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Hollis Walker
Position: Opinion editor
Phone Number: (970), 375-4522

Geiger counter clicks do not measure risk to health

In last month’s column (Herald. Oct. 6), I discussed how fear of nuclear radiation on the part of the general public was causing governments, most recently Japan and Germany, to make serious...

China’s family-size rules

Government still controlling with demographics-prompted change

Speak up

Silence is the bully’s best friend, especially in small towns

Will there ever be a 51st state?

North Colorado joins Jefferson, West Kansas, Superior and other failed attempts at separation

The continuous struggle for rights in America

History is a cycle of oppression and peace, the progression of science and society. Humans always look to the past, judging the actions from decades to millennia before. We do not, however, ...

Sportsmen benefit from protecting watershed

By Ty Churchwell Trout Unlimited It’s a special time of year for hunters and anglers. Across the country, hunters are pulling out camouflage clothing and warm boots. Bl...

The daunting task of figuring out how to pay for college

As we roll into the winter months, many high school students are preparing their college applications and asking the inevitable question: “How will I pay for college?” Many students and thei...

Looking ahead to the next legislative term

Christmas candy now sits on the store shelves instead of Halloween treats, so that tells me winter is on its way. My hope is that we have snow, and plenty of it, not just for a w...

Guns: good or bad?

Protect people, liberty with sound gun regulation

Colorado’s draconian sex-offender laws need reform

In 1855, a 19-year-old woman named Celia was executed by hanging in Missouri. Her crime? She had murdered her owner, a man who purchased her when she was just 14 years old and had been forci...

Fall 1918 saw war end, but killing continued

The Durango Evening Herald and the whole community cheered the end of the war. Durangoans had patriotically done their duty, “enjoying” meatless and wheatless days, and cheered as the Allied...

Colorado’s water future

Without planning the entire state could experience serious shortages