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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

My Three, a poem from a grandmother to her three grandchildren

The joy that you bring to me The wonderment of your being Your active little bodies Not once stopping for a rest Your squeals and cries and laught...

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

Fed up with behavior of the homeless

Once upon a time, I was homeless on the mean streets of a major crime-ridden city. I took the help offered, got back up, accidentally landed here in town and haven’t left. I’ve t...

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Did editorial constitute breach of ethics?

I note that Ballantine Communications outsourced the editorial board of the Durango Herald to outside interests that include a representative of the oil and gas industry. This bo...

DATE: Dec 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

In light of oil news, renewables are key

Thanks to The Durango Herald for the article discussing a possible miscalculation of our oil reserves (Dec. 2). If we are overestimating production, as the MIT study suggests, no...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Monument reductions are anti-hunting

Although President Donald Trump came into office praising America’s greatest hunter-conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, and vowing to follow in his footsteps, he’s instead opted to do the o...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We must all hold ourselves accountable

A year ago, we each approached the voting booth with a desire to support and advance those things that we believe in. Our issues were varied: taxes, education, the economy, the e...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

History account in FLC piece incorrect

This is in response to Avery Martinez’s op-ed, “Proposed College Name Change Hides History of Racism,” (Herald, Nov. 27). His account of Fort Lewis’ involvement in the so called ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Affordable housing lost out in decision

I’ve read with curiosity the article about the city council adopting the stricter energy code (Herald, Dec. 6). Curious, because I attended the same meeting and came away with a different po...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A gift for average American taxpayers

President Trump and his Republicans have delivered a Merry Christmas tax package in spades. And it works. For example: The Walton family of Walmart is reported to be worth $130 b...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Donate in defense of national monuments

The Trump administration’s plan to drastically shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments is an unprecedented attack on American public lands, in spite of overwhelmin...

DATE: Dec 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor