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Letters: On the 32nd Street bridge, let’s compromise

Is a footbridge at 32nd Street needed? Yes, I believe it is. I commute 3.5 miles to work via bicycle every day and cross 32nd Street at East Second Avenue during rush hour. It is ...

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is why I give time to Mercy

“This is truly a noble and much-needed institution and merits the generous support of our people ... the sisters are experienced and trained nurses and their new hospital will be a boon to S...

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: In place of the bridge, build a Nighthorse beach

Even if the 32nd Street bridge was made to look good in the currently proposed place, the solution is not a good one. We could save that money and use lights and a crosswalk hump ...

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Please caucus for climate and Romanoff

Saturday, March 7, registered Democrats across Colorado can caucus for the primary for the party’s Senate candidate. Bill McKibben of 350.org has identified this primary as the ...

DATE: Feb 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: More could be done to combat blight

Yes, Durango has blight – And it’s not limited to North Main! (“ Our once beautiful historic East Third Avenue and surrounding neighborhoods are deteriorating. While there are some lovely, ...

DATE: Feb 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Before bridge, fix dangerous 32nd Street

I have read a lot of letters to the editor regarding a new bridge on 32nd Stree. I feel that they missed something more important. Fix 32nd Street – it needs to be upgraded to get...

DATE: Feb 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mercy stays at the top of quality ratings

One of the best indicators of a hospital’s safety and quality is the Medicare Quality Rating System. This system uses a simple five-star format to help consumers choose facilities with the h...

DATE: Feb 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump is a wise and awesome president

President Donald Trump pardoned a military court-convicted Navy Seal arguing Navy Seals are killers and that’s what America needs to keep us safe. And he’s right, yet another exam...

DATE: Feb 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Our American democracy has expired

When considering President Trump’s impeachment trial, I find this Frederick Douglass quote remarkably relevant: “The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump has my vote

I keep reading more or less letters to the editor in that no one in their right mind supports Trump. No other president has done so much on his list of what he said was going to d...

DATE: Feb 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Cancel the bridge and buy Buckley Park

It would be a shame to lose Buckley Park to development, not to mention the historic school administration building above it. But we don’t have to. Why not take the $4 ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: City must kill East Second Avenue building

This multi-use building is wrong for a few reasons (“ First, it is going to change the street parking conditions of the neighborhood, causing problems for residents and their guests. ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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Photos: IHBC Subaru Mountain Bike RaceCobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday19201280Women's pro riders take off from the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Durango's Kai Lokey (129) gets ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike men's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders take off from the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Lauren Aggeler (164), Erin Osborne (222) and Ruby Ryan (right) get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike women's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Kolben Preble rides through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Tilia Clausen passes through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Lily Jackson makes her way down the Rim Trail during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Zack Jensen pops a wheelie as he passes through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike men's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Maxx Chance interacts with the crowd as he passes through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike men's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Kip Sevenoff climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Tyler Remlinger climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Lily Jackson climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Hudson Seeman climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Todd Wells climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike pro men's race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Sofia Waite celebrates her first-place finish with Erin Osborne, who took second place, in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro women's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19202880Sofia Waite claims first place in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro women's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Cobe Freeburn crosses the finish line in first place in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro men's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Austin Beard takes second place with a stylish finish in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro men's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)
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Cobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday
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