Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Keep your opinions to yourself,

cca Sunday’s editorial (Herald, Jan. 26) is exactly what I would expect from The Durango Herald. The Herald does not…

February 14, 2025

Letters to the Editor

We need automated doors at the post office

cca I have contacted city, county, state, and federal government and news outlets over the past two or three years…

February 14, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Thanks to Life-Long Lecture Series, White for insightful presentations

cca With appreciation and gratitude, I would like to thank Dick White for his heartfelt presentation on “Climate Migration: A…

February 12, 2025

Letters to the Editor

What DEI looks like in Trump 2.0

cca Wanted: farm laborers, dishwashers, overnight janitors, hotel housekeepers, slaughterhouse workers and roughnecks. Only white males need apply. Must show…

February 12, 2025

Guest Columns

Leading LPEA into the future

Chris Hansen When I joined LPEA in November, I stepped into a cooperative with a strong foundation, a clear mission…

February 10, 2025

Guest Columns

City should engage in responsible, informed dialogue

In a Durango City Council meeting on Tuesday, councilors voted to withdraw their baseless lawsuits against the county commissioners and…

February 10, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Team Trump doesn’t care what color your cap is

cca Now that President Donald Trump is putting together his Cabinet and top administrators, it has become quite clear where…

February 10, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Open letter to Jeff Hurd

cca Jeff Hurd, you ended up choosing the wrong time to go to Washington. That is, it will be the…

February 9, 2025

Editorials

Our view: The president with a cudgel: When will Republicans end it?

Is there nothing in the federal government that Donald Trump doesn’t want to pull apart and destroy, behaving as though…

February 9, 2025

Guest Columns

Closing USAID damages America’s image, ability to influence

Herb Bowmancca Just two weeks ago I was living in Yerevan, Armenia, directing a U.S. government-sponsored human rights project when…

February 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Tax cuts revisited

cca A top priority for President Donald Trump is extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, but despite all of…

February 8, 2025

Letters to the Editor

9-R parents and taxpayers deserve transparency, neutrality and inclusion

cca The recent Durango 9-R School Board meeting revealed a troubling lack of transparency, disregard for parental rights and failure…

February 7, 2025

Guest Columns

Acceptance may loosen noose for caregivers

Mary Nowotnycca Remember seventh grade? Physical changes? Social and emotional upheaval? Perhaps a shift in school setting, classmates and teachers?…

February 6, 2025

Editorials

Our view: Pre K-12 could be a Colorado budget target

Work has been underway at the state Capitol since the beginning days of the legislative session to tackle the sizable…

February 6, 2025

Letters to the Editor

We can all do better

cca Thanks, once again, to Mike Sigman, for his mansplaining talent. This time he tries to teach us the science…

February 6, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Board wrong about flags at Durango 9-R schools

cca There are only two flags that belong in a public school classroom in the state of Colorado: the American…

February 6, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Build it and they will come!

cca Way to go, Durango, Chapman Hill is drawing more visitors than ever! Except you probably can’t find parking. Overflow…

February 5, 2025

Editorials

Our view: ‘The gut’ does the military no good

There are several images in President Donald Trump’s two terms in office, the second just a week old, that will…

February 5, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Stop undocumented immigrant deportation

cca Undocumented immigrants have come to the United States to escape horrendous conditions that include violence, rape, extortion and kidnapping…

February 4, 2025

Letters to the Editor

We can’t lose bighorn sheep

cca It is so dismaying that the Weminuche bighorn population has dropped from 460 to 290 since 2011, especially when…

February 4, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Water, forest health, energy future depend on IRA funds

cca After the inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pause the disbursement of funds under the IRA.…

February 2, 2025

Letters to the Editor

We are living in a new era

cca With temperatures rising around the globe scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of…

January 29, 2025

Letters to the Editor

God save America, or is it too late?

cca God save America, or is it too late? Tim Fleming Bloomfield

January 26, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Wildfire prevention requires saying no to industrial-scale solar

cca I’d suggest adding a fourth: Deny construction of large-scale utility facilities that carry inherent wildfire risk. This includes large-scale…

January 26, 2025