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Book removal at Bayfield school alarming

I’m responding to an Oct. 8 story in the Herald about the decision to remove a book from a Bayfield Middle School teacher’s classroom library. Superintendent Kevin Aten made this decision a...

Voters need to know about ‘Building Durango’s Future’

I have been reading with great interest about the Durango School District 9-R school board candidates, especially the slate “Building Durango’s Future.” I would like to suggest that those wh...

Mercy must provide quality work environment

Thank you for publishing the “Context for petition to improve health care” at Mercy Regional Medical Center (Herald, Oct. 23). Mr. Parker’s Oct. 17 letter to the editor caught my attention a...

School district is not serving students

Durango School District’s national test scores are below the 30th percentile. Only 31% of 9-R students are at their grade level in math and 50% at their grade level in reading and language a...

Why no reporting about COVID-19 cases at Mercy?

I’m wondering why the Herald isn’t reporting on what’s going on right now at Mercy Regional Medical Center with COVID-19? A fully vaccinated friend of mine with a breakthrough case of COVID...

Boys & Girls Club makes a difference in kids’ lives

In support of the National Afterschool Alliance’s Oct. 28 “Lights On Afterschool” celebration, I wanted to remind the community that the Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County has partnered wi...

Trash dumping near river is illegal

I contacted Neighbors in Need Alliance, which according to their webpages has assumed oversight of the Purple Cliffs camp. My message to NINA was: I occasionally fly-fish the Animas River be...

Support public education; vote ‘no’ on Prop. 119

Increasing taxes on marijuana to raise money for education may sound like a good idea at first glance. However, before voting yes on Proposition 119, it should be examined closely. The 2021 ...

Democracy at stake in upcoming elections

President Joe Biden’s approval rating has slipped, but if all voters understood what’s been going on in this country – that the vast majority of Republicans (1.) promote or play along with T...

Boys & Girls Club a blessing to our community

As a working parent, I applaud the Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County for its outstanding after-school program. My two boys attend the club each day. The staff members provide a physicall...

Wild horses should not be maligned

I must object to Andrew Gulliford’s recent article “Scourge of the West” (Herald, Oct. 9) about free roaming horses on public lands in the West and chide the Herald for even publishing it. ...

Vote for Brown, Parmenter, Petersen for 9-R

I was glad to see the Herald article about the 9-R school board candidates, as the website for the slate of challengers to Erika Brown, Andrea Parmenter and Richard Petersen has only platit...
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