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Reauthorized Farm Bill must protect SNAP

In May, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, or “Farm Bill,” to reauthorize farm programs and policy as well as the Supplemental Nutrition As...

Remember to pay property taxes on time

June 15 is the deadline for paying property taxes, and payments postmarked after that date will be “delinquent.” If you have a mortgage on your residential home, most likely your...

Come together and stop criticizing the railroad

To all the people bad-mouthing the owner of the train and their family. You should all be ashamed. It was an accident and not done intentionally. Come on, the Silverton train (Du...

The dangers of the narrow gauge train

I recall not too long ago I had written a letter to the editor (Herald, April 28) concerning the extreme danger that running the narrow gauge train brings to our woodland area surrounding wh...

God has not forsaken Michael Jarvis

Oh, Michael Jarvis (Herald letter online). Yet another straight, white, masquerading-as-a-Christian, conservative male spewing discrimination, vitriol and hate in the name of God. Yawn. ...

Remember to pay property taxes on time

June 15 is the deadline for paying property taxes. Tax payments postmarked after June 15th will be “delinquent.” If you have a mortgage on your residential home, most likely your...

City’s limit on participation is deliberate

Your June 4 editorial about the three-minute public testimony limit at city council meetings starts with “We get it.” No, you don’t get it. If you did, you would see the pattern r...

Hanlon will be a better resource steward

Are you as concerned as I am about how dry it is? Field grasses crunch, even at 8,000 feet. Evergreens look sickly. Beetles are attacking and killing more trees. It’s now drier t...

Hanlon has a plan for climate change

It is unthinkable to me that we still have leaders in office who actively deny climate change. Beyond the politics, the real-world impacts are horrifying. Here in Southwest Color...

Here’s why I am voting for Tim Walsworth

Allison Aichele is campaigning on her experience as La Plata County treasurer, a position she has held since January 2015. But that experience is costing us, the taxpayers, $24,0...

A red-letter day in the Durango Herald

It’s a miracle. On June 6, 2018, I experienced a real, honest-to-God miracle. For the first time in almost 29 years that I’ve lived here, I actually agreed with all four of the letters to t...

Parking rules encourage bad behavior

In early May, I met a friend in downtown Durango. I parked on East Second Avenue. After the night’s passing hours of catching up, along with consumption of several alcoholic drinks, I decide...
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