Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Opinion

Cutting services, selling lands does not compute

The Republican budget bill offers tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans. To pay for those tax cuts, it slashes programs…

June 22, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Great job on No Kings march

Great job. We will never return to Durango to ski or spend a dollar and will work to get Wyndham…

June 20, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Apache renters deserve every effort to own

The mobile homes in mobile home parks were never very mobile. Wheels could be re-bolted to their axles – if…

June 20, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Our military must stop Trump’s abuses

I miss the America I grew up in when presidents were not career criminals or boastful sexual predators and the…

June 20, 2025

Letters to the Editor

We can have a democracy or an oligarchy

The decision by the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case has made a mockery of the notion of “free…

June 20, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Minority Leader Simpson

A legislative leader certain to command respect in his new and significant role

June 18, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Colorado’s delegation must fight for public lands

Public lands are essential to Colorado’s economy, environment and way of life. They support outdoor recreation, clean air and water,…

June 18, 2025

Letters to the Editor

An(other) open letter to Jeff Hurd

Jeff, I just received your reply to my previous correspondence and I was not pleased with its tenor. So, I…

June 18, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Evil forces of hate a spiritual cancer

Free speech that willfully promotes hate, is the spark that ignites the flame of evil behavior in a great number…

June 17, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Failing infrastructure or Next Step?

On Monday, June 16, the city of Durango will hold a public meeting to inform residents about their plan to…

June 15, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Local input and Rep. Hurd’s double standard

As a Western Slope resident and public policy professional, I’m dismayed by the doublespeak in Rep. Jeff Hurd’s recent op-ed…

June 15, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Council has the legal authority and moral responsibility to act

As someone who has worked for years with Southwest Colorado’s immigrant and working-class families, I strongly support Durango raising the…

June 15, 2025

Letters to the Editor

SNL was good, but Seinfeld was first

The Herald editorial writers are typically right on the mark, and the “Showerhead Wars” (Herald, Jun. 6) was spot-on ……

June 15, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Father’s Day

It’s hard to think of a gift for Dad, – a gift that will make him more than glad. I’ve…

June 15, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Pick up bags of poop

Base of the Sky Steps Bags of poop that you’ll pick up later? This is not OK. Carry it. You…

June 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Seniors must unite to save Medicare

Rep. Jeff Hurd has betrayed the seniors in this district. He voted for the budget bill that cuts $500 billion…

June 13, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Surely Durango hearts can establish a warming shelter

As Durango struggles to find a way obtain a site and establish a warming shelter for those unfortunate enough to…

June 13, 2025

Opinion

Rep. Hurd’s words do not match his actions

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s “Productive Public Lands Act” (HR 1997) is deeply concerning. While he frames the bill as promoting local…

June 13, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Public Media

The loss of public funding would hurt America, especially rural and Native “I never wake up in the morning thinking,…

June 11, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Measuring business success by worker financial security

While home prices and rents have increased upward of 70% over the last five years, state minimum wage has increased…

June 11, 2025

Letters to the Editor

House of Representatives smart guys

Whether it’s making Medicaid nearly inaccessible (see “Big, Beautiful Bill”); assaulting immigrant mothers in the middle of the night; attacking…

June 11, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Sowing fear, not safety

actions are suspicious and continue to undermine Americans’ support for others

June 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Durango is listed as a sanctuary city

Regardless of Durango governance’s pretense of not trying to circumvent U.S. immigration law and its intent, the federal government recognizes…

June 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Add police to needed solutions

I was waiting for the bus one day, early in the afternoon. I was talking with a guy standing there.…

June 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Spend parade money on veterans in need

My father and my six uncles were in World War II, a brother and many cousins were in Nam. I…

June 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Is your life better now?

Life in America has changed for the worse. Congress has long abdicated its constitutional powers as enumerated in Article 1,…

June 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Can we agree to dogs on leashes?

I am a born and raised lifelong Durango resident, dog lover, trail runner and user. I have been encountering more…

June 8, 2025

Opinion

The lack of pride for the country I served

I just read an article regarding an 84-year-old disabled Vietnam veteran who has taken his U.S. flag down in protest…

June 8, 2025

Opinion

Disturbed and frightened by ‘disappeared’ migrants

An article (Herald, May 15) on the arrest of five people at work at the local business, Rock Solid, sent…

June 8, 2025

Opinion

HR 1997 dismisses decades of collaborative constituent work

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s Productive Public Lands Act, (H.R. 1997) stated goal is to “unlock resource development” on BLM lands in…

June 6, 2025