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Hollis Walker
Position: Opinion editor
Email: hwalker@durangoherald.com
Phone Number: (970), 375-4522

Richard Ballantine has left the building

By Mary McLachlin At 67, Richard Gale Ballantine calls himself a lucky man. “I’ve had two things in my life that I really enjoyed doing – journalism and farming,” he sa...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Public Editorial Board Meeting

Please join The Durango Herald editorial board for its public session at 10 a.m. today at Durango Doughworks, 2653 Main Ave. Each of these meetings will consider issues relevant to Herald re...

DATE: Aug 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Digital-age friendship

Engineer Steve Harris mixes tech links and old-fashioned shared lunch

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Public education contains tension between individual, collective

The promise of public education is about to be renewed. When school doors across the nation reopen, the liberty of summer will transform into the obligation of autumn. Students and staff w...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Rain and summer events come to life in the 59th District

After our poor winter snowpack, continued drought in the spring and fires around the state, we were excited to see the beginning of our monsoon season starting in late June. Havi...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

A dream deferred

Fifty years on, King’s vision far from reality

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Creating true security

Shift focus from violence to diplomacy and international cooperation

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

2013 legislative session yields new employment laws

Gun control, civil unions, recreational marijuana – oh my! While a plethora of bills passed this legislative session, their palatability likely depends on your political persuasion. Love ’em...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Get involved to keep Colo. the land of opportunities

Summer’s winding up with the start of back-to-school sales. Delicious Western Slope produce is appearing at the grocery stores and roadside stands. The last wave of summer visitors is crammi...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

From Boxers to business, it was a new century

“Our Little Brown Brother” continued putting up a strong fight in the Philippines which embarrassed the Army, but that was not the end of American adventures. Now this once isolationist coun...

DATE: Aug 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Thinking of running for the board?

Six of the seven seats on the District 9-R Board of Education will be up for re-election in the fall. Three will be four-year seats, and three will be two-year seats. In order to run for any...

DATE: Aug 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

School District 9-R

Candidates needed for six seats on the school board

DATE: Aug 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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