Opinion

Letter: Just say ‘No’ to developing Hillcrest Golf Course

The idea that these homes would be affordable to the average Durango family is laughable. Wealthy people from Denver, Texas…

March 4, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Don’t let down our guard against COVID-19

After all, where do Texans go, Durango? Will we enforce our local precautions against our biggest tourist group? Time will…

March 4, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Get to know council candidates

That these seven candidates are each willing to dedicate themselves and their time to the often thankless role of public…

March 4, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Youssef is a proven councilor

Jeff SchellDurango

March 4, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: LPEA should stay with Tri-State

La Plata Electric is an owner of Tri-State and has an investment of well over $70 million in Tri-State. Unfortunately…

March 4, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Raise minimum wage, especially for single parents

What is equally disgraceful is what happens to many – yes, many – white women who have to work two…

March 4, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Hang on for a mask-free future

You can almost feel it in the air, as more and more Southwest Colorado residents get vaccinated for COVID-19. Soon,…

March 3, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Bosmansâ€™ technical, financial expertise needed on council

I have known his children since they were born and remember him cycling his kids to school, one on the…

March 3, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Youssef valuable for leadership, continuity

Melissa is an empathetic leader who listens. Melissa possesses outstanding leadership qualities and has the depth and breadth of experience…

March 3, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Youssef has the right work ethic for council

I saw this same work ethic over the last four years as Melissa served on City Council. Melissaâ€™s character traits…

March 3, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lisa McCorry will lead on City Council

Lisa is compassionate, considerate, and committed to our community. She has worked to build her family business with her husband,…

March 3, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Judge Anne Woods’ approach is good for nonviolent offenders

My son experienced the punitive approach of the local and state legal judicial system. He had undiagnosed depression and anxiety…

March 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Follow-up on child’s drowning needed

But as a patron and mother, the 5-year-old boy’s drowning Jan. 17 in the hot spring pools was devastating news.…

March 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: CPAC offers comedic visuals

Nice stage design. Based on the 1930s Othala Rune, used as a Nazi symbol. Some “very fine” people. Then the…

March 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Moving golf course for affordable housing makes sense

Relocating the golf course to provide for in-town affordable housing would truly set Durango and the county on a long-term…

March 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Escalante students enjoy newspaper encounter

I recently provided a Durango Herald for each of the students in my class so they could read the Jan.…

March 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Open space conservancy helps preserve family heritage

My father passed before we could visit the homestead. I realized tha I had no idea how to locate the…

March 1, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Retain Youssef on City Council

She responded with poise, clear-headedness, and decency. She has earned re-election. She helped get us through the rapids; let us…

February 27, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Motel conversions could help ease housing shortage

Motel conversion may be the quickest, most affordable way to add housing units to ease Durango’s housing deficit. It’s been…

February 27, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: What’s happened to Durango?

Last summer, camo-clad, flag-waving, armed counter-protesters threatened Black Lives Matter protesters at Buckley Park, all of whom, with their children,…

February 27, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: No jail time for sex offender is outrageous

In the interest of full disclosure, I will begin by saying that I am a retired sex offender treatment provider…

February 27, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Government instills fear to control, manipulate

The sight of all people wearing masks just intensifies ones fear that the virus is coming to get them. The…

February 26, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Don’t cut the COVID-19 vaccine line

I want to go back to normal as much as anyone, but I have a job that allows me to…

February 26, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Herald favors ‘East-Coast elite, progressive’ sources

A Washington Post editorial on the same page has this quote: “Republicans need to make the first move to build…

February 25, 2021