Opinion

Thank you, City Council, for careful review of ADU proposal

Martha McClellandu1-i-syn Thank you to the Durango City Council for taking the time to reconsider the proposal to relax lot-size…

January 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Former WRC directors call for community support

As former executive directors of the Women’s Resource Center who continue to work in the nonprofit sector as staff, consultants,…

January 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Grocery store theft costs passed to customers

Every time I go to the grocery store, I pay far more for far less – as we all do.…

January 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Grocery overcharging customers at checkout

Grocery prices are always high in a tourist town, but they still shouldn’t defraud you. Practically every time we shop…

January 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Hurd’s silence equates to complicity

Rep. Jeff Hurd wrote on his campaign website: “Border Patrol and law enforcement must be given all resources necessary to…

January 18, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Trump’s true colors: War, not peace

After posing as a pacifist to get elected, our president has revealed his true colors: blood red and black gold.…

January 16, 2026

Letters to the Editor

WRC board: Power without accountability

It should be noted that Tammy Tyner came from the distinguished Tyner family with generations of dedicated public service in…

January 16, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Questions for the new year

Men and women everywhere: Are we going back to the Dark Ages, or are we moving forward into a new…

January 16, 2026

Editorials

Our view: No exceptions

must stand firm against Peters and White House pressure

January 14, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Rep. Hurd needs his eyes checked

Congressman Hurd’s New Year’s Resolution (Herald, Jan. 4) reminds one of the 1936 line out of the Marx Brothers’ “Duck…

January 14, 2026

Letters to the Editor

To Noem, we’re all dispensable

Apparently, Kristi Noem thinks both people and puppies are dispensable. Beverly Lawrence Durango

January 14, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Coexistence requires more thoughtful protocols

Colorado Parks and Wildlife seems to be more intent on vengeance than public safety. When Kristen Marie Kovatch, hiking alone,…

January 14, 2026

Editorials

Our view: Pushback

Republicans defy Trump veto

January 11, 2026

Editorials

Our view: Southwest Economic Outlook

A strong economy – but not a shared one

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Where’s the outrage over government waste?

Elon Musk and DOGE revealed many opportunities to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse from government spending, and there was a…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Trust the messenger trust the message

In a recent meditation, Franciscan friar Richard Rohr noted, “We have to trust the messenger before we can trust the…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Unfunded mandates threaten local affordability

I am writing to express concern about the state-mandated Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code. As written, this code constitutes another unfunded…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

We must fight for our country

What could be more illegal than kidnapping and prosecuting the Venezuelan president and his wife to install a puppet government…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

32nd Street project delays cost community

If well-coordinated construction teams can replace critical bridges in a matter of days, one would think that moderately competent project…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Our public lands continue to decline under Trump

Something very sinister is still happening to our public lands – while our attention has been distracted by the apparent…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Reworking existing features for a river surf wave

I appreciate the recent letters from folks speaking up for the Animas River, and I’d like to share my perspective…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

Trump’s intervention reveals big oil’s influence

If anyone thought that the geopolitical impact of fossil fuels was only so much rhetoric, Donald Trump has just corrected…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

We are now an authoritarian state

We are now officially a rogue state, like those countries we vilify. Are you proud? Trump has autocratically directed the…

January 11, 2026

Letters to the Editor

La Plata County needs battery storage

We need Battery Energy Storage Systems to efficiently deal with electricity demand spikes by storing the growing excess of solar…

January 9, 2026