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Hurd’s betrayal and hypocrisy on full display

Rep. Jeff Hurd promised he would protect Medicaid from cuts and then voted for the so called “Big Beautiful Bill,” which will cut Medicaid and food stamps. Is this behavior acceptable for o...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Hurd’s vote benefits the richest at poorest’s expense

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s “yes” vote on the budget reconciliation bill was wrong for our district. He said he would support clean energy tax credits. This bill rescinds the clean energy tax credits a...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The GOP is not the party of the working class

Josh Hawley, Republican U.S. senator from Missouri, recently wrote an opinion article in The New York Times imploring his Congressional colleagues not to cut Medicaid benefits in their effor...

DATE: May 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mountain Middle, helping make better dog families

Thank you to Mountain Middle School and Shane Voss for letting us use your fabulous school to host a dog handling seminar. We spent a weekend training our local dog handlers how to compete i...

DATE: May 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

There’s hope for single-payer health care

My medical colleagues and I regularly see patients who have waited far too long to seek care and who have suﬀered needlessly as a result. Why? Because they either totally lack health insura...

DATE: May 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Wolves help, not hurt, elk populations

What’s the greatest threat to Colorado’s elk population? Habitat loss, climate change, chronic wasting disease or wolves? According to many Colorado hunters, the answer is “wolves.” I recent...

DATE: May 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hurd is hurting the Western Slope

The House recently passed their “Big Beautiful Bill” of health care cuts, cuts to veteran services, increased energy bills and juicy tax cuts that disproportionately benefit billionaires. Th...

DATE: May 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

ICE just ‘disappeared’ five hardworking men

I’m writing regarding the recent arrest of five employees of Rock Solid Granite in Durango. These men are hard working, skilled stone masons, not murderers and rapists. They show up for work...

DATE: May 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Author invokes facts selectively and inconsistently

In the recent opinion column, “Democrats are invoking the ‘Rule of Law‘ selectively and hypocritically,” (Herald, May 18), the author employed a mix of “alternative facts,” false equivalenci...

DATE: May 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Using the fund balance is not sustainable

After reading articles (Herald, May 4, Herald , May 6) on the salary negotiations between Durango School District 9-R and its employee associations, I understand the frustration on both s...

DATE: May 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Medicaid, a lifeline that matters because I matter

I am writing as a proud member of the disability community in Southwest Colorado. I live, work and volunteer independently with the support I receive through Medicaid. I’m deeply concerned a...

DATE: May 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Veterans’ plea: Stand up for us

We, the undersigned, are Vietnam veterans who are currently receiving medical and mental health care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. Every one of us st...

DATE: May 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.