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Cartoon was misleading, disappointing

After the detailed reporting by the Herald about the archaeological digs taking place on Florida Mesa in the path of the realignment of US 550, it was very disappointing to see the critical ...

DATE: Sep 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote NO and keep the money, it’s yours

This November, Coloradans will vote on Proposition CC. It begins “Without raising taxes...” Proponents argue that Prop CC does not increase the 4.63% income tax rate, therefore it...

DATE: Sep 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Health care CEOs profit from your pain

Why does health care in America cost so much? Why is every other industrialized country able to provide health care for half of what we spend? Here’s part of the answer: David Cor...

DATE: Sep 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

232 years ago this week, it happened

They are only 52 words, but I actually get chills when I read them: “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility...

DATE: Sep 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Support students in their climate strike

Why is it so difficult for President Trump and today’s Republican Party to admit that the burning of fossil fuels causes global warming? Climate change science is more than 100 years old. Oi...

DATE: Sep 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Train a reason I love living in Durango

I would like to thank all those that have written letters to the editor supporting the train. I especially commend the letter sent by Melissa Strand where she points out how littl...

DATE: Sep 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Join us for the Climate Strike at City Hall

As a 23-year-old in Southwest Colorado, I am incredibly concerned about the climate crisis. Every time I check the news, I see glaciers melting, species going extinct, and people dying as a ...

DATE: Sep 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

County drops ball on disgusting mess

A tractor-trailer overturned and burned on the evening of Aug. 22 on Highway 550 at the hairpin turn over Cascade Creek. The fire department and hazmat teams responded very quickl...

DATE: Sep 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Governor can keep his fake-meat poison

Well folks, here you go, the ingredients in the “Impossible Burger” that is promoted by Gov. Polis: Water, Soy Protein Concentrate, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors, 2%...

DATE: Sep 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Need to publicly support conservatives

Why is the left so intolerant of opinions that differ from theirs, and so afraid to let other opinions be heard? Leftists try to silence opposition through intimidation – throwing...

DATE: Sep 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

On climate change the case is closed

In a letter to the Herald Sept. 9, “ This sounds right out of the mouth of Rush Limbaugh or some such Trumpian propagandist. Who would it be who is not allowing scientists to que...

DATE: Sep 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango is going too fast the wrong way

Sunday afternoon, Aug. 31, I took Larry Valdez Way to town. Lying at the highway intersection was a beautiful, large deer: dead. Durango spends huge amounts on the River Trail: ex...

DATE: Sep 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor