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Letters: Show your community love – stay home

I am a public health social scientist at Fort Lewis College. I study and teach about big picture social issues such as how racism, poverty, settler colonialism and gender inequality put vuln...

DATE: Mar 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I am writing to ask you to overreact

I’m a Colorado man born right here in Durango. From my understanding, we have zero confirmed cases of COVID-19 here in the southwestern portion of Colorado? It’s difficult to determine the a...

DATE: Mar 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: You’re too easy on far-left politicians

About your editorial concerning Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca’s comments (“ “Our politics and our pandemic have had some unfortunate overlap,” you wrote, “not least of which is Dem...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Editorial is cheap, lazy and defamatory

Even by recent standards, the Herald’s March 12 editorial (“ It is a screed that defames both former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders. By the way, the former vice president ...

DATE: Mar 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vote Turner and Minkler for commission

I am writing this letter in support of John R. (Jack) Turner and Charley Minkler, both of whom are independent candidates for La Plata County commissioner in the upcoming November election. ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Some unsung heroes of the pandemic

I would like to draw attention to some of the unsung heroes of the coronavirus pandemic: custodians and cashiers. As a teacher in 9-R, I see our custodians struggle with short sta...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Turn up to turn away crazy Democrats

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman recently proposed that Democrat presidential candidates form a team of rivals to win the presidency. He suggested Elizabeth Warren as Health and Huma...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Act now or pay later on virus and climate

Thank you, Durango Herald, for your March 13 opinion article, “ Because of the coronavirus outbreak, climate change has taken a temporary backseat as a threat to society. The riv...

DATE: Mar 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I keep thinking this just can’t be real

Here I am still in my PJs at my cozy little home on a bright Sunday morning. Ate a nice breakfast, watched a little TV, then walked into my bedroom and fell right back into bed. I...

DATE: Mar 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Nothing amusing in puns, cows’ plight

The San Juan County Fire Department seemed highly a-moo-sed by its own wordplay after a cattle truck overturned on Highway 64, but this crash must have been extremely frightening, not funny,...

DATE: Mar 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is not restoring trust in Durango government

At the city meeting last Feb. 27 to discuss the proposed 32nd Street bridge/overpass, Cathy Metz said that several years ago there were several different proposals for the crossing. She stat...

DATE: Mar 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I hope that 32nd Street bridge gets built

I commend the Parks and Recreation Department for it’ quick and efficient engagement of the community on the 32nd Street bridge project I followed the Herald’s coverage and attend...

DATE: Mar 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor