Opinion

Editorials

In model YPOD program, young leaders find collegiality and confidence

model program, young leaders find collegiality and confidence

December 22, 2016

Editorials

Lake Nighthorse

Recreation is coming soon, but it should make some provisions for quiet use

December 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Don’t throw baby out with the bath water

One man, one vote. It sounds great, but with a large, diverse electorate it simply is not practical. Keep in…

December 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Don’t let Trump derail new regional MLP

As an avid user of public lands in the Southwest, it’s important that we protect these places where we hike,…

December 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Help available for veteran pension benefit

If veterans require assisted living care in a community or at home, this particular benefit can help them afford that…

December 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Trump and his cronies are just like us

This guy will make La Plata County so bigly, amazingly great again! I mean, he is just one of us:…

December 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Trump voters now have buyer’s remorse

On first glance this seems odd, but given that the winner of the 2016 election is a sexual predator unqualified…

December 20, 2016

Editorials

Increasing graduation rates fulfill moral and economic obligations

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>12-15-16-Durango- Kimberly Davis, left, and Stephanie Moran, the Durango Adult Education Center high school equivalency program manager, played…

December 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Trump: The only one not playing politics

He certainly is not a conservative. In fact, he is very liberal in much of his positions. They should have…

December 19, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Like him or not, Obama far from a tyrant

Sigman has made it clear in all of his letters that he doesn’t care for either Obama or his policies.…

December 19, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Changes to history feature not welcome

Through it, I learned that Durango had a zoo and it had to close because of the Depression and how…

December 19, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Fluoride is a question of personal liberty

This is a question of personal liberty, and that is why it is for the people of Durango who drink…

December 18, 2016

Editorials

Requiring ballots written in Ute language ineffective, unnecessary

The Journal file Neither Tiffany Parker in La Plata County, nor Kim Purcell in Montezuma County, had ever received a…

December 18, 2016

Editorials

Extension affords BLM a renewed opportunity to improve communication

du1-i-syn That the government failed to consult adequately with the tribe and the environmental review was not thorough enough is…

December 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Trump ignorant about important topics

Even though Obama’s tenure is over, Mike Sigman and others are still blathering. Since other routes for the Dakota Access…

December 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Schultz’s leftist, liberal slant is hilarious

I had already taken sick over the Paul Krugman screed on making America “gasp” again (Herald, Dec. 10). Now I’m…

December 17, 2016

Letters to the Editor

State power should benefit the people

I believe in a government of, by and for the people. I believe that corporations are not people, and should…

December 17, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Proposed pipeline poses safety risks

While the public eye was focused on North Dakota, however, another pipeline has been proposed in the San Juan Basin…

December 17, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Fluoridation has no positive outcomes

These years of practice and clinical observations reveal that water fluoridation has no positive outcomes, despite what the government and…

December 17, 2016

Editorials

Audubon holiday

bird count offers chance to take part in a Christmas tradition

December 16, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Trump answers many questions for U.S.

Your party put forth a candidate that has been scandal-ridden throughout her public life, used her office to sell favors…

December 15, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Conservatives can wait out the left

Thank God we are finally divided. In the early 1960s, there were only about 50,000 active rank and file conservatives…

December 15, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Act now to stop Dakota Access Pipeline

When I was in the camp, there were approximately 8,000 protectors from all over the world praying and peacefully protesting…

December 15, 2016

Editorials

New state director Julie Levy Duvall good for Durango, Western Slope, Colorado

state director good for Durango, the Western Slope and all of Colorado

December 15, 2016