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Display our flag properly or not at all

For more than three months the American flag at the La Plata County baseball concession building waved its tattered and torn fabric for all to see; our citizens and tourists alike. ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bear unwelcome mat a useful invention

May I be among those congratulating Jim Sims for his inventive bear deterrent mats. This example of visionary creativity and practical problem-solving is proof-positive of Americ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump again shows he is unfit for office

On August 8, between the anniversaries of our atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, our current president threatened nuclear war (“fire and fury”) against North Korea. ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Administration doesn’t need voter info

I’m 100 percent behind the states that declined to send voters information to the Trump administration; that information could very well be forwarded to Russia. By the way, does ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bike behavior on river trail not acceptable

Just when I thought I’d seen almost everything! While my dog and I were out for a leisurely stroll on the Animas River Trail, a young woman riding a bicycle whizzed by me. I saw ...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Great coverage of the Hermosa project

I want to thank Jerry McBride and the Herald (July 28) for covering the stocking of native Colorado River cutthroat trout into their historic waters in Hermosa Creek. Our local 5...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

More indirect eclipse viewing information

While Kay Zillich (Herald, Aug. 2) is correct that the only way to safely look directly at the solar eclipse before and after totality is through special-purpose filters such as those used i...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Climate Science Coalition is a hoax

I wish to respond to the letter, “N.M. lawmakers should question utilities’ coal exit,” (Herald, Aug. 1) to inform the readers of the deceptions of the letter. The International C...

DATE: Aug 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Health care fiasco puts Americans last

I’ve sent the following letter to Sen. Cory Gardner. “Honorable Sen. Gardner, What is going on with the GOP? American health care has become nothing but the GOPs anti-Obama politi...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Dirty politics in play around clean energy

The special interest groups that want to control La Plata Electric Association have already started their campaign to disparage any director that does not agree with them. The sto...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

With less print, carriers deserve more

There is an ad for Herald motor route carriers in the classifieds that makes one wonder about the economics of the recent publication frequency reduction. One of the routes goes ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A regional leader, yes, but history was off

I am writing in response to the editorial “Renewables 2.0: Our region has been at the forefront of power production, let’s not stop now,” (Herald, July 31) to correct, and provide some addit...

DATE: Aug 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor