Letters to the Editor

Oil leases put profits before people

The Marshall Fire: $2 billion in losses. Cameron Peak: $127 million suppression. Yet the BLM is proposing the largest Colorado…

March 1, 2026

Rating Trump’s drift toward autocracy

The New York Times editorial board recently published an index tracking 12 categories of democratic erosion, based on historical patterns…

March 1, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Retaliation is not leadership

I haven’t written a letter to the editor in a while because my loving wife says I sometimes get carried…

March 1, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Putin, please kidnap our president

In light of the recent kidnapping of a president of a sovereign nation, the murdering of innocent fishing people, the…

March 1, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Call to reprimand city attorney

An open letter to Mayor Yazzie and members of the Durango City Council: I write to formally request that the…

March 1, 2026

Opinion

Naomi Riess will stand for rural Colorado

As a lifelong farmer and rancher in Southwest Colorado, and as someone who proudly served as the representative for House…

March 1, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Honor Peace Corps volunteers with Congress’ highest civilian award

As the world’s very best athletes from more than 90 nations competed in Italy for the Winter Olympics, members of…

February 27, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Durango deserves answers about Sheppard Drive detention facility

I am writing to address the alarming lack of transparency regarding the facility at 32 Sheppard Drive. While official records…

February 27, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Financial cost of ICE

The cost to U.S. Homeland Security for ICE activities in Minneapolis is conservatively estimated to be about $18 million a…

February 25, 2026

Letters to the Editor

What’s not OK for Colorado OK for Minnesota?

Rep. Jeff Hurd voted to overturn protections of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota and open them up…

February 25, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Nuclear power and AI: We need new approach

After the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, I felt surely we would not favor building more nuclear reactors, but now…

February 25, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Property tax increases are unsustainable

I am watching as New Yorkers are protesting and outraged over a proposed 9.5% property tax increase being pushed by…

February 22, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Let judges vote for the attorney general

Over the years, the DOJ has expanded to include the FBI, DEA, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Prisons and…

February 22, 2026

Letters to the Editor

A zeitgeist of absurdity

Stephen Colbert and his right to free speech is in the news again, which is appropriate because the best choice…

February 22, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Religion revisited

Who better than Donald J. Trump to lead the Christian Revivalist sector of the MAGA movement bent on religionating our…

February 22, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Huge increase in property taxes

I am not going to begin this letter by writing all the ways in which I “understand” why things rise…

February 20, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Required curriculum for aspiring politicians

The following political teachings are required to all people who desire to enter into politics. They are not listed in…

February 20, 2026

Opinion

The ‘chess move’ that sold out Colorado

This is how freshman Congressman Jeff Hurd’s campaign is trying to explain away his vote to continue Obamacare subsidies for…

February 20, 2026

Opinion

A fire district’s culture of intimidation

Lt. Ron Bakken, EMS coordinator for the FLMFPD, was one of the most capable and professional leaders this district has…

February 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Honoring the Perrys, supporting local journalism

Recently, O.D. Perry celebrated his 90th birthday. His family hosted a party. I was unable to attend. Yet, I would…

February 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Transparency shouldn’t be a luxury

I care about local government working well, openly, accurately and with collaboration between jurisdictions. As someone who served as a…

February 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Practice kindness at Senior Center exit

When I read Jim Cross’ opinion column, “Durango’s growing disrespect for seniors: From health care to dark chocolate,” (Herald, Jan.…

February 15, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Trump’s ICE agents cross the line

When our president sanctions his ICE agents to murder American citizens in our streets, we know something has gone terribly…

February 15, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Protect mail-in voting and voting rights

Rather than focusing on addressing the affordability issues Americans are facing, the Republican majority in Congress has instead decided to…

February 15, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Who are the good guys?

The only thing that will protect us from bad guys with a gun, are good guys with a gun. A…

February 15, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Epstein files reveal troubling connections

4,896. That’s four thousand, eight hundred and ninety-six. What’s that number? Well, now that half the Epstein files have been…

February 15, 2026

Opinion

ADU vote ignored residents, advisers

City Council has voted 3-2 to eliminate all lot size requirements for ADUs in all three old neighborhoods in Durango.…

February 15, 2026

Opinion

ICE detention: costly, cruel and unconstitutional

I am a retired bilingual play therapist currently volunteering helping families affected by ICE actions. From January through October 2025,…

February 15, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Apology to Superintendent Cheser and school district

The article “We’re keeping people alive: Inside the warming center” (Herald, Jan. 28) focused on the warming center at Sacred…

February 13, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Let’s celebrate public lands caretakers

Human power, rooted in public lands, is a force. People in our region absolutely hold great value in our public…

February 13, 2026