Opinion

Sheriff Schirard is the new Yosemite Sam

If he doesn’t like the laws the people of Colorado pass, he needs to immediately resign his position as sheriff.…

May 23, 2013

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

offers riders, fans a menu of fun

May 23, 2013

Failed recall

Representative government once again vindicated by the effort’s outcome

Citizens Police Academy a great experience

Being a person who thinks that the adage “ignorance is bliss” is not necessarily true, I decided to commit to…

Herald owes an apology for death story

For including details of his death and the events leading up to his death that were inappropriate and irrelevant to…

Keep DHS Life Class funding where it is

The new plan to relocate funding for this amazing program, under the administration of Superintendent Daniel Snowberger, is one of…

Tornado relief

Country can come together to help if politics does not derail the process

Concerns give new board member directive

I overwhelmingly heard them joining with me in desiring our community to be leaders in energy development that supports local…

Gun lawsuit

Sheriffs’ role is to enforce the law, not to decide for themselves what it should be

Columns’ similarities wholly unintentional

As was the case with my own column published in The Durango Herald on April 20, “College admissions process proves…

Time to drown Postal Service in a bathtub

I had to assume they were lost for good. So I paid a locksmith to break into my car. What…

Support students with loan interest rate bill

This problem is set to get much worse this summer when federal subsidized student loan rates are set to double,…

Today’s scandal standard is perplexing

Boomers can take some credit for helping to advance civil rights. So where is the outrage and media uproar regarding…

Details on death did not belong in paper

The Herald should be ashamed that it allowed disrespectful details that where not needed to be included in the report…

May 18, 2013

Write letters to support veteran care

We are writing to ask our community to write letters to Congress and our governor supporting our vets. These men…

May 18, 2013

AP probe

‘National security’ is not carte blanche for intimidation

May 18, 2013

Bag ban spurs cost-effective stockpile plan

Bob Pfeiffer Durango

May 16, 2013

District 9-R wrong to end key programs

The new plan to relocate funding for this amazing program, under the administration of Superintendent Daniel Snowberger, is one of…

May 16, 2013

Drilling in Colorado

should work on refining, not banning, industry practices

May 16, 2013

Council deserves praise for bag efforts

Why do these super-sized corporations still promote plastic bags? One local store never gives out plastic bags, but there are…

May 15, 2013

IRS

Taxation is the most easily abusedand most dangerous federal power

May 15, 2013

City should focus on issues other than bags

Plastic bags are already recycled in bins provided by grocery stores. I have long disagreed with one grocer that only…

May 15, 2013