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Letter did not honestly address situation

Responding to the letter by Michael Berry and Berit Palmer, ( According to Durango Police Department transcripts, an officer spoke with Tom Petit in the afternoon on that fateful day. Tom e...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Town needs support for parents of teens

After accidentally stumbling into Durango at 19 tears old, I decided to make it my home. I was stunned by the beauty and openness of the land here. I felt safe and truly believed...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Joyce: Viva The Durango Herald!

As a former Durango resident who returns every few years to visit old friends and places, I always look forward to getting a copy of The Durango Herald to read about the latest goings-on aro...

DATE: Jan 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Call to action on cleaning up our trash

First, I am not submitting this letter with the intention of it being published. I am wanting to enlist the power of a local voice that can affect change. I have been a resident ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Do we know if train smoke is harmful?

Here is a copy of the letter I sent the railroad; I just sent it so have not heard back: “Hi, I’m a 12-year Durango resident and live downtown, and I am very concerned about your...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Assign FLC exercise to appropriate class

What a great opportunity to offer an important, practical, real-life, learning experience for some lucky Fort Lewis College students. The article “Fort Lewis imagines $4.5M cut in exercise” ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hermosa planning process is flawed

Trails 2000, a bicycle advocacy group, understands very well that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The San Juan National Forest recently overturned a key decision that would ha...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Compromise is key to Nighthorse issue

In this era of divisive politics and winner-takes-all no compromising, I would like to offer a simple solution to the controversy in regard to the motorized use of Lake Nighthorse. ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hoping the ‘outing’ of abusers continues

It appears that there is an alarming frequency of males with any kind of power over women who use their power to take advantage of women sexually. I hope the “outing” of sexual predators and...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Blanding not interested in tourist dollars

When President Trump recently decided to steal Bears Ears National Monument from the people and give it uranium mining interests, I used the occasion to call the Blanding, Utah, Chamber of C...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter on socialism missed the mark

In response to George Thompson’ letter (Herald, Dec. 23), I refer him to the Oxford Dictionary and the definition of socialism: “a political and economic theory of social organization which ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The times in our town are a-changing

In today’s Herald it says that a cool, single-story 1950s building, that used to be Kangaroo Express – and that could of been a great retro burger and taco drive-in – will be torn down for m...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor