Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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What gives? No access, public notice

Way to go, city of Durango. Closing a major recreation area entrance for weeks without any notice or updates. If others are like me, I rode my bike over to the Horse Gulch trail system only ...

The benefits of independence and the free market

LPEA, our local electric co-op, is well managed, always keeping the interests of its members in mind. Whenever I have been seeking advice or information, the staff has been knowledgeable and...

DATE: Aug 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

True safety means protecting all students

I am writing in response to the letter titled “Student safety should come first in restroom policy” (Herald, Aug. 17). I agree: Every child deserves to feel safe at school. That includes tra...

DATE: Aug 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Local trust matters when the feds fail

I watched the bodycam footage. The Durango Police Department posted it on Facebook (see https://tinyurl.com/48jz8nwk) after Compañeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center accused one of ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Who will be taken next?

I am afraid to write this letter because of being targeted by ICE, but somebody must. ICE agents are stealing people off the streets right now. On Aug. 18, ICE agents kidnapped a young fami...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It’s time for the Herald to fix its forecasts

The weather forecast on the back page of the Herald is between 5 and 10 degrees lower than the actual temperature most days. I have called the Herald twice with no return call. Before the ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Speeders, not speed bumps, are the problem

It might be worth noting that someone has already been killed on Animas View Drive. They were killed because the driver was going too fast or was inattentive, not because of speed bumps. Un...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vaccines prevent the suffering I experienced as a child

I have practiced medicine including immunology for 40 years. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admits to having no medical or scientific education or experience. Despite this, he has used his position o...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

City Council falling for ADU illusion

Are Durango city councilors really so naive that they think that easing ADU regulations in our city will somehow magically solve the affordable housing problem in Durango? They are simply be...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

For the record: Upper Pine, not Los Pinos

We live less than 7 miles from the Blue Ridge Fire, which started at the Forest Lakes Subdivision the afternoon of Aug. 15. We were thinking about the possibility of needing to evacuate when...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Rebuilding trust in public institutions essential

For several decades, there has been a concerted effort to destroy trust in our public institutions. Trust in public institutions related to education, health care, public lands, infrastructu...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hofman a blessing to Durango, FLC and men’s basketball

I was heartbroken to hear about Bob Hofman passing away (Herald, Aug. 20). This staunch Metro always looked forward to our games against Fort Lewis College. Bob was a great guy to talk to an...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor