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Accessibility concerns with Herald delivery changes

I read the message from Richard Ballantine (Herald, March 29) regarding recent delivery changes and appreciate your acknowledgment of the challenges faced by readers with disabilities, P.O. ...

Support Jenn Jenkins for LPEA

As a native of Durango and a longtime advocate for mission-driven organizations, I highly encourage you to elect Jenn Jenkins to represent District 3 on the La Plata Electric Association boa...

Senators skipped Democratic Assembly

On March 28, hundreds of Colorado Democrats made the trek to Pueblo to do their civic duty and attend the Democratic State Assembly. They had been chosen by their counties to appear, vet, an...

What happened to Adopt-a-Highway?

I drive a lot for work around Montezuma and La Plata counties, and lately I can’t help but notice how trashed our highways are getting – as in literal trash along the sides of the road. What...

Vote Luschen, Pitcher, Jenkins for LPEA Board

As many of you are aware, our electric co-op recently broke up with Tri-State Power. Even including the cost of separation (Contract Termination Payment, or CTP) and the additional transmiss...

Respect for Robert Mueller

While recently reading Robert Mueller’s obituary, I was reminded of his tenure as special prosecutor investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He issued a report ...

DPD chief’s comments raise concerns

Some of Durango Police Department Chief Current’s remarks in the article (Herald, April 6) about the DeFlock Durango proposed ordinance are disingenuous at best. There was plenty of video ev...

A little lesson in American History

Today, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Claimed seventeen thousand drivers had failed his English test and either lost or not been able to obtain their licenses, which to me sounds a who...

Bradford pear trees are invasive and damaging

The article defending the “Callery,” actually the cultivar “Bradford,” pear tree fails to mention that this non-native tree was introduced as the Bradford cultivar in the 1960s and has rapid...

Trump administration designates Antifa a “terrorist organization”

Dear Mr. Trump, I am Antifa. I come by it honestly. My father was Antifa as well. In fact, he was violently anti-fascist. For a portion of his young life, his job was to kill fascists and Na...

Dime redesign raises concerns

I read in the Durango Telegraph that the back of the U.S. dime has been redesigned to remove the olive branch (the peace symbol) from the clutches of the flying eagle. The arrows (the streng...

‘Domestic terrorist’ label – I’ve heard that before

I was reported to the FBI as a “domestic terrorist” by Fort Lewis College professors and Durango police on Feb. 11, 2003, in response to a column I wrote for the Minneapolis Star Tribune tha...
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