Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Editorials
Jingle bell soul
Holiday tunes that haven’t worn out their welcome? We’ve got you covered.
Letters to the Editor
Quit draining same sources for funds
I attended the “Wicked Problem” meetings held by the city and I consider myself an informed citizen. I was not surprised by the vote. The lack of foresight and planning…
Letters to the Editor
City is set to soak you more for water
I hope that Council has learned from the defeat of their tax increase proposal. Approval of the water and sewer increases will indicate that they still don’t get it. Citizens…
Editorials
Voiceless concerns
Is new pick to head Fish and Wildlife an advocate for wild places and wildlife?
Letters to the Editor
Snowberger’s apology more obfuscation
What I didn’t see was an explanation for his outright lying about the incident taking place at all. To further weaken his attempt at an apology, he tried to make…
Editorials
Requiem for lobo
When a trophy hunter took wolf 926F, it was not the end of a remarkable story
Letters to the Editor
Wait – what did I just read about 9-R?
This sounds like a time police would be needed. It also should be a problem for a “communications director” of 9-R. Julian Behn Durango
Letters to the Editor
Great Sand Dunes ducked bullet for now
The Bureau of Land Management thankfully deferred plans to offer a massive swath of land for oil and gas drilling – with some parcels less than a mile from Great…
Letters to the Editor
City, Herald, trying to fool us on roads
We have problems, but this story is a joke. Every voter in Durango, please go and check out Weston Drive in person. Google its location and go look at this…
Letters to the Editor
Herald, admit Dems want open borders
Yet, the fact that the current administration used tear gas now qualifies critics to call us weak. The Reagan administration gave over four million illegals amnesty in 1986 in return…
Letters to the Editor
Durango! I have our next police chief
He has been employed by the city of Durango longer than any other employee. His roots are here, his family is here, he won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. He…
Letters to the Editor
We do have room for wolves in Colorado
I have worked as a veterinarian for 28 years, the majority deep in wolf territory. Wisconsin has a stable population of 900 wolves. I did depredation claims for my livestock…
Letters to the Editor
I’ll gladly stand up for Dan Snowberger
I will stand up, but not in the way as framed by the editorial. I was a state legislator for this area for 10 years. During that time, I met…
Editorials
The bees’ needs
We’re losing insects at an alarming rate. There’s another bright spot in hemp.
Letters to the Editor
Costs high for power from coal-burning
Unfortunately, that is especially true for electricity. We are learning that the health effects of generating power from coal are terrible. For example, I have asthma. It has been shown…
Letters to the Editor
We need wolves; we need to return them
Efforts to strip federal protection from wolves across the northern Rockies, consigning them to the bullet, steel trap and poison bait management tactics of state wildlife agencies, are further reason…
Editorials
Who will stand up?
School District 9-R’s governing body can’t see problem with superintendent
Letters to the Editor
Youth will demand action on climate
Nationally, youth turnout was the highest in 25 years. Young Coloradans in particular turned out at some of the highest levels in the entire country. As an intern with the…
Letters to the Editor
House bill to tax carbon is ray of hope
We are grateful for this and other actions to address worsening wildfires. The main cause of increased wildfires has been rising temperatures leading to earlier snowmelt, which in turn led…
Letters to the Editor
I’m not sure hunters are the elk culprits
I have hunted the Durango area since 1992 and agree with other hunters that elk hunting was great 10 to 20 years ago. As soon as Colorado DOW eliminated bait…
Letters to the Editor
We need your aid with subject’s cancer
The article examined the allopathic and alternative methods used during this five-year journey. This update shares further information and a request for help. Since the article’s publication, Tom is grappling…
Letters to the Editor
LPEA should be keeping rates low first
Ms. Ferrell attends nearly every board meeting and always has a commonsense take on what transpires. I am not able to make as many meetings as Sarah, but I was…
Editorials
Good cop, bad cop
When a Sheriff’s lieutenant lost his job due to a small theft, was it too much?
Letters to the Editor
LPEA is striving to be transparent
I also appreciate that she attends most board meetings and is engaged in her cooperative. I feel I need to make a few comments to set the record straight. The…
Letters to the Editor
Smash ethanol before it smashes you
Pure-gas.org lists 13,800 North America gas stations that sell it; six are in Durango. Many are unaware of how ethanol harms vehicles, economies and the environment. Ethanol attracts water vapor…