Opinion

Shouldn’t we be planting more trees?

I was a little taken aback when I read the Forest Service approved removing 26 acres of trees for more…

November 13, 2021

Thank you to local hospital for service

Here in Durango, we rely heavily on our local hospitals. The local expertise of the hospitals and personal attention that…

November 13, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Book burning

Culture wars driving efforts to suppress thoughts and ideas

November 12, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Centura must improve services at Mercy

The public pulse “Context for a petition to improve health care at Mercy” appeared in the Herald on Oct. 23.…

November 12, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Article made sensible case for future of ‘Chief’ sign

Judith Reynolds’ article and accompanying cartoon (Herald, Nov. 3) make a sensible and humorous case for where The Chief sign…

November 12, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Student survey a conversation starter

I am writing in regard to Rick Gardner’s letter to the editor published Nov. 8. As the father of a…

November 12, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Football

game is basically civilized war, but there is beauty in players’ athleticism

November 10, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Democracy needs facts, free speech

I was saddened as I read the recent letter from J. Paul Brown, who was a legislator at one point.…

November 10, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Civility improve quality our community

We are a community of different people. In many ways we are alike, and in many ways, we are very…

November 10, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Everyone deserves chance to be heard

The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners must improve the process in which residents for whom English is not…

November 8, 2021

Letters to the Editor

High school student survey too invasive

This week my child completed the Durango Healthy Kids Survey. This survey asked many very personal questions around subjects such…

November 8, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Replace mascot with beautiful art

With Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving this month of November, outside of taking action yesterday, now is the time…

November 7, 2021

Letters to the Editor

The misguided war on critical race theory

Critical race theory, a once-obscure academic concept, has recently emerged as a source of contentious debate. Unfortunately, the term is…

November 7, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Wild horses are truly wild, and native

Scott Beckstead’s rebuttal (“Americans will always revere wild horses,” Herald, Nov. 3) of Andrew Gulliford’s earlier misinformed screed against wild…

November 6, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Unite to pass climate legislation

Dick White states that “(u)nity is crucial in fight against deadly threats of extreme heat, cold, storms” (Herald, Oct. 29).…

November 6, 2021

Editorials

Our View: A missed opportunity for local journalism

Newspapers would have benefited from tax credits in Local Journalism Sustainability Act

November 5, 2021

Op-Ed

Access to higher education is the gateway, degree completion is the goal. Doubling the Pell Grant will help

Since 1972, the federal Pell Grant Program has expanded access to education for millions more Americans than otherwise would have…

November 4, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Marginalized populations need support in Bayfield

I am writing to encourage the Bayfield School District to include books that represent LGBTQ themes and other marginalized populations…

November 1, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Southwest Colorado has good air quality

Front-page headline in the Herald on Oct. 22: “Durango experienced 62 elevated ozone days in 2020.” When I read that…

October 31, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Espero Apartments a good start

Hurray for Housing Solutions. Opening the Espero Apartments won’t solve all the problems of affordable housing in Durango, but it…

October 31, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Centura a far cry from Sisters of Mercy

Thank you, Melissa Youssef and colleagues, for initiating a petition to improve health care in Durango at Centura Medical Center.…

October 31, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Antisemitism has no place at school board meeting

The crescendo of hateful, divisive and misinformed rhetoric displayed by individuals at recent 9-R school board meetings reached a new…

October 30, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Please vote in the 9-R school board election

I’m putting on my parent hat only for this letter. How do you feel about white supremacists? What about those…

October 30, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Stolen flags, banner will be replaced

As the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, I was deeply disappointed and saddened the third time in…

October 30, 2021