Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Tomato-based GMO criticism was flawed

John Condie Durango

December 7, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Follow Army’s lead on renewable energy

The first step along this path is energy efficiency: “First reduce your use, and then produce.” Making sure that your…

December 7, 2013

Editorials

Mercury spills

Successful cleanup effort was a heartening example of inter-agency cooperation

December 7, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Questions remain about Obamacare’s cost

We in Colorado are extremely lucky to have this avenue for exploring our new health care choices. However, his numbers…

December 5, 2013

Editorials

Noel Night

Celebrate holiday season with local tradition

December 5, 2013

Editorials

Buzz Bus

was wise to restore funding for this important public service

December 4, 2013

Editorials

Katzes’ giving

9-R lucky to have such generous people, but funding schools is everyone’s job

December 3, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Comments reveal mean-spirited ideologue

I am judging her. First: It is stupid to smoke for any reason after 10 years. She is a perfect…

December 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Honored by community’s ongoing generosity

To simply say “thank you” to all who gave so much during this difficult time for our family does not…

December 1, 2013

Editorials

Dental care

is achingly real, but ‘shortage’ also is something of a demographic fluke

December 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Stories are all Native Americans have left

She spoke to her animals in these languages. She told me that the goat likes to live in the trailer…

December 1, 2013

Editorials

Gun-control lawsuit

narrowing case to its fundamentals

December 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Anti-Animas tubing proposal discriminatory

The notion that folks who can afford a $1,000 paddleboard or pay a rafting company are OK, but those on…

December 1, 2013

Letters to the Editor

City paddling into treacherous waters

The Animas is a beautiful asset to La Plata County and serves not only as a recreational haven, but is…

November 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Protect wildlife by excluding domestic grazing

I find it especially amusing when hunters who oppose endangered status for wolves and grizzly bears vaunt about going into…

November 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Mayor should try becoming an entrepreneur

How would it work? Build a business plan. White is in a great position to do this. His wife is…

November 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Be green without harming working Americans

That being said, I would imagine all of us would like to have the cleanest Earth possible – that is…

November 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Story bit the hand that feeds the Herald

As a community that prides ourselves on supporting local businesses, The Durango Herald had an opportunity to shed positive light…

November 30, 2013

Editorials

Propaganda

administration’s policy on photos denies the public an independent view

November 30, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Drivers need to understand traffic signals

Steve Krest Marvel

November 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Special veterans section was appreciated

Gail Swinderman Durango

November 28, 2013

Editorials

Fracking bans

Colorado communities should strive to find common ground

November 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Openness and involvement key to Animas

Evaluating how people use the Animas River is, in itself, a worthy cause. With unchecked expansion of the commercial recreation…

November 28, 2013

Letters to the Editor

The buck should stop with LeBlanc

Other examples include: the bench on the corner of Eighth and Main. After a homeless guy set up camp there…

November 27, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Story about Molas area was misleading

The headline implied that the Hermosa Creek Wilderness bill would restrict snowmobile access on Molas Pass. In fact, the Hermosa…

November 27, 2013

Editorials

Gratitude

Celebrating Thanksgiving is a tradition that becomes this nation

November 27, 2013

Letters to the Editor

American capitalism is failing U.S. majority

Some say that Roosevelt emerged from his “blue-blood” upper class to save American capitalism. Perhaps so, but I felt in…

November 26, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Chirstmas walk/sing was a great tradition

Tom Berry Durango

November 26, 2013

Editorials

Piñon Canyon

Army’s concession is a victory for Colorado, ranchers, the land and property rights

November 26, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Wolf foes want to undermine protections

As Cook detailed, the facts do not support the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to drop federal protections for…

November 25, 2013