Please stop all this negative talk about Centura Health and Mercy Hospital. I was taken to the emergency room on Jan. 2 for a serious ostomy problem and was seen…
Since the 1300s, Ukraine was part of Russia until the fragmentation of the Soviet Union in 1991, when it obtained its independence though retaining a pro-Russian government. This pro-Russian government…
Friends, family, fellow Durangoans, the tide is turning. The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has ended all COVID-19 vaccine and mask restrictions. Most likely an act to…
As a regular user of the rec center and Lake Nighthorse, I notice a lot of people who use those facilities come from outside of Durango. To my knowledge, I…
The price of freedom, a decent job and a sustainable environment is eternal vigilance. Upholding democracy at home and abroad is an immediate concern. The period of reduced geopolitical tension…
The Durango 9-R school board can safely remove the dress code requirement of mandatory masking. This is based on outdated San Juan Basin Public Health 2020 advisories, outdated July 2020…
With the mood of the country beginning to shift toward a we’ll-have-to-live-with-it relationship with COVID-19 and its variants, there are plenty of reasons to continue to be cautious. More than…
A county neighbor recently suggested (Herald, Dec. 17) I do some research into the assault on our “justice system” over the last 30 years, as well as the “war on…
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This multi-billion-dollar industry proliferates largely because of ignorance and policies that allow it to flourish. There are many misperceptions about what constitutes human trafficking.…
Jackson County encounters give a glimpse of what that may mean for Western Slope
One couldn’t help noticing the two-page ad placed in Jan. 22’s Herald by the usual anti-abortion suspects, with pictures of darling live babies presuming to represent the aborted unborn. While…
I’m a 52-year-old pediatrician diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease in November 2020. That is not my story, but it is now my life. This is what happens when Alzheimer’s tries…
Having been around Durango for nine years now, there has been one constant; the location, resources needed, and effects of the homeless population on Durango. One probably cannot count the…
The Durango School District 9-R school board and Superintendent Karen Cheser have admitted many times in open board meetings that they do not have the capacity this year to consider…
In a trenchant op-ed that appeared in the Jan. 17 online Washington Post, retired general, Rhodes scholar and former NATO commander Wesley Clark sets forth sane and sensible steps the…
What a cerebral smorgasbord recent editions of The Durango Herald have been. Something for everyone. First of all, thank you Dr. Hallin for speaking truth to power and being the…
We appreciate the intelligent letter from David Black (Herald, Jan. 21). The “Big Lie” from the Big Loser, Trump, needs to dissolve from our collective consciousness. The new universe of…
This may be a surprising story. It begins with a working group trying to save the last native bighorn sheep of Idaho’s and Wyoming’s Teton Range. Last fall, it reached…
We support the campaign to remove the “Chief.” In the U.S., deep-seated beliefs stem from centuries of Western history. The full scope of this story includes conquering and colonizing people…
The fire department’s plan to use the old high school and arts and science building is a “no brainer” a recent letter writer to the Herald expressed. I’d like to…
On Jan. 15, I read the article “Visit Durango adds 6 new board members,” and I cringed. I know that tourism helps many of our local businesses, but when is…
Mike Sigman and Dennis Pierce have weighed in from the wings on Jan. 6, so, a reality weight to counter Styrofoam dumbbells. One sandwiches white-bread tropes between weak condemnations of…
To paraphrase a former U.S. ambassador, “You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.” The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that many of the so-called…
Colorado has among the highest health care costs in the country. According to a recent analysis by the Colorado School of Public Health, those costs would be reduced significantly by…
This session of the Legislature started out with friendly greetings, rousing speeches, mostly-masked gatherings and what reporters are calling a “laser focus” on a few major issues. Now, we are…
Congratulations to all who have had the vaccination and booster, and sad that I have heard that people who have died from not getting the shot are helping Social Security…
A chance to “provide the best academic success and proficiency outcome to our schools, students and staff” (Durango School District 9-R board resolution on diversity, equity and inclusion, adopted January…
A terrorist last week seized hostages at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. Religiously motivated hate crimes are on the rise, with assaults on Jews exceeding those on Muslims or other…
