Opinion

Letters to the Editor

America needs luck finding freedom, rights

I am a retired disabled veteran who has sacrificed more than what 99 percent of this country would ever think…

January 30, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Commit to friendship, education, hope

What can we do to benefit the future of our youth? For one, volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters so…

January 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Do politicians want us to take medications?

So now, I find out that according to the 2006 drug act, I will be penalized for every month I…

January 29, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Who gets money from city’s utility refunds?

Who gets our money? And why don’t we? What is the purpose of this program if the money only goes…

January 29, 2014

Editorials

State of the Union

Obama’s solo mission offers too many milquetoast solutions to serious issues

January 29, 2014

Editorials

Super Bowl XLVIII

Broncos return to the championship game after more than a decade in the wilderness

January 28, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Legislature must use discipline with fund

Highways are not even being discussed by the majority party in the Legislature. The latest figures show 53 percent of…

January 28, 2014

Editorials

The pot business

U.S. Justice Department rules to allow banking seem sensible

January 26, 2014

Letters to the Editor

When math rules, human corruption is over

The point is, math is infallible. It is humans who are corrupt when left alone to make decisions by themselves…

January 26, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Building immunity is best weapon against flu

Numerous studies, not funded directly by flu vaccine manufacturers, show flu shots are not effective and fail to work for…

January 26, 2014

Editorials

Tribes and the law

highlights serious deficiencies in administration of justice in Indian Country

January 26, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Campgrounds closed to shift blame to GOP?

Was that really necessary or a way for Obama to shift the blame to Republicans? Now it turns out an…

January 26, 2014

Editorial Cartoons

Snowdown Parade

du1-i-syn

January 25, 2014

Letters to the Editor

There is no reason to wait: Go solar now

Going solar is one thing easy to put off, for all the reasons stated above. But let’s look at that…

January 25, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Shop around for best health-care price

My insurance, Rocky Mountain Health Plans, will not answer that question. It does not release its “negotiated rates.” Farmington cash…

January 25, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Parents are responsible for children, guns

Have you ever stopped to think guns are not a new thing? Guns have been around since the early 1800’s…

January 25, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Cell towers affect our lives, not just views

Doesn’t the code of ethics in journalism require a balanced presentation of facts? What unbiased, credible sources can you cite…

January 25, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Trash companies should clean up ditches

My question is whether the trash-hauling companies or their employees will be picking up the trash their trucks spew on…

January 25, 2014

Editorials

Airport expansion

need to get ahead of ourselves, the process is only now beginning to unfold

January 25, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Herald got tax increase percentage wrong

A 1 percent increase would take it to 2.02 percent. I know math is hard. Tom Gray Durango Editor’s note:…

January 23, 2014

Editorials

Senate Bill 19

tax code should be consistent with federal policy on same-sex marriage

January 23, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Pro-gun arguments are less than impressive

I was going to just let this go until I read the following statement in Phillip Tillman’s letter headlined, “Mourning…

January 21, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Trip to hospital revealed no mercy

The bill for 17 hours there for a swollen tonsil was $8,935, plus Mercy-associated bills for a total of $10,534.…

January 21, 2014

Editorials

PILT cuts

Congress must find the means to restore payments to localities for federal lands

January 21, 2014