Opinion

Urge support for a kinder way to die

Each year in Colorado, a significant number of people who are terminally ill suffer unnecessarily for long periods of time…

January 9, 2016

Letters to the Editor

‘Stolen’ lands argument goes nowhere

The Colorado Enabling Act, in Section 4, (please Google) clearly states that as a condition of statehood, “the people inhabiting…

January 9, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Kroeger left his mark publicly, personally

Steve C Harris Durango

January 9, 2016

Editorials

Mountain expansion

City, school compromise will broaden educational options

January 9, 2016

Letters to the Editor

For 2016, take action on climate change

Step one, carbon pollution. As the extreme onslaught continues, flooding in the Midwest and the intense chills in New York,…

January 7, 2016

Editorials

Winter safety

emergency preparedness services – and take their advice

January 7, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Redistricting process must be inclusive

It is important that we create fair congressional districts, not ones drawn by partisan politics. However, I have deep concerns…

January 7, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Changes have diminished the Herald

Call me silly , but the Durango Herald has been a primary source of news for me for those 30-plus…

January 6, 2016

Letters to the Editor

This is the year of the American baby

William Patrick Sturtz Durango

January 6, 2016

Editorials

Gun control

Executive action is minimal step toward tempering violence in the United States

January 6, 2016

Letters to the Editor

GOP focuses on women, prisons, profit

Corporations, Republicans and forced birthers are deadbeat parents that undernourish 22 percent to 36 percent of America’s born children and…

January 5, 2016

Editorials

Oregon standoff

Official restraint is admirable, but risks encouraging the craziness of extremists

January 5, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Join effort to make 2016 more positive

Although I do not believe in organized religion because of the centuries of wars it produced – still produces –…

January 4, 2016

Letters to the Editor

PERA still Colorado’s best investment

For years, Stapleton has obscured the truth about Colorado’s best investment, PERA. PERA provides state troopers, snowplow drivers, teachers and…

January 4, 2016

Editorials

Utilities commission

Disbanding advisory board would have chilling effect on citizen participation

January 4, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Time to solve current political debacle

Then there is, “If you’re not a Democrat when you’re young you have no heart, and if you’re not a…

January 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Voters are unaffiliated for good reason

I’m registered affiliated only so I can vote in primaries. In general elections, I’m independent. If I support women’s right…

January 3, 2016

Editorials

PERA

treasurer’s objections reflect ideology more than mathematics

January 3, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Contact representatives for a change

It turns out the Republican debates and candidate antics are far funnier than he ever was! Tea partiers have finally…

January 2, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Buying guns is a right, not a requirement

1) Gun ownership is a right, driving is a privilege: Conflating the two makes an interesting argument, however, if you…

January 2, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Founders would be appalled by U.S. now

Denis Castro’s letter (Herald, Dec. 29) employed this intellectually dishonest tactic attempting to blur the message of an op-ed piece…

January 2, 2016

Editorials

Looking forward

year ahead will bring challenging debates and political drama

January 2, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Cohen still perpetuating climate denial

He spouts off as if to be taken seriously, but what he says lacks any semblance of substance, fact or…

December 31, 2015

Editorials

Cheap oil

Low-priced gasoline is a welcome boon for motorists, but hardly all good news

December 31, 2015