Imagine, if you will, a sister park to Santa Rita, “Sacred Springs.” Parks and Recreation forfeited their commitment to the aforementioned community park in 2007. However, city planners choose, instead,…
Protecting these corridors not only gives wildlife a chance to continue thriving in our state, it also ensures continued economic growth around our outdoor heritage and allows our outdoor way…
You are now comfortably acknowledging the cause is human emissions of carbon in the atmosphere. Of course, there are natural occurrences of carbon emitting into the atmosphere, as many in…
I’m a longtime Durango Herald subscriber and supporter. I understand the need to reduce the publications weekly from seven to four days, and I even understand the reduced size of…
Since 2011, the council always planned for public safety with no grade-level crossings at 32nd Street, which is the second busiest street in Durango – until now. The long-planned bridge…
The scientific reality of a tipping point requires our immediate, determined action to cut carbon emissions. Unfortunately (and despite valiant efforts by some), Durango’s City Council has spent a long…
Often, these complaints insinuate the train is a new and unwelcome presence in Durango. The line to Silverton has run continuously since 1881. No one living in Durango can be…
In every letter, no matter their perspective, they blame the other side for our country’s problems. Here is a reality check for you, folks. We are all to blame: left…
CBI couldn’t answer the question: how many gun laws are already on the books? They suggested contacting the ATF. Spoke to a helpful lady who pointed me to their website,…
State and federal regulatory bodies have not established reasonable and consistent THC levels. In Colorado it’s 0.3% for Delta-9 THC (the part of plant that gets you high). There’s no…
Yet again, the lengthy editorial on the opinion page is devoted to an irrelevant topic (“Elvis lives,” Aug. 19) that does nothing to advance conversation or ideas around topics of…
“Lee believed countries that erased visible signs of civil war recovered from conflicts quicker,” Horn wrote. As President of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, Lee refused to allow…
Our nation needs a leader who will bring people together. That is one of the reasons why I’ve decided to support Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii for president. She grew…
Will states: “It is quite another thing to have a president who does not merely pollute the social atmosphere with invectives directed at various disfavored minorities; he uses his inflated…
We used to have a righteous hospital in Durango, runs by an order of caring nuns, the Sisters of Mercy. It was a quality medical outfit; I ought to know,…
The train pumps out carcinogenic smoke into our town every day. It creates sound pollution with its offensively loud whistle. Both are done with impunity. The train caused the fire…
To make bigger waves, Trump made arrangements for 700 migrants to be deported from Mississippi, leaving children without parents. Please do a front page or an editorial about this. When…
My grandchildren and I am very sure many others must go out of town or even out of state to swim outdoors. Trails and parks are great, but the city…
My Grandfather was gassed in France, he loved this country unquestionably. He was a proud Democrat. My father saw his best fiend killed in the Pacific on Guadalcanal. I’m named…
We in southwest La Plata County who support the Sunnyside and Fort Lewis Mesa communities are being asked to pay a little bit to keep those library sites operational. There…
I assure you, Mr. Sigman, nearly all Democrats are critical of the president, his appointees and Republican members of Congress, but they don’t despise America. To engage in free and…
Soldiers of the Southern states fought heroically for their belief in states’ rights. They weren’t going to trade the tyranny of Great Britain for the tyranny of a government dominated…
Yes, we understand that Democrats were upset when Al Gore and then Hillary Clinton lost their elections. But that is no reason to violate the Constitution that has served our…
But as happens so often when there is inadequate oversight of the top tier of an organization, the people at the apex tend to develop the attitude that rules only…
Only problem is that Elijah Cummings, who went ballistic, is on record as saying the same things. The mayor of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, is shown on the local TV…
In my 13-plus years in Durango, I’ve experienced nothing but professionalism and integrity working with Christina Rinderle. She served two successful terms as mayor of Durango and has been involved…
There are for sure other means to acquire the funds necessary (i.e. rates based on usage or tiered charges based on consumption – see the city of Los Angles) rather…
In the article, the estimated cost for fighting the 416 Fire was stated as $40 million, yet the Forest Service has only asked for $25 million. We know there were…
Colorado State University conducts this torture right now. Is it really for West Nile Virus when there has been no evidence it’s helped prevent or treat WNV in humans or…
Let’s not forget the embarrassing “hanging chad” from the 2000 presidential election, where old-school unreliable voting machines were in use when state-of-the-art methods with a paper trail could have brought…
