12, 2019
Editorials Mountain home: How our original human inhabitants got meat and life first people to live in the Rockies hunted super-bison with darts February 12, 2019
Nicholas Kristof Forget beaver jokes, Canada is leader world needs Saudi Arabia announced that it was expelling Canada’s ambassador, halting flights to Canada, ending purchases of Canadian wheat, recalling students… February 11, 2019
Letters to the Editor Sen. Gardner should sponsor energy act Recent surveys by Yale University show growing majorities of Coloradans think that global warming is happening and believe that Congress… February 11, 2019
Letters to the Editor Lapdog media comes to leftist masters Wouldn’t it also be a breath of fresh air if the alleged media actually presented the truth, the whole truth… February 11, 2019
Editorials Read her lips: No free stuff when Democrats are primed for single-payer, Pelosi lets them down February 11, 2019