Letters to the Editor Tell council to budget for climate action The scientific reality of a tipping point requires our immediate, determined action to cut carbon emissions. Unfortunately (and despite valiant… August 26, 2019
Editorials Welcome home everyone is pleased that Hickenlooper wants to take on Gardner August 26, 2019
Letters to the Editor Complaints about the train are dishonest Often, these complaints insinuate the train is a new and unwelcome presence in Durango. The line to Silverton has run… August 26, 2019
Letters to the Editor Need to keep hearing from left and right In every letter, no matter their perspective, they blame the other side for our country’s problems. Here is a reality… August 25, 2019
Letters to the Editor More gun laws won’t stop evil-doers CBI couldn’t answer the question: how many gun laws are already on the books? They suggested contacting the ATF. Spoke… August 24, 2019
Editorials We can do this Council gets an earful of ways to start reducing our carbon emissions August 23, 2019
Letters to the Editor No reason to destroy ‘hot’ hemp crops State and federal regulatory bodies have not established reasonable and consistent THC levels. In Colorado it’s 0.3% for Delta-9 THC… August 23, 2019
Letters to the Editor Elvis and the Herald do nothing for me Yet again, the lengthy editorial on the opinion page is devoted to an irrelevant topic (“Elvis lives,” Aug. 19) that… August 23, 2019
Letters to the Editor On this, I will stand with Robert E. Lee “Lee believed countries that erased visible signs of civil war recovered from conflicts quicker,” Horn wrote. As President of Washington… August 22, 2019
Letters to the Editor Gabbard is the best choice for president Our nation needs a leader who will bring people together. That is one of the reasons why I’ve decided to… August 21, 2019
Editorials So long, old ice A funeral for a glacier and the movement of refugees are connected August 21, 2019
Letters to the Editor George Will and I have had enough Will states: “It is quite another thing to have a president who does not merely pollute the social atmosphere with… August 21, 2019
Editorials Boycott Everything term and practice seem to have outlived whatever use they once had August 20, 2019
Letters to the Editor Mercy used to be a righteous hospital We used to have a righteous hospital in Durango, runs by an order of caring nuns, the Sisters of Mercy.… August 20, 2019
Letters to the Editor The selfish train belongs in a museum The train pumps out carcinogenic smoke into our town every day. It creates sound pollution with its offensively loud whistle.… August 19, 2019
Letters to the Editor Please write more about this president To make bigger waves, Trump made arrangements for 700 migrants to be deported from Mississippi, leaving children without parents. Please… August 19, 2019
Letters to the Editor How is it possible there’s no city pool? My grandchildren and I am very sure many others must go out of town or even out of state to… August 19, 2019
Letters to the Editor We’re Dems and we’re not taking this My Grandfather was gassed in France, he loved this country unquestionably. He was a proud Democrat. My father saw his… August 19, 2019
Letters to the Editor Libraries are the lifeblood of America We in southwest La Plata County who support the Sunnyside and Fort Lewis Mesa communities are being asked to pay… August 18, 2019
Letters to the Editor Republicans don’t care about democracy I assure you, Mr. Sigman, nearly all Democrats are critical of the president, his appointees and Republican members of Congress,… August 18, 2019
Letters to the Editor A little Civil War history couldn’t hurt Soldiers of the Southern states fought heroically for their belief in states’ rights. They weren’t going to trade the tyranny… August 17, 2019
Letters to the Editor Dems: We know you are hurting, but … Yes, we understand that Democrats were upset when Al Gore and then Hillary Clinton lost their elections. But that is… August 17, 2019
Letters to the Editor If it quacks like corruption, it hurts us But as happens so often when there is inadequate oversight of the top tier of an organization, the people at… August 16, 2019