Opinion & Letters to the Editor

It is not an easy time to be a local newspaper

I moved to Durango in ’76 and have subscribed to The Durango Herald when I could afford to. It was…

July 20, 2025

Scheppelman grateful, seeks dialogue and mutual understanding

Recent media coverage, including by The Durango Herald (Herald, July 11, July 14) and Colorado Politics, referenced the Southern Ute…

July 20, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Poem to the editor: Prayer of a retired military veteran

O God of many names, Care that our nation may recover the strength of compassion – compassion for all the…

July 20, 2025

Opinion

Trump and Miller, the unnatural disasters

Remember when Trump called COVID a hoax and said it wasn’t his responsibility as president? How many tens of thousands…

July 20, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Trump does not have a mandate

A mandate? Perhaps not. Typically, a newly elected president declares they have a mandate because they won the election. But…

July 18, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Trump was playing golf while kids were drowning

I just watched a video of Donald Trump addressing the people from Texas about the devastation that happened when the…

July 18, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Speed management solution is simple

While it is somewhat amusing to watch all the fuss about controlling speeding traffic in town, it also absurd. This…

July 18, 2025

Letters to the Editor

LPEA board playing politics with subsidies

The article on LPEA election finance was interesting (Herald, June 29). LPEA CEO Chris Hansen tells us that we deliver…

July 16, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Bennet should stay focused and fight in D.C.

Sen. Michael Bennet has announced he’s ready to be our next state executive, and is trying to run for governor…

July 16, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Flag locks not Durango

The end of last week, the Thursday through Sunday that bracketed the 4th of July, American flags lined Main Avenue…

July 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Affordable power matters to all local businesses

Your recent coverage of the LPEA election and James Coleman’s donations (Herald, June 29) leaves the misleading impression that Purgatory…

July 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Clyde and Paulette Church made our community better

I am sure Clyde and Paulette Church will retire to enjoying their time with each other. Many in La Plata…

July 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

What keeps me from renewing my subscription

Besides wanting to be better informed about local Durango happenings, I would like to support the local newspaper as a…

July 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Setting the record straight on transparency

The recent editorial, “Our View: Transparency: ‘Behind closed doors’ not uncommon, or illegal, but the public deserves to know of…

July 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Colorado needs to get rid of TABOR

During the 33 years since TABOR was enacted, the federal government has paid for a lot of things that Colorado…

July 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Rep. Hurd, you voted against your district

Nothing says I am afraid to hear from my constituents like having no staff in your Durango office. I dropped…

July 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Poem to the Editor: The Ice House

In the old days, before so many had refrigerators, there were what were called ice houses. In the summer of…

July 13, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Speed Management on East 7th Street

City’s Multimodal Department is barking up the wrong street Sometimes, you have to give up the ghost. Abandoning a long-planned…

July 11, 2025

Letters to the Editor

New nature trail letters shine

Kudos to all those responsible for the design and installation of the new “letters” on the nature trail. They are…

July 11, 2025

Letters to the Editor

America is being hollowed out from the inside

In January, Donald Trump declared war – not on a foreign adversary, but on the institutions that make American democracy…

July 11, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Big bill a big toll on rural health care

With all the confusion and unverified claims flying around the so-called “Big, Wonderful Bill,” as President Donald Trump calls it,…

July 11, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Adapting to a New World order

Recently, I was pic-pocketed by a long time Durango medicated schizophrenic helping me put my back pack on – with…

July 11, 2025

Opinion

No soul, no humanity, no decency, no empathy

The abomination that is the Florida detention center is a clear misnomer. Alligator Alcatraz? The prisoners of Alcatraz were give…

July 11, 2025

Letters to the Editor

We will never forget Hurd’s shameful betrayal

Rep. Jeff Hurd has betrayed the people of Colorado’s third district by voting for this big bad bill. The third…

July 9, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Mesa Verde Conference and Literary Festival

Celebrating writing as an art form in the Four Corners “We wouldn’t have writers if we didn’t have readers,” says…

July 9, 2025

Letters to the Editor

The grim math of ideology over public safety

As a longtime resident of Durango and a grandmother who still believes in facts, compassion and accountability, I feel compelled…

July 9, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Trump, Hurd and the BBB are a travesty

The Senate and Congress passed into law Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. What a travesty. American workers, taxpayers and their families…

July 9, 2025

Letters to the Editor

The same standard of responsible speech

There is a double standard regarding pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel voices. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is expected to…

July 6, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Rep. Hurd’s vote brings hardship to CD3

Yup, time to revamp Medicaid. Lower income people have just had it too good too long. Rural hospitals have just…

July 6, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Republicans need to reach across the aisle

I just want to be sure I have this right: The Herald’s editorial staff initially thought it was a good…

July 6, 2025