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Americans consuming too much fluoride

As one of the authors of the opinion piece headlined “End Fluoridation” (Herald, June 26), I will address some misconceptions about the sodium fluoride we use for fluoridation in Durango. ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Understand ColoradoCare and vote ‘yes’

Amendment 69 is a ballot issue everyone should be able to support: Conservatives will have an opportunity to vote Obamacare out of Colorado and liberals will be able to vote for universal he...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Service at local post office deplorable

Our daughter passed away in Chicago three weeks ago. I visited our local post office to set up having her mail delivered here. After the usual 20-minute wait, I was abruptly told...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Business as usual no longer acceptable

On June 28th, the La Plata County Commissioners considered and ultimately approved a proposal in support of the BLM’s efforts to adopt new natural gas production regulations. These regulatio...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Feds lack funds to manage a monument

Over a year ago Mother Jones Press wrote: “The feds need $11.5 billion to fix our public lands.” While Congress was buying all that new federal land, old national parks are wasting away. ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why give Mayday Mine another chance?

The Mayday Mine, discussed frequently in the pages of the Herald several years ago, has (again) resurfaced. State regulators are giving the project “one more chance” to meet state mining reg...

DATE: Aug 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Right-to-lifers should pledge support

In response to letter from Richard A. Bollard (Herald, Aug. 18): My concern when considering my vote this year will not be the unborn but what happens to children after birth. My ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump’s off the rails; give Johnson a look

Hey conservatives, rednecks and Republicans! I’m throwing you a bone here. Yeah, I’m a tree huggin’, liberal pacifist. But I feel for ya, my political adversaries. Your boy Donnie...

DATE: Aug 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lachelt shows how government can work

I would like to commend a government official for doing her job exceptionally well. In the spring of this year, a county maintainer inadvertently damaged our irrigation pipeline. ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Do not make tourists pay for recycling

My wife, our friends and I recently spent two weeks in your beautiful city. It was a great experience. The lovely home we rented was outside the city limits so there was no recyc...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Redeveloping Camino del Rio needed

It’s wonderful that Durango is considering improving Camino del Rio. My vision would be widening it and creating wide, curving sidewalks with trees and benches. Traffic on this th...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter writer wrong on county spending

Chad Fox’s letter to the editor (Herald, Aug. 14) is typical of what readers can expect from opponents of La Plata County Commissioners Gwen Lachelt and Julie Westendorff in this year’s elec...

DATE: Aug 20, 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.