Letters to the Editor

Make our legacy a fully functioning river

Over the past months, the Herald has reported on multiple Animas issues including: unpleasant and odiferous conditions along the river…

September 3, 2016

Cutting transit a step in wrong direction

During a time of climate change, where mass transit is one of the areas that can be utilized to mitigate…

September 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Keep the Arc because it is true public art

It is now, after so much community involvement, much more truly public art than most of the other public art…

September 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Environmentalists want to lock up all land

I think of long-haired hippies who do not dye or cut their hair and live completely off the land in…

September 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Thanks to Western Excelsior for firewood

I know there were many people taking advantage of this generous offering. They could just as well have charged, say,…

September 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

ColoradoCare puts health before profits

I just got on Rocky Mountain Health Plans, but they are withdrawing from the health exchange in December for most…

September 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Mercy surgery team deserves accolades

Unfortunately for me, the weeks leading up to the operation created enormous anxiety. Considering my age, the risks associated with…

September 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

ColoradoCare would save us all money

Let’s look at this more carefully. The ColoradoCare premium tax would not be an additional burden on taxpayers because it…

September 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Look to Steamboat as an access model

When Southwest Center for Independence tried chalk “No Access” stencils as a harmless and humorous way to point out some…

September 1, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Get the facts on Gwen, Julie and energy

Locally, though, La Plata County has had a strong record of civility and bipartisan achievement. Unfortunately, some people have decided…

September 1, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Pro-life policy has terrible consequences

Turns out it wasn’t Jesus that Texas Republicans were serving. They served themselves and their bank accounts in a state…

August 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

J. Paul Brown best represents Colorado

After carefully studying the positions of both candidates, I’m convinced Mr. Brown brings to the table a lifetime of strong,…

August 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Quakers supporting Planned Parenthood

At this yearâ€™s annual gathering, we united in support of Planned Parenthood as follows: Planned Parenthood has recently come under…

August 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Big thanks to search and rescue team

Our prayers were answered by a team from La Plata County Search and Rescue: Ron Corkish, Jaaron Mankins, Matt King,…

August 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

School security a misuse of resources

Heinous acts of violence make the 24-hour, global news – something horrible is happening to someone, somewhere, all the time…

August 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

District sending wrong message to kids

When I went to drop off my children on the first day of school at Needham, instead of being greeted…

August 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Support work of Citizens’ Climate Lobby

It is not a religion. 97 percent of climate scientists are convinced, based upon the evidence, that human-caused global warming…

August 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Find out the facts about ColoradoCare

Conversely, ColoradoCare’s priority is the health care of real Coloradans. That’s why ColoradoCare will eliminate outrageous artificial pricing set by…

August 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

McLachlan the kind of person we need

I first met Barbara when she was teaching English and advising the student newspaper at Durango High School, and I…

August 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Too many questions about ColoradoCare

As I understand, this proposal would raise our income taxes, as retirees and self-employed, to almost 15 percent and perhaps…

August 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Share Wildcat concerns with the EPA

However, Wildcat has now ruined a beautiful wetland pond, destroyed Little Deadwood Gulch, created portals, carved roads, moved an entire…

August 27, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Letter writer got airport issue all wrong

Ritchey’s comment that we are proposing a $90 million reconstruction is incorrect. After discussions months ago with our consultants, the…

August 27, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Rescue was a good use for the military

There would be fewer body bags, severed limbs and civilian casualties, and post-traumatic stress disorder and ISIS would not be…

August 27, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Three ballot measures deserve attention

I support Amendment 71 because it would create a critical distinction between initiatives to alter the Colorado Constitution and those…

August 27, 2016