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Questions for Rep. Tipton need response

I wonder if Rep. Scott Tipton, as a candidate for re-election to the 3rd Congressional District, would have time to respond to some questions and allow his responses to be posted to the edit...

DATE: Sep 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Amendment 69 crucial for Coloradans

I support Amendment 69, ColoradoCare, because it’s crucial for all Coloradans to have health care. ColoradoCare provides comprehensive health care for all, ensures equal opportun...

DATE: Sep 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Yes, include elk in multi-modal master plan

I agree with Mike Smedley’s “Action Line” (Herald, Aug. 29): Elk must be included in this important consideration the city is undertaking. Anyone who lives in Durango knows that ...

DATE: Sep 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Is this how democracy comes to an end?

“Donald J. Combover” tried to paint all undocumented immigrants in this country as violent criminals. He didn’t call them “immigrants,” although most of them have risked their li...

DATE: Sep 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Herald’s online censorship is disturbing

I’m troubled. Recently a Hispanic man was arrested for sexual assault on a child. There was a Durango Herald article online, and a way to add comments. Soon after, ho...

DATE: Sep 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Brown deserves vote based on integrity

For thirteen years, I had the high honor and privilege of working for a man by the name of George Coughlin. Those of you who may know of me may think of me as the guy with the we...

DATE: Sep 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pay for wall with confiscated drug money

We can make both America and Mexico safe and prosperous. Currently, $100 billion is spent on illegal drugs each year. Some of these revenues fund street-gang activity, while much...

DATE: Sep 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Removing the Arc of History is a mistake

How very sad that the City of Durango has let itself be cowed into removing the Arc of History. If the “haters” didn’t participate in the process of choosing the artist and the a...

DATE: Sep 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make our legacy a fully functioning river

El Rio de las Animas Perdidas en Purgatorio, the River of Lost Souls in Purgatory, the original name for the Animas River, seems prophetic as the river is in a perpetual state of siege from ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cutting transit a step in wrong direction

Recently, I read an article about a state budget shortfall (Herald, Aug. 24) that unfairly targets the mass transit system in the southwest portion of the state. This will hugely impact Dura...

DATE: Sep 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Keep the Arc because it is true public art

To the public art commission: We believe that the Arc of History sculpture is a wonderful piece of true public art. It is now, after so much community involvement, much more trul...

DATE: Sep 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Environmentalists want to lock up all land

Environmentalists? What are environmentalists? I think of long-haired hippies who do not dye or cut their hair and live completely off the land in shacks made completely out of ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.