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Give to Council on Aging before New Year

The Dec. 31 Internal Revenue Service tax charitable gifting deadline looms large. Here’s a tip: Donate to a local charity, such as the La Plata Council on Aging Inc. The Council o...

Headline ideas all the way through 2026

I like the Herald’s idea of writing next year’s headlines so much, I decided to continue the theme for a decade: 2017 – “Coloradans scrap Gallagher Amendment, residential subsi...

Compromise secured river protections

Thanks for the story (Herald, Dec. 17) about how Trout Unlimited’s pragmatic conservation approach helped secure lasting protections and restoration for the Fraser and Upper Colorado rivers,...

Keep Lake Nighthorse free of pollution

I read the story (Herald, Dec. 21) about the Bureau of Land Management report on environmental concerns at Lake Nighthorse. BLM mouthpiece Justyn Liff made such a stupid statement that I mus...

Reject proposed Silverton ski area ‘swap’

The proposed “swap” of land usage by Silverton Guides would be detrimental to wildlife, recreation and the economy of Silverton. To begin, a swap implies an exchange of equal size, so callin...

Trump supporters, abhorrers may agree

I am writing in response to Derek Ryter’s letter “Congratulations to Trump supporters,” (Herald, Dec. 12). I feel heartbroken and disappointed that rather than reaching out to Do...

Boating decision was expected, but sad

The rules announced by the Bureau of Land Management (Herald, Dec. 21) giving the green light to powerboats on Lake Nighthorse was long anticipated by those of us attending the meetings and ...

Sign a petition to end city’s fluoridation

As new evidence of the dangers of fluoride continues to surface, 208 cities across America and 97 percent of European nations have opted out of the ill-conceived practice of water fluoridati...

Signs needed at dangerous intersection

Hello, there are still no traffic signs at Fourth Avenue and Second Street. I understand it’s “low traffic,” but not low traffic enough. I was almost hit on my bike there. Again. What will i...

Urge Congress to act on cyberwarfare

Since the end of the draft, only about 1 percent of us have borne the burden of serving in the military and protecting our country. These few volunteers have fought and sacrificed to protect...

At this point, does it make a difference?

With all of the transparently propagandist push for investigation into the alleged Russian hacking, and subsequent implied altering of the outcome of the presidential election, I will quote ...

Liberals share credit for Trump’s victory

There must not be enough liberal rants, like those of Ken Van Zee (Letters, Herald, Dec. 19), to satisfy the editors, so we are subjected to liberal reruns. No matter how many times the Hera...
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