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

Costello and Moore: Federal budget poison pills – policy riders risk clean air, public health

According to the 2018 Conservation in the West poll, Coloradans overwhelmingly favor health-protective rules that keep us safe from air pollutants and climate-changing methane emissions. Sev...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Ornstein: This major challenge to local news has gone almost unnoticed

The foundations of the U.S. political system have recently come under unprecedented threat, centered on manipulation by foreign powers – notably, the insidious role of Russian interference i...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mazur: Bayfield basketball gets its day

Some weary boys stepped off the school bus on Sunday, but they were holding the ultimate prize, a long-sought state championship for Bayfield...in basketball. This small school ha...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Davidson: Sunshine Week is turbid under Trump

WASHINGTON — If sunshine is the best disinfectant, President Donald Trump must pray for rain. He and his administration have a gloomy record when it comes to transparency, a parti...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: With a rising populist wave, what comes after Trump?

What happens to U.S. politics after Donald Trump? Do we snap back to normal, or do things spin ever more widely out of control? The best indicator we have so far is the example of...

DATE: Mar 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Thompson: Resistance to Chaco drilling grows on the Navajo Nation

Editor’s note: On March 1, the Interior Department canceled the sale of oil and gas leases that would have impacted the Chaco Canyon area. The department received hundreds of protests of...

DATE: Mar 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

The Utah Headliners: FOIA is the speedometer, not the cop writing tickets

The Utah Headliners Sunshine Week is here, and we who value government transparency are again celebrating the laws that allow us to know what our local, state and federal governme...

DATE: Mar 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Thorn: Politics worthy of the landscape we inhabit

As a proud life-long Westerner, I hold that the common denominator among my fellow regionalists is a love for the land and a gentle respect for each other. I have come to believe...

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Pearson: Society and the role of government

One’s worldview of government greatly influences perspectives about La Plata County’s attempted update to its land-use code. Do you consider government as a beneficial contributo...

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Fossel; Getting it right! La Plata Liberty Coalition takes on the land-use code

The Herald has published several columns recently regarding the proposed land-use code and property rights. One, by the executive director of the San Juan Citizens Alliance (Hera...

DATE: Mar 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Brooks: How the left wins the culture war

I wonder if I’m wrong on the subject of guns. I started this latest round of the debate with the presumption that supporters of moderate gun restrictions are popularly strong but...

DATE: Mar 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Douthat: Power to the parents

The teenage crusade for gun control has given new energy to an idea that I once supported fervently: Voting rights for 16-year-olds. My support peaked when I was that age myself;...

DATE: Mar 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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