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Donate to Fort Lewis, honor Charles Reid

Charles H. Reid Jr. recently passed away at age 90. He was the last of the “Old Fort warriors” who were responsible, but seldom received the accolades, for ensuring the educational instituti...

Tracy, Lanny: Local kids doing great things

Tracy and Lanny Barnes have always been great people as well as great athletes. Durango Winter Sports Foundation and its member teams – Nordic, Alpine, Freestyle and Snowboard – believe all ...

Man’s letter contains bigotry, intolerance

I sent a copy of Phillip Tillman’s letter (“Mourning the loss of once-great Colorado,” Herald, Jan. 14) to the Missoulian, in Missoula, Mont., with the following: “I would like t...

Dialing, texting both risky behind the wheel

The headlines for the Health & Fitness section (Herald, Jan. 6) driving-safety article seem dangerously misleading. The main point taken was that dialing and texting will definitely raise y...

Parking another complaint about town I like

Most days I like Durango, except for the outrageously high cost of real estate because people who bought their homes for $25,000 years ago think they are now worth $5 million, which I sure c...

We can fight against the tyranny of guns

On Jan. 14, in New Mexico, a 12-year-old boy carried a shotgun to his middle school and shot another 12-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl who are now hospitalized in critical condition. ...

Nothing American about bigotry and fear

I can’t tell you how happy I was to read Phillip Tillman’s letter to the editor (Herald, Jan. 14). I’m elated to know that another such person with a badge has left the state. His homophobia...

Call now to opt out of ‘Smart Meters’

Without notification to La Plata County homeowners, La Plata Electric Association conducted a covert (i.e., secret) operation over the past two years, changing a thousand analog electrical m...

Sheriff wants more money for retirement?

Sheriff Duke Schirard wants a pay raise, so he can save for his retirement? (Herald, Jan. 15.) A lot of people in La Plata County want to save for their retirements – people who...

CDOT should fix ‘hell’s straightaway’

I am writing concerning the latest closure at Red Mountain Pass due to a rock slide. Three years ago this coming March, we were heading south back to Durango. At this exact spot ...

Governor is three kinds of wrong about pot

There are three curious aspects to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s gratuitous declaration of intent “to regulate the living daylight out of” marijuana. The first is procedural:...

Reid a dedicated man who made FLC better

Charles Reid, a long-time employee and retiree of Fort Lewis College, passed away Jan. 2. Mr. Reid (Although he later said I could call him Charlie, I just had too much respect for him to us...
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