Opinion

Our view: From a distance, we salute you

It’s hard to know how to brace for whatever comes next, but we’re game

March 13, 2020

Letters: Mercy does great on physical therapy

Our experiences at three hospitals in Colorado are noteworthy. Most recently, my husband was a patient at Mercy twice in…

March 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: News media and Hillary are unfair to Bernie Sanders

MSNBC celebrity Chuck Todd went further, referring to Bernie’s entourage as a “brownshirt brigade” – like the violent mobs who…

March 13, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Now everyone wants to fight the Nazis

the ACLU turned 100 and joined the Trump Resistance

March 13, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Opt-out is good with some tinkering

Savings plan needs a little more work

March 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s time to really grill La Plata Electric

Asking the board for a copy of the 2020 budget, I was given a summary budget with expenses of almost…

March 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: On the current lack of Christian charity

However, speaking with other acquaintances who identify as Christians, and reading statements put forth by evangelicals who also identify as…

March 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Durango gem club blows away Wyoming visitor

I was looking forward to spending time with family in Durango and enjoying the outdoors, but I also hoped to…

March 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Congress, fix deadly, idiotic Medicare

We’ve paid thousands of dollars into it and it pays almost nothing out. Its customer service is abominable, and quite…

March 12, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letter: There is gender bias in Herald reporting

Unfortunately, the article refers to Erika as “a mother of twins,” while describing her competitor as a Durango educational consultant.…

March 12, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Joe under wraps

Tuesday’s primaries clarify little

March 12, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s time to let taxpayers vote on bridge

Before I sat to write this letter to the editor, I decided I needed to become more informed; I attended…

March 11, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: 9-R needs more positive attention paid

Teachers and students are why the district exists. Through the Herald, I know more about what students are learning at…

March 11, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: 9-R board and administration were deaf

I’m sorry the cafeteria employees felt the community’s upset was directed at them. It doesn’t seem to me that folks…

March 10, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t let Trump destroy our democracy!

He has been empowered by his impeachment acquittal to begin functioning as a dictator. He has destroyed our constitutionally mandated…

March 10, 2020

Editorials

Our view: A craft anniversary

March 7, 1923, Robert Frost published his plain, defining poem

March 10, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Republicans are destroying democracy

The case as presented was undeniable. The Republicans broke their oath to weigh the evidence objectively, and continually shifted their…

March 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Climate crisis is real, just ask Australia

Richard Riethmiller spouted disinformation on this crisis in his letter to the editor (“Climate nonsense dreamed up by profs,” Feb.…

March 9, 2020

Editorials

Our view: No, it’s not all rigged

Edmund Burke, circa 1769; studio of Joshua Reynolds (National Portrait Gallery) In 1774, in a speech in the House of…

March 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Tri-State delivers a clean, green future

With closures of coal fired power plants plus huge new wind and solar generation projects they’re on track to be…

March 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: There is no climate crisis, no emergency

The liars have lied so well, so completely and for so long that the lies are now just accepted dogma…

March 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Is this clear enough for you on climate?

The Sun’s radiation warms the Earth. The Earth radiates away heat in the infrared. Equilibrium temperature is reached where incoming…

March 8, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Let’s stop paying for shadow electricity

You can save between $20 to $40 a month on your electric bill if you stop paying for shadow electricity.…

March 7, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Are you really Trump’s kind of people?

Senator Susan Collins was sure there would be lessons learned by the president from his impeachment. Well he sure did.…

March 7, 2020