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Thanks for the anonymous sandwiches

Thank you to the anonymous parent who donated sandwiches to Durango High School this week. It was a fantastic and appreciated treat. Noah Gorz Durango ...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote for Paslay for 9-R school board

When your ballot arrives for the Durango School District 9-R board election in early October, I urge you to cast your vote for Kristinia Paslay. She has by far the best qualification to serv...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Oregonians enjoy trip to Durango

In August, my wife and I visited Colorado. It had been 51 years since I was stationed in Colorado Springs in the U.S. Air Force. Our last four days were spent in Durango – the first time we ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Another approach to multiple sclerosis

I am writing regarding the article about multiple sclerosis and stem cell treatments (“Immune system reboot,” Sept. 15). This is to inform folks suffering from MS that there is another appro...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Reindeer lives all alone near Ignacio

There is a reindeer out near Ignacio, and it is owned by the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. It is used for the Christmas train. This poor animal is a hoofed animal, and they need...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Turn the hole into a parking garage

The city of Durango should buy the great hole on East Second Avenue across the street from Gazpacho Restaurant and build the long talked about parking garage. Four or five floors of parking ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Parade homes need to be energy efficient

Over the past decades, natural disasters have increased in number and severity due to climate change. We need to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by the burning of fossil fuels ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hunting deaths are not accidents but negligence

The recent death of a bowhunter in Dolores County is a travesty and was completely avoidable. One of the basic tenets of gun ownership and hunter education is “know your target and beyond.” ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Revoke permits on giant hotels

Thank you so much for Nicholas Johnson’s Sept 17, reporting (Herald, “Where are the hotels?”) on the ugly, unsightly, enormous hole in the ground across the street from Gazpacho’s restaurant...

DATE: Sep 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pregnancy not the same as COVID-19

In her letter comparing the Texas abortion bill to masks and vaccines (Sept. 8, “My body, my choice everywhere”), Rebecca York appears to be willfully ignorant. Whether or not she decides to...

DATE: Sep 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Effort to save elder tree was commendable

I would like to commend everyone involved for their efforts in trying to save the elder cottonwood that, until this morning, stood regally along 32nd Street. As Julia Butterfly Hill stated m...

DATE: Sep 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Avenge cottonwood tree by driving less

I am a big fan of trees; they are beautiful, they are home to all kinds of animals, their biological processes are mind blowing and they take in carbon dioxide and expel oxygen. The loss of ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor