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Act now to protect our public lands

It happened quicker than maybe anyone thought it would. In December, President Trump officially announced that he would shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in ...

Spelling, grammar errors abound in paper

I’ve taken in stride the loss of three Heralds per week, figuring quality is more important than quantity in challenging times. Even the recent printing of a story containing a dummy headlin...

LPEA decision to study future is welcome

Applause to The Durango Herald for the recent article “Proposed group to study long-term future of LPEA.” Breakneck speed changes in the electrical supply industry in both generat...

Manna to blame for homeless problem?

Thank you, Durango Herald, for the both funny and insightful “headlines we would like to see” in the weekend edition (Jan. 6). A couple of the submissions really caught my attention. ...

A letter to columnist Kathleen Parker

Regarding your columnist Kathleen Parker’s most recent offering (Herald, Jan. 3), which opens with the sentence, “If karma is a b-h, then Justice is a beauty queen ... ” Sorry, bu...

GOP’s intent is to undermine Mueller

Much of what the “Party of Grumpy Old White Men” is doing would be laughable were it not so cynical and sinister. Sens. Grassley and Graham will waste resources investigating a B...

Readers still wonder about influence

In a letter to the editor (Herald, Dec. 18), Michael Black referred to a Beneath his letter, an editor’s note stated: “The letter writer is incorrect. Twice monthly the Herald’s Editorial ...

Thank you for the opportunity to serve

Having recently finished my four-year term on the Durango 9-R School Board, I thank you, my constituents, for letting me serve. I hope, in your assessment, I’ve done a respectable job. ...

Russell: Clean air, open space support my livelihood

My work as a photographer and writer takes me all over the West. I’m proud that Colorado has been requiring the oil and gas industry to clean up after itself and protected our natural envi...

Sigman is right; time for Gardner to go

Never thought I’d see the day when Mike Sigman (Herald, Jan. 6) and I agreed on something: Cory Gardner must go. We do, however, have very different reasons for reaching that con...

McDonald’s provide jobs, higher wages

I take issue with McDonald’s being called out in the Tues., Jan. 2 article titled As owner/operator of the McDonald’s restaurants in the Four Corners area, we have hired four additional em...

Don’t report Trump’s tweets as news

Sometimes they are ridiculous, sometimes self-contradictory. Sometimes they are dishonest, sometimes dangerously provocative. Rants of a cranky angryman, the tweets of the pres...
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