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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

Thanks to BID for bolstering downtown

Downtown, Durango’s most vibrant area for both locals and visitors, is the historic, commercial and social heart of our city. We owe a big thank you to Durango’s Business Improvement Distric...

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

Stapleton wrong about Colorado PERA

The Durango Herald misled its readership on retirement security by printing State Treasurer Walker Stapleton’s ill-informed comments (Herald, June 22) about the Colorado Public Employees Ret...

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

J. Paul Brown ridiculing serious science

I’ll admit it wasn’t until recently that I caught up on state Rep. J. Paul Brown’s ridiculing serious climate science this past spring in front of the Legislature (Herald, May 4). He even we...

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

Tax burden should be equally shared

Why do our county commissioners look at raising taxes on business and property owners to pay for needed road and bridge improvements, and the airport expansion? Property and busi...

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Keep the Arc; it has become part of us

Initially, I was pretty perturbed by the Arc of History. In hindsight it was the outrageous “history” in the name. It was a bunch of rock slabs that had nothing to do with the amazing histor...

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

GOP showing antipathy to common good

In the Opinion section (Herald, Aug. 7) there were two points of view on the Animas River. The first, by Shere Byrd of Fort Lewis College and the San Juan Basin Board of Health, speaks of co...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Not the teams, but imagery must change

In the popular western movies of the 1950s and ’60s, the good guys lost if you were living on a rez. But when it came to who was the toughest, there was no doubt that Geronimo and Crazy Hors...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Remember abortion when casting ballot

In this nation, we do not administer capital punishment on a convicted criminal unless that criminal has been found guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Yet, we have administered capital puni...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

With Trump the truth is simply irrelevant

For the first time since George Washington, America might have a president who “cannot tell a lie.” That nice myth about what Americans expect of our leaders in terms of character and integr...

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

County’s tax study for airport incomplete

As a resident and land owner in La Plata County, I think the county’s study on the property tax versus sales tax for expanding the airport is out of line and not complete. The su...

DATE: Aug 16, 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.