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Make Nighthorse fishing more kid-friendly

I am visiting my grandmother and grandfather for a few weeks. I have gone fishing with them since I was eight years old. I have fished at Pastorius, Vallecito and the Lemon dam. ...

New Mexico TV news disenfranchises me

We live in Durango, in the far southwest corner of Colorado. Politically and economically, we have essentially been given to New Mexico. I feel perfectly competent to vote in New Mexico. Tha...

An apology from the treasurer’s office

I want to apologize for my mistake as a first-time campaigner in filing documents with the secretary of state in 2014. I am so sorry if I caused any concern with my personal monetary contrib...

Focus should be on steam, not on coal

As the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad bolsters its fleet for dry years (Herald, Aug. 4), it should keep in mind that it is the “Romance of Steam” that provides the allure, not the...

Customer, Walmart, thanks for honesty

I want to think a good Samaritan at Walmart. I inadvertently left the cash back I had received at a self-serve register. The customer searched for an assistant and turned in my cash. What an...

A reassuringly competent replacement

I receive Congressman Scott Tipton’s electronic newsletters, a good way for him to reach his constituents. These emails have increased as the November elections draw closer. Recent reports o...

Ask Tipton, Gardner to back wilderness

Sen. Cory Gardner and Rep. Scott Tipton should join Southwest Colorado to support the San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act’ As someone who grew up in Durango and has gone off to scho...

Polis is helping Colorado farmers

Jared Polis has served his community in Congress for nearly 10 years. Much of his district has strong economic and cultural ties to agriculture and family farming, so it’s no wonder that a l...

The plight of the Durango and Silverton Railroad

I read, with a certain amount of anger and disgust, about what the Durango & Silverton has been going through with their neighbors threatening to do whatever they can to curtail operations i...

Register and vote for the climate’s sake

Wow, it’s hazy outside. Must be all the fires. The junipers are turning brown and gray, and check out beetle kill on the way to Silverton. Every year seems to be the hottest on record, and t...

Ridiculous to think train is our only draw

Multiple letters have been written about the train and the 416 Fire. The letters and attitudes show that this community is divided on the issue. Some have been more affected than others, and...

Citizens’ Climate Lobby can help

Climate change events are more frequent, our responses must be too! We see many articles lately like “Heat, fires getting worse,” “118 heat records tied or broken,” worldwide. Man...
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