Opinion &#038; Letters to the Editor

Counting the ways Trump betrayed us

Trump betrayed us. He promised to end inflation on “Day One.” Instead, prices have gone up on virtually everything since…

October 3, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Let’s ride

Durango Cowboy Gathering brings horses, music and stories downtown

Editorials

Our view: Gold Star Moms

Families who lost children in U.S. conflicts gather in Durango this weekend

Why Girls on the Run matters

Girls on the Run is not a running club, or a track team. With a unique curriculum focused on cultivating…

Sheriff and police chief missed the mark

It was great to see hundreds of people show up at the vigil to honor Charlie Kirk. However, Sheriff Smith…

Big thanks to all our summer work crews

I’ve been meaning to write this for several weeks, and the photo of the crew painting stripes on the street…

Guest Columns

Voluntary family planning: the most effective, humane and least expensive way to address ecological overshoot

I was driving up Main Avenue, listening to a book and looking for the eye doctor’s office where I had…

Octogenarian member golfers deserve discounts

I recently wrote a letter to the Hillcrest Board of Directors asking for yearly membership and T-fee discounts anytime golfers,…

If not La Plata County, who?

Who snowplows the roads to get you to the doctor’s office?Who protects you when you are threatened?Who helps your neighbor…

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Tina Peters, Trump, and the defense of justice: states’ rights in a hyperpoliticized time

The horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk has left our country reeling. A suspect was arrested, and the next question is…

Charlie Kirk, a Christian nationalist martyr

The death of Charlie Kirk was tragic, especially because he was in the act of the exchange of ideas with…

An idea to support Hesperus Ski Area

Four years ago, we moved into our Hesperus home located where we can see the upper lift tower for Hesperus…

Have we no shame, no compassion?

I cannot believe I am living in America, my beloved country of 81 years. I am appalled at the creation…

Hurd act leads in destroying public lands, collaboration

Coloradans overwhelmingly support public lands at the state, county and municipal levels. The annual Colorado College Conservation in the West…

Vote ‘no’ on the sales tax hike

This November, La Plata County voters will be asked to approve a new 1-cent sales tax. Supporters say it’s the…

Poem to the editor: Taking Measure

There’s a difference point, below which you won’t care to know about your fellow, whether up or down the Mississippi,…

Taxes are shocking, vote ‘yes’ on 1A

When we moved to Durango from Iowa in 1999, we were shocked at the low property tax bill. Our tax…

A scowl nor unshaven face equal strength

D’j’ever notice how people who really want to be seen as something they aren’t overplay the role? Look at Pete…

Free speech doesn’t shield us from consequences

It is appropriate to have career consequences for those celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Those with a moral compass…

When will student achievement become the priority?

The release of the 2025 CMAS scores should make every parent in our community stop and think. While officials are…

A scar that never heals

The number of gun violence incidences that take place, in this day and age, is an atrocity. The fact is…

Cutting and running is not leadership

It would be amusing if it wasn’t rather sad to witness Sen. Michael Bennet’s traveling campaign show in Colorado last…

A call to protect lives, press freedom

I salute The Durango Herald on its recent editorial, “Our view: silencing Gaza’s journalists silences the world,” (Herald, Aug. 31).…

A warning amid rising tensions

I fear the assassination of Charlie Kirk lit the fuse toward civil war. So remember the old Boy Scouts of…

Not every online comment is a news story

The Durango Herald using online commenters to call into question the response of Durango Police Department officers during an emergency…

Meddling in another country’s democracy

The former president of Brazil, Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years, three months in prison when the country’s Supreme Court…

Paths to citizenship, then and now

Thanks for your front page essay by Christian Burney, “World Upended: Family’s lives turned upside down after ICE arrest near…

Editorials

Our view: Universal child care

A smart investment for families and the economy