Letters to the Editor

Blame climate change, not polar bears

It is completely obvious that Sigman has not seen the gut wrenching videos on the Netflix series “Our Planet” showing…

April 26, 2019

Republicans are afraid of everything

He slams Obama, they cheer. Shutting down the government and closing the southern border, they cheer. If Trump told them…

April 26, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Your press awards were well deserved

We have recently moved to Durango and absolutely love reading the Herald. The stories are well written and insightful and…

April 26, 2019

Letters to the Editor

This is government service at its finest

On the front door a sign read: mail received after 3 p.m. will be postmarked the next day. Hmm? What…

April 25, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Forget ‘Nancy,’ more Gary Markstein

Take away Doonesbury and leave us with the choices that you have chosen – it’s enough to make an old…

April 25, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Jeff Mannix can save us from Tri-State

Once again we are witnessing change. The generation of electricity is moving beyond fossil fuels despite the subsidies that the…

April 25, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Democrats are hypocrites on immigration

If you listen to the Democrats, illegal aliens are the absolute solution to all our problems! But wait. What’s happening…

April 24, 2019

Letters to the Editor

9-R spokeswoman is now Cruella de Vil?

I was astounded by the tin-ear response from Julie Popp, Durango School District 9-R spokeswoman. She criticized Robyn Baxendale’s effort…

April 23, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Your big truck makes a terrible noise

We have known for decades that noise pollution is bad for our health. It’s also unpleasant and only continues to…

April 23, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Herald is an equal-opportunity offender

First, there are several resources for syndicated comic strips such as arcamax.com. If the Herald doesn’t carry your faves, look…

April 23, 2019

Letters to the Editor

How do you know it wasn’t polar bears?

I read somewhat in horror the meandering editorial focused around walruses falling to their deaths (“Walrus down: It’s time to…

April 22, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Monica Lewinsky wants a word with you

The president of the United States asked a 22-year-old girl, his intern, for sex. I hope by now we all…

April 22, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Vote for Jeff Mannix and against coal

Currently, LPEA is bound by a contract to Tri-State power that will not expire for 31 years! Tri-State is a…

April 22, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Some is good, more is not always better

Given that Earth’s atmosphere now contains more carbon dioxide, 25% more, in fact, than at anytime in 800,000 years, happy…

April 22, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Monica Lewinsky fights cyber-bullying

The Community Foundation is bringing a leading voice in the fight to stop cyber-bullying to Durango for two public events.…

April 21, 2019

Letters to the Editor

For Earth Day, learn about carbon act

Young or old, Americans across the country are facing the existential threat of climate change. Their message: We want major…

April 19, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Jeff Mannix can help us to get greener

Second, federal subsidies have strongly favored fossil fuels over other U.S. energy sources (nuclear, biofuels, renewables). Why are we paying…

April 19, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Herald should leave First Family alone

Since then, the children of presidents have been off limits – until the Herald ran an editorial cartoon of a…

April 18, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Join us to stop immigrant deportations

A year after Bayfield resident Edin Ramos was separated from his family and deported to Honduras, ICE agents are still…

April 18, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Mannix, Turner will save us from Tri-State

To make matters worse, Tri-State’s energy is expensive, and with its $3.2 billion debt, electricity costs can only go up.…

April 18, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Now the Herald is taking comics hostage

They blew it! To have removed some well-drawn favorites and replaced them with truly dumb ones is unforgivable. And now…

April 17, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Yes, you finally made the puzzles bigger!

My wife and I are new residents of Durango and were amazed to see the Herald’s improvements in news coverage,…

April 17, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Gardner fear-mongering on Green Deal

“The country is a mess,” Trump said, “and only I can fix it.” Two years of total Republican control and…

April 16, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Oil and gas industry is crying wolf again

Senate Bill 19-181 is not Proposition 112. It’s not a handful of legislators that supported this bill. It was the…

April 15, 2019