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Whether it’s making Medicaid nearly inaccessible (see “Big, Beautiful Bill”); assaulting immigrant mothers in the middle of the night; attacking Social Security under the false pretext of el...

Measuring business success by worker financial security

While home prices and rents have increased upward of 70% over the last five years, state minimum wage has increased just 33%. Fortunately, Durango has the ability to close this gap by implem...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Is your life better now?

Life in America has changed for the worse. Congress has long abdicated its constitutional powers as enumerated in Article 1, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. Congress was granted the pow...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Can we agree to dogs on leashes?

I am a born and raised lifelong Durango resident, dog lover, trail runner and user. I have been encountering more and more people on the trails, walkers, runners, mountain bikers, etc. I fr...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Spend parade money on veterans in need

My father and my six uncles were in World War II, a brother and many cousins were in Nam. I am proud of the U.S. Army on its 250 year birthday, but at a cost of 45 million and extra to fix ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango is listed as a sanctuary city

Regardless of Durango governance’s pretense of not trying to circumvent U.S. immigration law and its intent, the federal government recognizes Durango as a “sanctuary city.” The general idea...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Add police to needed solutions

I was waiting for the bus one day, early in the afternoon. I was talking with a guy standing there. Suddenly, Durango police officers come in a pickup and start hassling the guy about alcoho...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A rescue, reunion, a community standing tall

Three months ago, my wife and I made national headlines after helping a young trans man escape an abusive home. The backlash was brutal. We received death threats. The right-wing media calle...

DATE: Jun 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

HR 1997 dismisses decades of collaborative constituent work

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s Productive Public Lands Act, (H.R. 1997) stated goal is to “unlock resource development” on BLM lands in Colorado. Yet, the Resource Management Plans it seeks to overturn in...

DATE: Jun 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Qatar plane a shameful sham

The $400 million “gift-plane” to the Department of Defense from the Qatar (Hamas-supporting) government is either payment for something secretly done, or a bet on receiving a future benefit ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tesla: Expect more fingers, gestures and shout downs

I guess the Herald thought men driving Elon’s Cybertrucks needed empathy and understanding (Herald, Jun. 2). I disagree. Of course, we’re all free to drive whatever automobile we choose. I f...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump vs. Harvard and the truth

I finally understand our president’s total disdain for Harvard University. Harvard’s motto is “Veritas” in Latin. The English translation is “Truth.” Gerald Schaerer Durango ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.