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Thanks, CDOT, for crushing snow hills

A big thanks goes out to CDOT for knocking down the snow hills that obstructed our view while attempting to enter the 60-mph Highway 140 in Hesperus and southward. We had huge con...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Would you say a male councilor ‘hissed’?

An unfortunate behavior in dialogue about public policy has emerged in Durango. Especially troubling is that this sometimes seeps into news coverage. Increasingly, argumentation i...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Without tax hike, city could fall apart

My family has resided in Durango since the 1930s. Durango has gone through many changes over the years, but none more important than what we are facing right now. I will be the fi...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We can work together on climate change

Letter writer Gary L. Boyd (“This isn’t warming, it’s global cooling,” Feb. 24) is correct in that the sun does power a planet’s climate system. However, its atmosphere also has a profound i...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A better way to plow Durango streets?

Durango has been doing snow removal the same way for a long time and, by golly, it’s not going to try any newfangled way of doing it any time soon. Durango’s snow removal plan (o...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorials don’t seem current, intelligent

Two recent editorials, “ It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent thought. Corey Sue Hutchins...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

For life lessons, check Funday Sunnies

It’s interesting and amusing for me to read all the letters in our Durango Herald. Our most erudite residents work diligently using 13-letter words to show everyone how intelligent they are....

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Scouts, food drive show Durango cares

Durango has once again proven its generosity as a community. Saturday, Feb. 16, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of our community picked up 3,543 pounds of food for the Durango Food ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make It Count boxes make me ashamed

Have you seen the Make it Count donation boxes in businesses around downtown Durango? They say, “Make it count and show that Durango cares by giving to nonprofits and not to panhandlers.” ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Just how long has this been going on?

The editorials in the paper have taken a wonderful turn for the better in recent weeks. I used to expect a predictable viewpoint, a liberal and politically Democratic slant to any...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

No one throws shade on sweet Durango

In response to Victor Straub (“ Your remarks regarding snowplow drivers in our happy, sweet little town are way out of line. Asking “Did some of the plow people have the night off so they c...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hold your tongue, now, it’s a snowy town

With the snow that Durango has received, everyone needs to take a deep breath and take it easy. Don’t only slow down with your driving, but with your remarks. This is a small rural town. ...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor