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Thankful for Durango’s response to fire

We were vacationing in our recreational vehicle when the Lightner Creek Fire broke out. We stayed one night at the evacuation center set up by the Red Cross. We want to give our ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Yes to recreation economy, say no to coal

The Bureau of Land Management is considering a proposal to expand GCC Energy’s King II coal mine, 20 miles west of Durango. As a professional trail runner, I spend a lot of time outdoors on ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Report card designed to educate statewide

As the Southwest Field Organizer for Conservation Colorado and resident of Durango who boats on the Dolores River, I am writing in response to Mike Preston’s criticism (Herald, July 28) of m...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Theft not a part of the Easter message

On Easter Sunday this year, someone came onto our ranch on U.S. Highway 160 three miles east of Mancos, and broke into our barn, shop and home. Hundreds of items, too many to list, worth tho...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Try to avoid the ‘Trump Effect’ in your life

I have recently experienced something I will call the “Trump Effect.” That is the effect Trump has had on the people of this country. This condition, or affliction, can infect ...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

River report card risks relationships

The Conservation Colorado report card giving the Dolores River a D-minus (Herald, July 16), is superficial and irrelevant given the level of planning, cooperation and extensive monitoring th...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Life vests should be mandatory on Animas

We visited lovely Durango recently with the monks from Gaden Shartse Monastic University. I’m the tour director and I believe this is our 3rd or 4th visit to Durango. We did a ble...

DATE: Jul 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A response to the upset visitor from Texas

In response to Cally Ellington (Herald online, July 25) regarding her terrible experiences in Durango due to homeless people: stay in Texas! Donâ€™t let people from Texas ruin Dur...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A Denver-based take on Republicans

Republicans are against increasing the minimum wage, the working class, the middle class, women, funding K-12 education, social security, seniors, blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, universal healt...

DATE: Jul 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Republicans declared war on healthcare

During the “Great War” (1914-1918) approximately 18 million military personnel were killed, while 23 million were wounded. The expression “cannon fodder” was given to the men who ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why does Herald print false AP stories?

The Associated Press, from whom the Durango Herald gets much of its news, has taken a very leftist slant to reporting the news in recent years. Many times the AP has been caught...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Another fire station location to consider

Instead of using one of the proposed ideas suggested in The Durango Herald (June 9) as to where the new fire station goes, how about splitting up real estate at the Durango dog park? ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor