Opinion

Voting

to make Election Day a holiday is unlikely to succeed and unnecessary

Immigration reform

Changing trends among migrants may make long-overdue reform possible

In winter driving, tires are everything

You must be able to start, stop and steer. It doesn’t matter whether you have all-wheel, four-wheel or front-wheel drive.…

Thanks to Sheriff Sean Smith for sanity

Quoting a recent story: “Calling the move too political, La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith chose not to sign a…

Guns kill more Americans than terrorists

Yes, 250,000 have died from the war violence in Syria, but half that number have died from guns in the…

Colorado’s voice of Reason

Keep religious beliefs out of politics

We have freedom of religion in this country. That means we can believe in any religion we want or not…

Pollution has long worried Durango

When the pollution from mines and mills began to reach Durango in the winter of 1900, the people of Durango…

GOP shows partisanship plus xenophobia

It would make as much sense for Tipton and his ilk to fear their own shadows. Perhaps they do but,…

Many Americans came here as refugees

There have been few, if any, terror-related deaths in the United States since 2001. However, over 100,000 have been killed…

Rollover responders saved the day

Virginia A. Jones Aztec

We could all do more to help others

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out – “Because I was not a socialist. “Then…

Only vets should get Veterans Day off

If anyone should have the day off it’s the veterans who have sacrificed so much. Harry R. Heinz Durango

Support the climate plan for local ag

With increasingly severe droughts across the West and changing weather patterns everywhere, conditions are getting harder for farmers to plan…

Water plan

Statewide multifaceted effort is required to meet water needs

City takes hard line on parking law

My mother had forgotten to put her handicap permit in the window of her vehicle. She has been handicapped and…

Education system aims to close minds

It seems that intolerance and closed minds are the aim and end product of our education system. This mindset is…

Conservatives won’t be confused by facts

Specifically, the ongoing witch hunt against Planned Parenthood. Don’t just take my word, do your own research. Google “what is…

Purgatory!

Opening day of 2015-2016 season marks 50th season with change, improvements

Opposition to sewer plant over the top

On Nov. 5 the Durango Herald printed its third editorial in opposition to rebuilding the sewer plant at Santa Rita…

Health costs

Enrollment and rising costs reveal larger problems with health care

Shootings underlie art show theme

Another black kid mistaken for a black man gunned down and mom cries Michael Brieger Durango

Syrian refugees

both his credit and Colorado’s, Governor Hickenlooper got it right

Tricking Starbucks is not Christ-like

To call Christians to join in a nationwide campaign promoting animosity, trickery and deliberate provocation in the name of Jesus…