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News on airport funding possibilities

Great news to read in The Wall Street Journal that Congress is finally considering raising the airport passenger facility fee, which has not been increased in 17 years. Higher fa...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The astonishing Sen. Cory Gardner

Here is what Sen. Cory Gardner stated after the Alabama senate election: “Tonight’s results are clear – the people of Alabama deemed Roy Moore unfit to serve in the U.S. Senate. ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Learn about the reason for the season

Here is a Christmas invitation: If you have ever wondered if all the talk about Christianity is true – or wondered why, after 2,000 years, people are still willing to die rather ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Health care for all is not a pipe dream

Imagine living in the richest country in the world and not having to worry about medical bills and health insurance premium payments. A pipe dream? It doesn’t have to be. ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mumaw: Our new normal endangers the republic

Regarding the “Public Comments” editorial in the Herald (Dec. 16): While I strongly agree with your view that brute-strength partisanship is no way to govern our nation, I can’t ...

DATE: Dec 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Kudos to the Herald for keeping it local

As much as I gripe about the editorial page, it’s only right that I recognize your efforts when it hits the mark (Herald, Dec. 2). It’s still left-wing drivel, but at least it’s ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

There is something wrong with the right

There’s something wrong with the right. I get it; makers and takers, fetuses are people, and guns make the world go around. But the thing is, you’re killing it. You know that thing you think...

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Olson: We live in a chemical world not safe for kids

When it comes to chemicals, I think I know my limits. On Nov. 10, during a Friday-afternoon walk south on historic Main Avenue in Durango, I encountered four aftershave cologne cl...

DATE: Dec 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Hess: Look to history for ways to pay for parks

When it was reported that the cost of a Rocky Mountain National Park pass could increase to address the maintenance backlog, I received an e-mail from a friend reading: “Will history repeat?...

DATE: Dec 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango is not the town it used to be

I just read online about a person objecting to dogs in Durango. That was a bit astounding to me – because I love seeing dogs around town and even in stores. But what I could not ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Montgomery: Our homeless problem has reached a crisis level

I know the issue of homelessness is fraught with emotion, but I think it is time that we as community acknowledge that we have a crisis unfolding. Recently, I was threatened by a ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ending sexual harassment is up to all of us

Enough already! Who are you to impose your sexual desires on someone because they did not give you their consent? Once again we are witnessing those in authority taking advantage of the situ...

DATE: Dec 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor