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Brown’s candidacy brings back bad memories

J. Paul Brown’s recent announcement of his candidacy for State House District 59 brings back plenty of memories I would have been happy to forget. Does anyone else remember the bear hunting ...

Cabins were only access for disabled people

I have been renting at Five Branches RV park for the last five years. My stays have been from as short as one month to as long as the entire season. The reason for my choice was the availabi...

In UC names use a comma, not an ‘at’

I often read with amusement the comments regarding the various ballot issues. I chuckle at the seriousness with which many writers engage on the topics recently gracing the Opinion section o...

Be more aware of medical billing practices

I recently had personal experience with the increasingly egregious problem of medical insurance bill padding. I can now see why American health care is widely regarded as the most expensive ...

Free coffee today at Betsy’s shrine

Help yourself to a free cup of healing today at the “Betsy’s Finish the Ride” shrine near Office Depot. The shrine will be up from 10 a.m. until early afternoon at the Durango Coffee Co. dri...

Schaaf’s work with mosquitoes protected us

I feel it important to write after reading the story of Sterling Schaaf, his life, work and retirement (“They used to eat us alive,” Herald, Oct. 31) to thank him for all of his dedication i...

With treaty, Obama diluting U.S. sovereignty

I’ve been bashing the National Rifle Association a lot in my letters to the editor, and I feel all of it has been justified. However, because I feel that the NRA stretches the Second Amendme...

Obama’s hot air could turn many windmills

The 2008 elections were certainly a watershed moment for America. Finally, we had come to grips with our sad past and put slavery and racial discrimination firmly behind us. The U.S. had ele...

Catering to foreign interests destroying U.S.

Before we consider taking away what we now call “benefits” to Americans because of our huge national debt, let’s do a little arithmetic. Mainly it is all about letting self-serving and greed...

Council shows actions louder than words

After participating in two Planning Commission meetings and two City Council meetings regarding the new Second Avenue hotel and the accessory dwelling units, the south side of College Drive ...

Global warming: Insanity or religion?

An interesting part of the climate-change alarmism is that all of the heating predictions by climate models have failed and actual observed temperatures are nowhere near what was predicted. ...

United problems, solutions not fully explained

For frequent United passengers to and from Durango, progress noted in a story (Herald, Oct. 21) is welcome but also concerning. We deserve more than United’s assurance that staying the cou...
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