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Climate letter cited debunked science

Peter Veals, identified as a 2007 Durango High School graduate and PhD candidate in atmospheric science, attacked J. Paul Brown as “an ill-informed and irresponsible representative” (Herald,...

Patterson will help Dryside water issues

While watching a special on the plight of third world women, who spend much of their day carrying water for the needs of their families and crops, it occurred to me that we have a parallel s...

Too many basic flaws in Amendment 69

The first flaw, of many, with Amendment 69 is that it is an amendment to our state constitution. Amendments are long-lasting and are changed or removed only with great effort and coordinatio...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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. ...
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