Opinion

Kudos to city crews for holiday cleanup

Thanks to the great crews of Cortez Public Works, Parks and Recreation and to City Hall. A fine job in…

June 4, 2018

Class of 2018

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>Fort Lewis College graduates throw their mortarboards after recieving their diplomas in Whalen Gym.du1-i-syn In the past couple…

May 31, 2018

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May 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Replace Scott Tipton with Mitsch Bush

Civil rights, human rights and the rule of law, as well as the norms of decency and civility, have taken…

May 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Keep flag at half-staff in honor of NRA

Let’s always keep the flag at half-staff for the shooting victims at our nation’s schools and all the souls that…

May 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Tipton: Broken promise on health care

Congressman Scott Tipton was swept into office during the tea party wave of 2010, and fixing health care was one…

May 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Setting things straight on Rosa Sabido

I would like to clear up some of the misinformation about Rosa Sabido, in sanctuary in Mancos. I received a…

May 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Assertion about guns is simply untrue

In a recent letter to the editor, Rick Corbitt of Dolores asserted that “Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the rest…

May 25, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Our Founders imposed no limit on arms

I cannot find in this countryâ€™s Constitution where the Founding Fathers sought to limit the arms a citizen could own…

May 25, 2018

Letters to the Editor

The Bridge needs your support now

The Bridge Emergency Shelter was formed 11 years ago in response to multiple deaths from hypothermia during the winter. At…

May 25, 2018

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May 25, 2018

Editorials

Remember Me: Veteran Bob Harms commemorates the Memorial Day holiday in verse

Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald – John Jarrett, Chaplian at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 reflected in the Veterans Memorial…

May 25, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Helpful hints from a friend in Texas

I have a few helpful hints I’d like to share. I read with interest about the freak frost that wiped…

May 21, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Please inform me about local militias

The Second Amendment reads, “A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the…

May 21, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Prepare yourself for shift to new currency

The stock market crash in 1929 was engineered. It was designed to take our choice away, knowing the only way…

May 21, 2018

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May 21, 2018

Editorials

Time for Tipton and Gardner to support local leaders, public lands

du1-i-syn On Thursday, as a fitting start to the second annual Colorado Public Lands Day – celebrated Saturday – a…

May 21, 2018

$Sign now for safer standards on fracking$

Letters to the Editor

Sign now for safer standards on fracking

An important petition is circulating from CoRising.org to pass a statewide ballot initiative establishing a 2,500-foot buffer zone between fracking…

May 17, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Mill levy not an increase, but a new tax

The High Desert district election slated to be held on May 8, pertaining to a tax “increase,” should have been…

May 17, 2018

Editorials

Chilcoat and Franklin: Don’t prosecute identity politics

Prosecute criminal acts, if necessary, but not identity politics

May 17, 2018

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May 14, 2018

Editorials

Energy leases: Let’s hold back some of our last best places

Let’s hold back some of our last, best places

May 14, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Medians may be OK; timing is not

If the median project has been in the planning stages since 2012 ( That the project is planned to start…

May 10, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Can a woman win the 3rd District?

This question might have been relevant in the 1950s, but with powerfully able women leaders as ambassadors to the U.N.,…

May 10, 2018