Letters to the Editor

The astonishing Sen. Cory Gardner

“Tonight’s results are clear – the people of Alabama deemed Roy Moore unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate. I…

December 23, 2017

Learn about the reason for the season

If you have ever wondered if all the talk about Christianity is true – or wondered why, after 2,000 years,…

December 23, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Health care for all is not a pipe dream

A pipe dream? It doesn’t have to be. According to T.R. Reid in The Healing of America, Canada, the United…

December 23, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Mumaw: Our new normal endangers the republic

While I strongly agree with your view that brute-strength partisanship is no way to govern our nation, I can’t help…

December 23, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Kudos to the Herald for keeping it local

It’s still left-wing drivel, but at least it’s local. Dennis Pierce Durango

December 22, 2017

Letters to the Editor

There is something wrong with the right

Pulling for Roy Moore, whitewashing the president’s nonsense, defending the confederacy… seriously? You are killin’ it, big guy! Hitting it…

December 22, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Olson: We live in a chemical world not safe for kids

On Nov. 10, during a Friday-afternoon walk south on historic Main Avenue in Durango, I encountered four aftershave cologne clouds.…

December 22, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Hess: Look to history for ways to pay for parks

I have made an effort to learn about the place I call “home” – the State of Colorado – which…

December 21, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Durango is not the town it used to be

But what I could not believe was the part about a lawsuit against a store by a person who tripped…

December 20, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Montgomery: Our homeless problem has reached a crisis level

Recently, I was threatened by a homeless man with a club while walking my dog yards from my front door.…

December 20, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Ending sexual harassment is up to all of us

Resignation is the least you can do. Prosecution is the best we can do … and we will. What did…

December 19, 2017

Letters to the Editor

My Three, a poem from a grandmother to her three grandchildren

The wonderment of your being Your active little bodies Not once stopping for a rest Your squeals and cries and…

December 19, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Fed up with behavior of the homeless

I’ve tried to stay out of the controversy of homelessness in Durango because I’ve been without resources or a dollar…

December 18, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Did editorial constitute breach of ethics?

This board was responsible for the recent editorial criticizing County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt (Herald, Nov. 19). I am curious. Did…

December 18, 2017

Letters to the Editor

In light of oil news, renewables are key

If we are overestimating production, as the MIT study suggests, now would be the ideal time to invest in renewable…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Monument reductions are anti-hunting

Most recently, he’s taken steps to drastically reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah: Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

We must all hold ourselves accountable

Our issues were varied: taxes, education, the economy, the environment, immigrants, the Dreamers, etc. We supported certain candidates based on…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

History account in FLC piece incorrect

His account of Fort Lewis’ involvement in the so called “Ute War” contained twisted facts and much misinformation – “fake…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Affordable housing lost out in decision

What I witnessed and heard were good comments on both sides of the issue by several well-informed individuals. Those that…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

A gift for average American taxpayers

For example: The Walton family of Walmart is reported to be worth $130 billion. The Republican’s Christmas gift tax bill…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Donate in defense of national monuments

Over 99 percent of public comments were opposed to Interior Secretary Zinke’s monuments review. Over 90 percent of Utahns themselves…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Keep motors, and mussels, out of lake

It’s guaranteed because quagga mussels can cover any surface – beach, docks, boats – at 55,000 mussels per square meter…

December 16, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Tax bill problems, let me count the ways

A lack of fiscal responsibility – this bill will add more than $1 trillion (or millions of millions) to the…

December 15, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Lachelt’s actions consistent, principled

Both went to Washington, D.C., to represent county positions: Blake regarding the Bonita Peak Superfund Site (with airfare paid by…

December 15, 2017