Letters to the Editor

Help build a more walkable, bikeable Durango

cca Are you interested in making Durango a better place to live? A place that’s easier to walk, bike and…

December 28, 2025

Threats of violence are not Christian

cca I am sincerely miffed at the contradiction between Turning Point USA Chapter President Jonah Flynn’s desire to be known…

December 17, 2025

Opinion

Protect Durango’s clear, crystalline air

cca This evening, stepping outside and smelling the crystal Durango air with its sweet scent of snow, I was so…

December 7, 2025

Opinion

Local law enforcement: Too ‘beard-o’ for duty

cca A recent article (Herald, Nov. 23) contained a photo of law enforcement officers with Rich Guggenheim, a speaker at…

December 5, 2025

Opinion

Beethoven’s Fifth echoes after Durango protest

cca Fate is knocking at the door. Beethoven composed this motif with his Fifth Symphony. Both defeat and victory are…

November 21, 2025

Opinion

Both parties share blame for border failures

cca The editorial pages had a letter, “Four decades of failure on immigration,” (Letters, Herald, Nov. 9) that really hit…

November 12, 2025

Opinion

Don’t trash good food, feed families

cca In a postcard dated Oct. 27, 2025, I wrote the following to President Donald Trump: Since SNAP, or once…

November 9, 2025

Opinion

1A mitigates threats to La Plata County

cca In recent days, we’ve seen the natural threat of flooding to our county and we send our offers of…

October 19, 2025

Opinion

Knowledge, not just gear, saves lives

cca This letter is in response to the raft that was stuck on the bridge (Herald, Oct. 14). I have…

October 19, 2025

Opinion

When climate models fail, families pay

cca For years, we were told to fear “global warming.” When our planet cooled, the slogan was rebranded as “climate…

October 5, 2025

Opinion

Honoring the best of what we can be

cca Our hearts are heavy in the wake of recent tragedies. What has been most painful is not only the…

September 28, 2025

Opinion

G.U.N.s don’t kill people … do they?

cca Charlie Kirk was murdered and many people including our president have vigorously blamed the ideas and beliefs (the ideology)…

September 28, 2025

Opinion

Israel has a right to defend itself

cca Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi … All Muslim terrorist groups sponsored by Iran to destroy Israel. The tiny Jewish nation of…

September 26, 2025

Opinion

Thank you, but why did you wait so long?

cca I am writing in regard to the editorial “Silencing journalists in Gaza silences the world,” (Herald, Aug. 31). As…

September 10, 2025

Opinion

Durango schools raise expectations

cca A recent letter to the editor asked if Durango School District is “celebrating lower expectations” (Herald, Sept. 3). The…

September 7, 2025

Opinion

The mad king has no boundaries

cca With the help of Trump’s federal judges, the Epstein files will never be seen by the public. His entire…

September 5, 2025

Opinion

Dark money, the GOP, you and me

cca Hope Scheppelman has decided that Jeff Hurd doesn’t demonstrate a profound enough disdain for the people of District 3…

August 31, 2025

Opinion

Just say ‘no’ to Goliath

cca The optimistic editorial, “Good Neighbors,” (Herald, July 27) about the new REI, urged giving them a chance as a…

August 31, 2025

Opinion

Student safety should come first in restroom policy

cca Durango School District’s recent “LGBTQIA2S+ inclusion” resolution raises serious concerns about student safety and privacy. While the district states…

August 17, 2025

Opinion

Bennet should stay in the senate

cca Two weeks ago, we had a politically motivated arson attack on voting machines in Colorado. Will our next election…

August 17, 2025

Opinion

A double dog dare from a reader

cca I double dog dare the editorial page editor and editorial board to produce a Sunday editorial page without a…

August 8, 2025

Opinion

Teacher actions, district hiring practices deserve scrutiny

cca The arrest and federal indictment of former Escalante Middle School teacher Ben Smith – now facing 48 felony charges…

August 6, 2025

Opinion

ICE agent masks are for their safety

cca I would like to comment on the article, “In American life, a growing and forbidding visual rises: The law-enforcement…

August 3, 2025

Opinion

Herald critics, please state what’s missing

cca I have read the letters of several people criticizing the Herald for not giving a balanced view of the…

August 1, 2025