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Mountain Middle, helping make better dog families

Thank you to Mountain Middle School and Shane Voss for letting us use your fabulous school to host a dog handling seminar. We spent a weekend training our local dog handlers how to compete i...

There’s hope for single-payer health care

My medical colleagues and I regularly see patients who have waited far too long to seek care and who have suffered needlessly as a result. Why? Because they either totally lack health insura...

Wolves help, not hurt, elk populations

What’s the greatest threat to Colorado’s elk population? Habitat loss, climate change, chronic wasting disease or wolves? According to many Colorado hunters, the answer is “wolves.” I recent...

Hurd is hurting the Western Slope

The House recently passed their “Big Beautiful Bill” of health care cuts, cuts to veteran services, increased energy bills and juicy tax cuts that disproportionately benefit billionaires. Th...

ICE just ‘disappeared’ five hardworking men

I’m writing regarding the recent arrest of five employees of Rock Solid Granite in Durango. These men are hard working, skilled stone masons, not murderers and rapists. They show up for work...

Author invokes facts selectively and inconsistently

In the recent opinion column, “Democrats are invoking the ‘Rule of Law‘ selectively and hypocritically,” (Herald, May 18), the author employed a mix of “alternative facts,” false equivalenci...

Using the fund balance is not sustainable

After reading articles (Herald, May 4, Herald , May 6) on the salary negotiations between Durango School District 9-R and its employee associations, I understand the frustration on both s...

Medicaid, a lifeline that matters because I matter

I am writing as a proud member of the disability community in Southwest Colorado. I live, work and volunteer independently with the support I receive through Medicaid. I’m deeply concerned a...

Veterans’ plea: Stand up for us

We, the undersigned, are Vietnam veterans who are currently receiving medical and mental health care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. Every one of us st...

We need a small-dog and more dog parks

This is like the “emperor has no clothes.” There is only one dog park in Durango. This dog park is not one-size-fits-all. I have a small, energetic dog who quickly becomes prey in this one ...

The time to speak up loudly is now

I recall from pre-Fox, pre-Limbaugh days that I could talk with Republicans about what they valued and their view for legislative policies and social programs. We could find common ground wi...

Durango’s roads, trails no longer safe

I have read with horror that someone was killed on the Animas River Trail. Yes, killed. The trail is no longer a safe place for anyone, unless you’re walking slowly and watching out for ever...
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