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Train took great care of us in mudslide

My family would like to express our gratitude to the crew, staff and first responders who kindly and efficiently navigated the passengers on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad tra...

Tell Tipton that climate change hurts us

I am a farmer on Florida Mesa and all the hay crops are less than half this year. Because of our historical drought conditions and the large wildfires there has been lots of talk about the c...

President Trump is committing treason

The definition of treason is to consciously and purposely work to aid the enemies of one’s country. By this definition, President Trump is clearly committing ongoing acts of treason by denyi...

On Trump, the red light is blinking

What would cause our president to regard Vladimir Putin’s testimony to be more reliable than that of the careful analysis of all of his own intelligence agencies? Donald Trump is not stupid....

Train operators need to reassure us

The 416 Fire has been personal. We were on pre-evacuation for three weeks and thinking our home may burn down for a month. We packed up our most valuable belongings; our memories and cherish...

Why we don’t let journalists name things

Numbers or Names? The Durango Herald editorial on fire naming (July 10) would have me believe that nothing of significance can be identified by a number. Accordingly, there must be no signif...

The trains came home tonight; I cried

The trains came home tonight. I stood still, watched, listened and cried tears of sadness and tears of joy. We probably wouldn’t be here if not for that train before us. The fo...

Stop blaming the train for the 416 Fire

It’s difficult to read letters vilifying the D&SNG train (or Mr. Harper) for possibly being the cause of the 416 Fire. It’s a character flaw when you have the compulsive need to assign blame...

Kudos to our search-and-rescue crews

Compliments to the La Plata County Search and Rescue team. A party of three hikers got lost hiking out of Overlook Point above Henderson Lake on Sunday night (July 8). We came across them be...

Shame on you for making big deal of fire

Wow, shame on you, The Durango Herald, for running a nearly full-page article and photo on the front of the opinion page titled “Breathless” (July 6). Ms. Wiles’ letter, without a damning ph...

New buildings need an Old West flavor

It was very disheartening to see the illustration of the possible new building at the corner of Main and Camino del Rio. Although attractive, it reflects none of the character of Durango. In...

Kudos to Gardner, Bennet for Farm Bill

Kudos to Senators Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet for their votes to pass the 2018 Farm Bill. I’m especially pleased by their strong support for programs that help farmers and ranchers make ...
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