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Opinion

Freedom lies outside world of COVID-19

Friends, family, fellow Durangoans, the tide is turning. The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has ended all COVID-19 vaccine and mask restrictions. Most likely an act to ...

War in Ukraine dangerous, unnecessary

Since the 1300s, Ukraine was part of Russia until the fragmentation of the Soviet Union in 1991, when it obtained its independence though retaining a pro-Russian government. This pro-Russian...

Mercy provided outstanding care

Please stop all this negative talk about Centura Health and Mercy Hospital. I was taken to the emergency room on Jan. 2 for a serious ostomy problem and was seen immediately by the nurses an...

Vote for cooperation, not single-issue politics

The price of freedom, a decent job and a sustainable environment is eternal vigilance. Upholding democracy at home and abroad is an immediate concern. The period of reduced geopolitical tens...

Charge nonresidents more to use recreation facilities

As a regular user of the rec center and Lake Nighthorse, I notice a lot of people who use those facilities come from outside of Durango. To my knowledge, I don’t think either of those facili...

Mandatory mask policy can be safely removed

The Durango 9-R school board can safely remove the dress code requirement of mandatory masking. This is based on outdated San Juan Basin Public Health 2020 advisories, outdated July 2020 Col...

Justice system under assault by Supreme Court

A county neighbor recently suggested (Herald, Dec. 17) I do some research into the assault on our “justice system” over the last 30 years, as well as the “war on law enforcement.” One need n...

Ignorance allows human trafficking to flourish

January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This multi-billion-dollar industry proliferates largely because of ignorance and policies that allow it to flourish. There are many misperceptio...

If life is sacred, help the less-fortunate

One couldn’t help noticing the two-page ad placed in Jan. 22’s Herald by the usual anti-abortion suspects, with pictures of darling live babies presuming to represent the aborted unborn. Whi...

Don’t limit access to Alzheimer’s drug

I’m a 52-year-old pediatrician diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease in November 2020. That is not my story, but it is now my life. This is what happens when Alzheimer’s tries to ...

Move Manna to homeless camp area

Having been around Durango for nine years now, there has been one constant; the location, resources needed, and effects of the homeless population on Durango. One probably cannot count the ...

Durango school board not listening to parents

The Durango School District 9-R school board and Superintendent Karen Cheser have admitted many times in open board meetings that they do not have the capacity this year to consider a charte...
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