Opinion

Editorials

Patenting genes

Supreme Court limits the ability to claim ownership of products of nature

June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Killing sprees should prompt policy change

Leigh Nielsen Durango

June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor

A different kind of election is coming

Members come together in an atmosphere of reverence and spiritual contemplation to vote for the individuals they consider best equipped…

June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Young people being harassed at skate park

These men are drunk, belligerent and spend the day down the slope from the skate park next to the river…

June 13, 2013

Letters to the Editor

IRS controversies are nonevents

Let’s do that: $50 million in three years is about $17 million a year. The amount spent annually during those…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Support stores so generous to area youths

Generally, the students who go to NOLS from our school are not thick with money, yet these courses are steep…

June 11, 2013

Editorials

Sexual assault

leaders and the military’s top brass wrong to keep fox guarding the henhouse

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

River seekers should respect private property

Either they can’t read or they believe that the message doesn’t apply to them. Either way, it truly upsets me.…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Close call with cyclists a reminder to drivers

I know all the Ride the Rockies cyclists riding two and three abreast made the driver angry. Living on East…

June 11, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Durango police need community guidance

I feel they harass people accidentally speeding a few miles more than the limit or in a poorly marked school…

June 11, 2013

Editorials

Big Brother

recent revelations about phone data, Americans now know their privacy is gone

June 9, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Pot-eating dog should have been contained

Because there are many legal substances in compost heaps that are unhealthy for dogs, we need to protect our pets…

June 9, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Climate change real, clean energy cheaper

While it is correct that renewable energy is subsidized, there are also subsidies to fossil fuel suppliers. Thompson says climate…

June 9, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Council’s bag efforts won’t solve any problem

The proposed measure is purely symbolic so we can feel progressive, but the Chamber of Commerce members were 62 percent…

June 8, 2013

Editorials

Welcome, cyclists

the Rockies: Durangoans can serve and assist bicycle riders of all levels

June 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor

County blind to needs of the disabled

The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds was recently informed that the La Plata County Building Department has closed…

June 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Connect downtown to economic ‘caboose’

Yes, the recently installed pedestrian surface crossing light there is a big improvement, but still breaches the oft-stated axiom of…

June 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Visitors come to Durango for its uniqueness

The letter to the editor from Martha Mason (June 6) notes some of our inadequacies in this area but also…

June 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Residents have right to personal privacy

I was walking home from a restaurant when a police officer pulled me over and falsely accused me of breaking…

June 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Obama administration incompetent, corrupt

Its highly doubtful that there will be a revelation that points the finger at Barack Obama blaming him for these…

June 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Vanquishing fantasy turns sour quickly

So off I went to our friendly, local hardware store to replace the batteries in my night-vision goggles. As I…

June 8, 2013

Editorials

Education reform

finance ballot measure will mean more and do more than increase taxes

June 8, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Create safe options for riders, equestrians

It is unfortunate that The Durango Herald chose to set aside this concept of community to write an article (June…

June 6, 2013

Letters to the Editor

Do not set single-use trail precedent

The beautiful, quiet trail near Junction Creek-Logchutes, would be modified to become a single-use bike speed/jump course. Access is at…

June 6, 2013