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‘Putting fox in charge of chicken coop’

Doesn’t it seem incredible that the more the breadth and depth of the former president’s mischief is exposed in the courts, the more wildly popular he gets in the polls? Not only that, but h...

‘Asking for little help never granted’

Unfortunate end results for missing Rich Moore of Pagosa Springs, but glad his body and his dog have finally been found and, amazingly, the dog is still alive. I was in Pagosa right after th...

‘Expected to drive 60 miles’ for school

I’m a longtime La Plata County resident, living no more than five miles from Purgatory Resort since I was 15. At 15, I was transported by bus to Durango High School five days a week, with th...

‘Call out Boebert on genocide’

So far, there are few who have been willing to show up and support a movement united against racism, islamophobia, anti-semitism, transphobia, and above all, state-sanctioned violence and ge...

‘Some Americans have dysfunctional brains’

My friend George was murdered in 1973 running along the beach in San Francisco. I was running with him earlier or would not be alive to write this letter. Today we are all victims of gun vio...

‘Herald Facebook page. What a joke!’

Some years ago, The Durango Herald made a deal with the devil, oops, I meant Facebook to monitor the comments posted by readers on the Herald website. From my perspective, Facebook monitors ...

‘Vicious cycle brought Netanyahu, Hamas’

Patriarchal dominance cements its control beginning with humiliation, proceeding to intimidation and threats, then moving into violence. This vicious cycle has brought us Benjamin Netanyahu ...

‘Medical services here really bad’

OK, a family member goes to a local doctor after waiting for several weeks for an appointment, then gets a prescription to relieve the pain until this person’s condition can be scheduled for...

‘Boebert using grandchild as a prop’

When Rep. Lauren Boebert isn’t using a pistol side arm as a prop, she uses her 6-month-old grandchild, Josiah, as a prop. The family values representative is nothing short of being morally ...

‘Vote ‘yes’ to fund the BID’

We should be wary any time a proposal for implementing, increasing or extending a tax comes across our ballots. This year, businesses, residents and property owners in the Central Business D...

‘Street created for strolling now a thoroughfare’

​A special thanks to Bill Roberts for his recent guest column that recognized East Third Avenue (the Boulevard) was designed for people, not cars. His suggestion to return it to a place wher...

Malfunction Junction: ‘Leave it be’

I think the dovish drivers require behavior modification not the well-engineered traffic roundabout on Florida Road. These traffic flow enhancements are everywhere today. Only Durango has a ...
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