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Hospitals play role beyond health care

Many only see hospitals as a place to get the care we need – whether it be for a medical emergency, COVID-19, a severe injury or a routine procedure. It is true that hospitals provide us wit...

DATE: Nov 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

9-R is a great school district

With the school board election over, I’d like to share my thoughts about our school district. My children graduated from 9-R schools more than a decade ago. That said, I found the schools g...

DATE: Nov 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Shouldn’t we be planting more trees?

I was a little taken aback when I read the Forest Service approved removing 26 acres of trees for more ski runs at Purgatory Resort. If you believe in science (that’s a big, “if”), you woul...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thank you to local hospital for service

Here in Durango, we rely heavily on our local hospitals. The local expertise of the hospitals and personal attention that keeps our residents from having to travel miles in any direction is ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hwy. 160 overpass protects wildlife and drivers

The creation of a wildlife crossing over U.S. Highway 160 is a reminder of just how much Colorado is committed to protecting both signature migratory animals and drivers. This falls in line...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Article made sensible case for future of ‘Chief’ sign

Judith Reynolds’ article and accompanying cartoon (Herald, Nov. 3) make a sensible and humorous case for where The Chief sign belongs and why. In analyzing a long-running debate, she not on...

DATE: Nov 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Student survey a conversation starter

I am writing in regard to Rick Gardner’s letter to the editor published Nov. 8. As the father of a recent high school graduate and a current high school senior, I cannot fathom a parent bein...

DATE: Nov 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Centura must improve services at Mercy

The public pulse “Context for a petition to improve health care at Mercy” appeared in the Herald on Oct. 23. This document was the product of many meetings with physicians who collectively h...

DATE: Nov 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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DATE: Nov 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Civility improve quality our community

We are a community of different people. In many ways we are alike, and in many ways, we are very different and diverse. I’ve been thinking about our community lately in view of recent event...

DATE: Nov 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democracy needs facts, free speech

I was saddened as I read the recent letter from J. Paul Brown, who was a legislator at one point. Perhaps Mr. Brown doesn’t know the difference between citizens sharing their points of view ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

High school student survey too invasive

This week my child completed the Durango Healthy Kids Survey. This survey asked many very personal questions around subjects such as sexual activity, drug and alcohol use, safety at home and...

DATE: Nov 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday