Op-Ed
We wish all the best to Scott Cooper
I hope that this move is in his best interest, rather than simply to make life easier for the school board, which has been besieged by a vocal minority of…
Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Registration open for Ouray art show
Categories include; oil/acrylic, watercolor, drawing & printmaking, pastel, mixed media, sculpture, photography and a student division. All entries will be eligible for Best in Show ($500) and each category will…
Letters to the Editor
The media is not all liberal journalists
As readers of the Herald well know, Mike is one of a handful of locals who routinely blasts liberals for every ill on the planet. I rarely find his letters…
Letters to the Editor
Lachelt earned the respect of community
To suggest, as Peg Aldridge has (Herald, May 7), that Lachelt is a money-grabbing profiteer is insulting and is blatantly false. What are you accusing her of, and what are…
Letters to the Editor
All welcome to come view powerful film
As inspiring an experience as that was, we are now wondering where to go next as we ride this wave of advancement for all people. To try to stimulate some…
Editorials
LPEA elections: Wheeler joins incumbents Bassett and McInnis on utility board
du1-i-syn Britt Bassett has served two terms on the board and defeated by two to one former engineer Gene Fisher. Kohler McInnis, who was elected three years ago and who…
Letters to the Editor
Local voters still can’t see Colorado TV
The conventional wisdom was that this problem would be over after the last regime and their stated objective of doing away with insane regulations, this one foisted on us by…
Letters to the Editor
Hacks hell-bent on destroying America
Where was the press when Jack the Zipper Kennedy was playing footsie with movie stars, having his body guards sneak hookers into the side door of the White House? Why…
Editorials
Whitewater Park: Additional work on the rapids at Santa Rita improves the home-town river run
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>05-3-2018- Durango- Teal Lehto, left, Laura Palmer, center, and Berrey Becton, run through Corner Pocket in the Durango Whitewater Park.du1-i-syn In May 2018, we are happy to see…
Letters to the Editor
Dance with me at the MAGA ball
Vocals are by DeVos, off key and having problems with the charter school lyrics. On dining room table, we have Carson, the brain surgeon troubled by the HUD rhythms. There’s…
Editorials
Chilcoat and Franklin: Prosecute criminal acts, if any, not identity politics
Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br><br>Rose Chilcoat, Conservation Advocate with Great Old Broads For Wilderness at her Durango home.du1-i-syn Chilcoat, especially, seems to be facing prosecution for who she is rather than anything…
Letters to the Editor
Clinging to false beliefs is stupidity
We all have pockets of ignorance. No single mind can hold all of human knowledge. Ignorance isn’t shameful when reasonable people who, through lack of time or opportunity, are ignorant…
Letters to the Editor
Tipton, Gardner should back wilderness
That’s why I am asking Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton to co-sponsor the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act (Herald, April 20). Sen. Michael Bennet introduced this bill to…
Letters to the Editor
A ‘tried and proven’ plan to prevent DUIs
I believe that the “tried and proven” Democrat solution to gun control would also work in this situation. All they have to do is take away the cars from sober…
Letters to the Editor
Climate change is a bipartisan issue
The resolution points out, “The outdoor recreation economy generates $887 trillion in consumer spending annually and supports 7.6 million jobs in the United States.” It goes on to acknowledge Earth’s…
Letters to the Editor
La Plata air quality and public policy
Even if human-caused climate change weren’t a serious threat to humanity – and there is overwhelming scientific evidence that it is – it makes sense from a public health standpoint…
Letters to the Editor
Elect people who value outdoor economy
Residents of the 3rd-CD spend $2.19 billion on outdoor recreation, and the district is home to 241 outdoor companies, both the second-highest totals in the state. Outdoor recreation is a…
Letters to the Editor
What happened to free home show?
What happened to that free home show that we all loved? Get it back! La Plata County is so greedy that they charge the vendors and then charge us again.…
Letters to the Editor
This is what shameless elitism looks like
Homelessness and substance abuse (and no, they’re not always correlated) are national problems, and attempting to sweep them under the rug does no favors to anyone. Despite the wishes of…
Letters to the Editor
Sen. Gardner’s memory missed Garland
If that quote is accurate, I respectfully suggest that the senator’s fact-checker missed what happened when President Obama nominated Merrick Garland, the chief judge of the Court of Appeals for…
Letters to the Editor
Moronic provocation of the right
I think you should be thankful that those people didn’t have “More Guns”. I am sure the person at the pro-gun rally wouldn’t feel safe. So, Gatsby, you went well…
Editorials
Local music: First Katzin, now Southwest Sound? Throw your support behind Stillwater
Soon after the March news that Katzin Music was closing its doors after nearly 40 years of serving local musicians, most notably youth just learning to play, word that Southwest…
Letters to the Editor
New group tackling child care problems
Our future depends on our ability to foster the health and well-being of our children. We know that every experience, both positive and negative, forms the young child’s brain and…