Opinion

Urge BLM to use master leasing plan

Last year, the local Bureau of Land Management finalized a resource management plan to determine how public lands and natural…

February 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Lost Dog was an asset to the community

The representative of the owner of the building, stated that owner and proprietor of the Lost Dog, Ann Morris, couldn’t…

February 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Election starts March 1 with caucuses

On the Democratic side, choosing a candidate starts with you at your precinct caucus on March 1. This is a…

February 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Scream and shout for Superfund now

Yet Silverton was not yet ready to vote for the Superfund! My question is why does Silverton even get a…

February 20, 2016

Editorials

Minimum wage

Statewide authority over pay flies in the face of respect for local control

February 20, 2016

Editorials

Gardner office

Senator boosts regional presence with new hire, office plans in Southwest

February 17, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Do not let the city raze Animas Museum

The schoolhouse, Joy Cabin and the Peterson House are integral parts of our history and of the museum. I believe…

February 17, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Cartoon on defending Muslims wrong

Did he “defend Muslims”? No, he sent the U.S. Marine Corps to defeat them and that’s why “the shores of…

February 17, 2016

Editorials

Supreme Court

the president and the Senate have a duty to act on the vacancy left by Scalia

February 15, 2016

Editorials

Public lands

recognizing shared resource reminds Colorado of values

February 15, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Come caucus for Bernie on March 1

Some say that Bernie is not what the United States needs right now, that he’s too progressive. I disagree. Clinton…

February 15, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Allow more letters to balance Facebook

Perhaps if the Herald editorial board allowed more letters in the print edition and tossed out the 30-day rule, it…

February 15, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Socialism a path to lost liberties

While visiting with Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson in September 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev said, “We cannot expect…

February 14, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Lindsay Vonn deserves more Herald ink

In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Lindsay just won her 38th downhill victory (the most by a woman in any specialty) and her 76th…

February 14, 2016

Editorials

Unsettled stocks

2016 markets test nerves, but staying the course remains good advice

February 14, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Be responsible; clean up after your dog

For all the Durango dog owners who claim to care about the environment the time has come for them to…

February 13, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Colorado still leading on clean power

The reality is that Americans overwhelmingly support action to protect public health by reducing carbon pollution. The Clean Power Plan…

February 13, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Support our economy, Public Lands Day

We are lucky to live in Durango where we can explore so many spectacular public lands right near home. But…

February 13, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Take the opportunity to thank Hillcrest

What many of you may not know is the snowmobile that is used for grooming died two days after our…

February 13, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Contribute to excellent Hillcrest grooming

I witnessed a selfless act of an elderly skier skiing with a shovel and no poles. He was covering the…

February 13, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Events demonstrate racism in America

When the Ammon Bundy bunch proclaimed their alliance for the constitutional rights of ranchers, loggers and miners, he lost all…

February 13, 2016

Editorials

City and housing

session shows promise for policy, community outlook on homelessness

February 13, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Forest management helps ease budgets

Although the story and RSA do a great job at explaining the need for change (less money), they don’t address…

February 12, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Aid in dying gives options, not orders

The debate is sadly divided along ideological lines with the opposition seemingly unable to hear the rebuttal to their arguments…

February 12, 2016