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Choosing Spradling ruins 9-R’s credibility

Open up the story headlined “School board appoints two new members” (Herald, Dec. 18) to online comments! I bet you get a lot. It absolutely does matter about Greg Spradling’s record. The bo...

FLC largely absent in debate over austerity

For years, The Durango Herald has been publishing Associated Press reports expressing alarm about the federal budget deficit – no matter that the No. 1 cause of the deficit are the Bush-era ...

Cloud-seeding is destroying blue skies

I would love to either help or see a story written on weather modification, which is also known as solar radiation management. This includes cloud seeding via the spray of aluminum and bariu...

Lasting memories of a much-loved aunt

A word of praise for a beloved aunt, Roberta Barr. My first memory of life was in 1947 when I was 3 years old, as she and Uncle Bob Barr walked with me to board the train for a trip to Silve...

Collaborative effort seeks to protect Dolores

Colorado Legislators are giving a gift this season that will keep on giving. The Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act and the Browns Canyon National Monument and Wilderness Act are excitin...

Volunteer with DNS and see the world anew

I so enjoyed Sally Shuffield’s column (Herald, Dec. 12) comparing children’s uncanny capacity to find hidden Christmas presents to pinyon blue jays’ amazing capacity to remember where they h...

Barr’s influence will assist future teachers

As scholarship coordinator in the Teacher Education Department at Fort Lewis College, I’d like to acknowledge with appreciation and gratitude the contribution made to our students and to our...

Barr was great role model, generous donor

When you go to college, you often plan to find your way in the world and think that everything will fall into place once you decide which path you want to take. I decided to follow a path to...

Senators trying to dodge blame for failures

Sen. Michael Bennett recently sent us a pat-on-the-back selfie regarding Medicare access. It was ironic, considering it was he and Sen. Mark Udall who voted to strip Medicare of $500 million...

Remembering lost loved ones is a great gift

We lost Peter Carver in an avalanche Feb. 2 this year. I knew him since he was a toddler, until his passing at age 23. We were best of friends. I miss him deeply. I’ve learned t...

Use gas, oil revenue to fund tuition waiver

Thanks to the Herald for its editorial support (Opinion, Herald, Dec. 15) in a federal law for the Native American tuition waiver at Fort Lewis College. President Dene Thomas and the FLC adm...

Draw from Roberta Barr’s sincerity, kindness

I would like to express my sincerest sorrow at our community’s loss of such a wonderful woman – Roberta Armstrong Barr. I never had the honor of meeting Barr in person; however, I have been ...
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