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Slow down and enjoy Durango’s beauty

My wife and I moved to Durango six months ago when I took a new job, and we love this place. What has impressed us is the warmth and friendliness of the people who have welcomed us, as well ...

Stay healthy: Eat good fats, whole foods

Looking at the Herald’s March 17 Health & Fitness section makes me wonder: Are we looking in the wrong direction for health? The front page looks at heart disease, nonsteroidal anti-inflamma...

Defying yellow lines will place you at fault

Yellow lines, especially when they are double, are there to indicate crossing into a lane is illegal. Recently, I have pulled into a lane, waiting to do so until I reached an area where ther...

Hermosa bill is the right way to protect area

The mountains, deserts and rivers of Southwest Colorado entice folks to plant roots in Durango – roots that, as a local contractor, I’m happy to help construct. The Hermosa Creek Watershed P...

Local official treats area veterans well

In the service, one is not expected to be complimented for a “job well done,” as you were assigned with the expectation it would be so. This carries over to veterans in their civilian career...

Story a reminder of time with ‘great woman’

The Durango Herald was blessed to have Morley Ballantine and her husband buy this newspaper in 1952. What a nice read (Herald, March 21) about their generous and positive impacts, more than ...

Root out union use of city-owned buildings

I hope the Herald is going to seek out city employees who are union members, since the political advocacy of Democrat-supporting public employee unions is well known. We should not be paying...

Other options exist for local intersection

Here we go again. The Colorado Department of Transportation is going to give us another Bridge to Nowhere. This time, it’s a road to trouble. If you are traveling south on Highway 550, you...

Connect Animas River Trail to Chapman Hill

Are there any plans to improve the dirt path on the eastern bank of the Animas between the fairgrounds bridge and Riverview Drive? It could be a great extension of the Animas River Trail, es...

Don’t confuse climate with weather

In response to Elizabeth Black’s letter (Herald, March 4): First, CO2 does not burn. If it did, the mythological fire-breathing dragons of yore might have been real. History often repeats it...

Durango, let’s put an end to reefer madness

Some sort of “reefer madness” paranoia is surrounding Durango City Council’s discussions about marijuana stores. I don’t understand why a downtown ban would even be considered. At a recent m...

Pass measure protecting wage-theft victims

There is a bill being proposed in our General Assembly that would ensure victims of wage theft could seek recompense and justice. It is Senate Bill 5, the Wage Protection Act. Under current ...
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