Net neutrality may not be around for much longer, though, if the telecom industry and its lapdogs in Congress get their way. The rules that protect us from abusive practices…
As LPEA’s representative on the TriState Board, he voted to not recommend LPEA’s request for an additional 5 percent of locally generated power. This occurred in spite of the fact…
This letter started as a note of sincere gratitude to the 911 operator who helped my sister though initial CPR, the EMTs of the Upper Pine Fire District and the…
We need an informed citizenry to be able to help our leaders devise a better health care system. An open and extensive discussion in Congress, with input from providers, industries…
I have seen little or none of this happening at all for years. By all means, city council, keep spending all of your time on the people visiting Durango without…
In a town, more readers know the writer, so it is much more effective. The writer has an opportunity to voice his or her feelings about a subject. Equally important,…
Our LPEA board unanimously approved an initiative to raise the contractual 5 percent limit on locally-produced renewable energy imposed by our coal-energy provider, Tri-State. Yet LPEA’s Tri-State representative, Kohler McInnis,…
The Herald is demanding all of us common folk to demand responsible and civil behavior from our elected officials, and we need to model that behavior in our own political…
As a lifelong cyclist, I was skeptical about the new bike lanes, grumbling about painted lines as window dressing just to get a bike friendly designation. Man, was I wrong.…
I have not seen any rewriting of history, but rather the maturing views and values of our country. We state the Civil War generals’ actions as we did 100 years…
Recent federal law has opened the county to Denver coverage, but providers are hesitant in the current situation. An alternative that Albuquerque stations should investigate is to increase their coverage…
Our schools can put more emphasis on the lifetime sports most often introduced during school years. However, the Durango School District 9-R’s emphasis and majority of funding is not on…
Did you know that Cortez is named after a genocidal, privileged man who slaughtered thousands of indigenous people and stole all their wealth? Did you know the conquistadors enslaved and/or…
Why are we allowed to say things about Jews that we are not allowed to say about any other race or religion? Why do we hold Jews to standards that…
We live 20 miles outside of town and the logistics of getting her home and back to town to recover the car were difficult. It turns out the reason for…
As an organization that works toward the prevention of homelessness by providing a continuum of housing, integrated health care and services to improve the well-being and stability of our clients,…
If money is a problem — like if other countries stop lending to us — we can eliminate some of our nuclear weapons to the extent we don’t compromise national…
The building fund was established to augment the bond issue. Funds were donated to support the new library through the Friends of the Durango Public Library, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization,…
Eight out of 10 youths in La Plata County reported in the 2015 survey they had not used alcohol or marijuana in the last 30 days. This is good news,…
Gwen Lachelt may perhaps be excused for the considerable insensitivity and tone-deafness of this move. But Julie Westendorff and Brad Blake ought to know better, seeing as how they nominally…
“Dear Honorable President Donald J. Trump, First Lady, Senators, Congressmen and staff: One of the many slogans on banners across the nation the day after the horrible white supremacist rally…
Instead of factual news, it sank to name calling and sarcasm. The low point was “someone evicted the rat-king, when you can see full well that ‘someone’ is just a…
That alone would be enough, but for the month of September, the Durango Public Library is partnering with 59 local businesses, each of which is offering a discount on goods…
It is astounding that H.R. McMaster, with all his scathing insight into the Vietnam debacle in his book Dereliction of Duty, cannot muster the courage to call out Trump and…
I’m writing to you today out of deep concern for the president, your dad/husband. I may not be his biggest supporter but I am worried that his questionable stability and…
We commend the local school district and parent Tirzah Camacho, for their work and commitment to offer gender neutral bathrooms in Durango schools (Herald, Aug. 11). We hope restaurants and…
These open spaces are a public asset that once lost, can never be recovered. Recently President Trump charged his interior secretary to survey all national monuments and other public open…
From the time she was admitted, each member of the team brought the expertise needed to meet the challenges of each new day. Their positive outlook and unique skillset gave…
The Resilient Federal Forests Act includes many different provisions, including incentivizing collaboration, simplifying environmental processes and fixing wildfire funding. The editorial claims that the tools provided within the Resilient Federal…
If you had a easy to see link, more folks would participate! Sandy Burke Durango Editor’s note: The Reader Poll is located in the center of the home page; scroll…
