Letters to the Editor

My humps, my humps, my lovely speedersâ€™ bumps

As Westport became more popular among weekenders from New York City and New Jersey, it became harder to control reckless…

October 10, 2019

Durango: Bring back marvelous parades

This last parade clocked in at 12 minutes. The two before, Fiesta Days and the 4th of July, were less…

October 10, 2019

This park is a disaster waiting to happen

There was traffic buzzing by at 50 mph and this park has absolutely no traffic barriers anywhere near the children’s…

October 9, 2019

This whole homeless camp is ludicrous

This is ridiculous! It will be trashed and nasty in less than a month. And a homeless camp? Really? The…

October 9, 2019

Partisan Herald wants to negate votes

“Appearing to seek”? The president should be impeached not because he did something (show us in the transcript where), but…

October 8, 2019

Letters: President is a communist sympathizer

It’s OK for the president to vilify progressive Democratic presidential candidates as filthy socialists, but hobnob with leaders from the…

October 8, 2019

Base fluoride policy on science, please

His reasoning is couched in a false understanding of real science and reflects the ideology and misrepresentation of fluoride science…

October 8, 2019

This is no time to bring more wolves

In May this year, a story coming out of Banff concerning a wolf attack on a vacationing family should give…

October 7, 2019

Open carry was not ‘well regulated’

Even in the “Old West,” towns had rules to check your guns and not to open carry. There were, and…

October 7, 2019

Democrats want to take your freedoms

Their “catastrophic climate change” statements were deceiving, lying and fear-mongering. They stated that hurricanes, because of Dorian (stalled by a…

October 6, 2019

Instruction in reading must continue

It is disappointing to learn that it was necessary that a revised law, including accountability measures, was required to ensure…

October 5, 2019

Guns make us safer and we have proof

Since 2015, residents of Maine have been allowed to carry a firearm without any special permit, no background checks. No…

Envision print as superior in some ways

Contrast the defeatist attitude of its Sept. 30 print editorial regarding its elimination of the Monday printed edition of the…

Cancel? I’m extending my subscription

The Durango Herald is successfully evolving to digital-first reporting. Subscribers will still read a newspaper three days a week and…

State broadcasters do want to serve you

I am the president and CEO of the Colorado Broadcasters Association. The truth is that Colorado broadcasters are working to…

How does Mercy expect to pull this off?

It’s lofty, but what I can’t understand is how Mercy will benefit from that in this growing community by cutting…

October 3, 2019

I want Colorado public TV in Durango

Public television is supported by donations from its listeners and not by commercial advertisements. Nielsen is a holding company whose…

October 3, 2019

Coram should not receive safety award

It was extremely difficult for me to read about Coram receiving this award. I question his sincerity and commitment in…

October 2, 2019

Trump’s the hardest-working president

Congress gets paid good money to work on legislation like new immigration laws and additional background checks on gun purchases,…

What have you done with Action Line?

Then the news of no Monday edition. I can even accept that. What I can’t accept is no Action Line.…

New store, WeFill, helps us to do better

The film features the fatal effect of plastics on an albatross colony. Be prepared to force yourself to watch to…

Ice Lakes Trail needs our protection

I ended up picking up toilet paper. There were also numerous short cuts into vegetation, newly created as we hiked.…