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Main Avenue works; let’s not change it

The City Council has hired a consulting firm to come up with a new plan for Main Avenue. They came up with four choices, all with common features: Traffic on Main is reduced to one lane in e...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Give carbon tax revenue to FEMA

Andrew Zeiler’s letter to the editor (Feb. 26) needs some clarification. The current exorbitant inflation was caused by flooding the market with cash in a shorter period than suppliers we’re...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

There is no going back to old Durango

Since its reconstruction in the 1990s, I’ve considered the so-called Swinging Bridge a perfect metaphor for the changes in Durango. Into the 1970s, the Swinging Bridge fairly bucked. It coul...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Elitist attitude is ruining Durango

I could not help but write after reading “As Durango grows and becomes more expensive, is its culture changing?” (Herald, Feb. 26). Perhaps it’s not the culture but the elitist attitude that...

DATE: Mar 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ascent seems like a religious school

Regarding this push to bring Ascent Classical Academy to Durango, if one digs a little deeper, ACA seems to be a religious school trying to use language that does not sound religious to gain...

DATE: Mar 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Has distemper afflicted representatives?

Reading Page 3A of the March 2 issue of the Herald, I was concerned to see that canine distemper has been found in local raccoons. At College Drive and East Third Avenue, the raccoons emerge...

DATE: Mar 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Enough with Boebert; back Coram

Once again, and seemingly on a daily basis, our faux representative for District 3 has continued on her relentless drive to be our biggest national embarrassment. Her disgusting, juvenile, ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

With Ukraine invasion, German leadership emerges

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered the productive coexistence that prevailed since the fall of the Berlin Wall. With war erupting in Ukraine, Europeans suddenly are faced with the de...

DATE: Mar 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The picture that lost an election?

Could it be that the picture of Lauren Boebert heckling the president during the State of the Union address will become the clearest evidence yet of her complete unsuitability to serve as a ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Look into Sen. Coram’s background

Having been redistricted out of office, Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose, touting his ability to “reach across the aisle,” has announced his intention to oppose Rep. Lauren Boebert in the 3rd Cong...

DATE: Mar 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Rep. Boebert’s heckling was reprehensible

What a sad day when Colorado is represented by a young woman in the U.S. House of Representatives who mocks and heckles President Biden as he delivers the State of the Union speech. Surely,...

DATE: Mar 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It’s possible to live with wolves successfully

In 30 years of working with wolves, there is always one constant, and that is that wolf reintroduction brings up strong emotions and misinformation. Dave Gibbons’ letter (Feb. 25) proves thi...

DATE: Mar 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor