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CORE act is good for business – and life

As the owner of RIGS Fly Shop & Guide Service, I agree with Osprey Pack’s Layne Rigney that the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act is legislation whose time has come (“ Like...

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

News from the left and right essential

I am responding to Denise Murray’s Feb. 11 letter, “ For example, Democrats supported a wall but don’t support Trump’s wall. They now support more effective and less expensive modern techni...

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

City leaves us in dark on tax hike bid

Numerous public feedback sessions were held both before and after the city’s failed sales and property tax increase measure. A wide spectrum of citizens expressed many consistent ...

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Don’t be so quick to blame the train

I have lived in Durango for almost 20 years. During that time I can recall at least six very significant wildfires in our immediate area and many more small wildfires. By my estim...

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

News on effects of Trump tax cut is fake

The news stories regarding the “decreased amount of average tax refunds” do not reflect the fact that the federal tax withholding from each and every paycheck in 2018 went down. T...

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You got us through shutdown at forest

The five-week government shutdown was not like anything we have experienced before. It was a trying time for many Forest Service employees and their families and, yet, we made it through, to...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pleased to see Bayfield news in Herald

What a surprise this morning when I opened up my Friday, Feb. 8 Durango Herald! There, on the top of page 7A, was a header in bold print, “Bayfield & Ignacio.” I was excited to re...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sen. Gardner should sponsor energy act

If Sen. Cory Gardner wants to broaden his appeal with Colorado’s growing ranks of moderate and unaffiliated voters, he should take an active leadership role in solving the challenges of clim...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lapdog media comes to leftist masters

Here’s a suggestion for federal workers. Go to the governments grant website and see where your paycheck is going. Example: Vulnerable youth in crime-ridden Costa Rican communities, an AIDS ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

More fake news on reproductive rights

What on earth has Peg Aldridge been smoking (“You can’t treat a baby turtle this way!,” Feb. 4)? New York did pass a late-term abortion law, which allows, and I quote, that “a pat...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Now comes the renewables tipping point

Over 100 American cities and several states have passed resolutions Consider the current moment in American history. Just recently, Americans were divided about climate change, but now 72 ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

That’s not a tax cut, it’s a hike – yikes!

I am a retired, lower-middle class taxpayer living primarily on returns from my savings. Just out of curiosity, I recomputed my 2017 taxes filed in 2018 using the rules and rates in the Trum...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor