Letters to the Editor

Espero Apartments a good start

Hurray for Housing Solutions. Opening the Espero Apartments won’t solve all the problems of affordable housing in Durango, but it…

October 31, 2021

Centura a far cry from Sisters of Mercy

Thank you, Melissa Youssef and colleagues, for initiating a petition to improve health care in Durango at Centura Medical Center.…

October 31, 2021

Antisemitism has no place at school board meeting

The crescendo of hateful, divisive and misinformed rhetoric displayed by individuals at recent 9-R school board meetings reached a new…

Please vote in the 9-R school board election

I’m putting on my parent hat only for this letter. How do you feel about white supremacists? What about those…

Stolen flags, banner will be replaced

As the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, I was deeply disappointed and saddened the third time in…

Trick-or-treaters should be safe

A year or two ago, I was driving into Durango on Halloween night. I was rather bemused by the universal…

Herald treats Christians unfairly

How dare The Durango Herald vilify Christians and especially Christians who are running for school boards in the article regarding…

October 29, 2021

U.S. public education is the gold standard

Public education in the United States is the envy of the world. It is the primary reason our country is…

October 29, 2021

An old Durangoan’s 9-R ballot choices

There’s not much I recognize about Durango in this prophesied Kali Yuga daze compared to when I was kid my…

October 29, 2021

Peace in the park vs. fire engines

How impractical to locate a fire station, which will also include EMT ambulances, police industrial lighting, secured fencing, the unknown…

October 28, 2021

Book removal at Bayfield school alarming

I’m responding to an Oct. 8 story in the Herald about the decision to remove a book from a Bayfield…

October 28, 2021

Gulec should value civic, cross-circular education

In the Oct. 13 Herald, Durango School District 9-R board candidate Donna Gulec cautioned against “diverting scarce educational resources away…

October 28, 2021

School district is not serving students

Durango School District’s national test scores are below the 30th percentile. Only 31% of 9-R students are at their grade…

Voters need to know about ‘Building Durango’s Future’

I have been reading with great interest about the Durango School District 9-R school board candidates, especially the slate “Building…

Mercy must provide quality work environment

Thank you for publishing the “Context for petition to improve health care” at Mercy Regional Medical Center (Herald, Oct. 23).…

Why no reporting about COVID-19 cases at Mercy?

I’m wondering why the Herald isn’t reporting on what’s going on right now at Mercy Regional Medical Center with COVID-19?…

Support public education; vote ‘no’ on Prop. 119

Increasing taxes on marijuana to raise money for education may sound like a good idea at first glance. However, before…

Trash dumping near river is illegal

I contacted Neighbors in Need Alliance, which according to their webpages has assumed oversight of the Purple Cliffs camp. My…

Boys & Girls Club makes a difference in kids’ lives

In support of the National Afterschool Alliance’s Oct. 28 “Lights On Afterschool” celebration, I wanted to remind the community that…

Democracy at stake in upcoming elections

President Joe Biden’s approval rating has slipped, but if all voters understood what’s been going on in this country –…

Boys & Girls Club a blessing to our community

As a working parent, I applaud the Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County for its outstanding after-school program.…

October 25, 2021