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Opinion

The LPCHS needs an outside evaluation

It’s with a sad heart I’ve been following the news concerning the La Plata County Humane Society and the latest rift between the board and the membership. Unfortunately, history tends to rep...

Bush, Fiorini need to get facts straight

In regards to Thursday’s Republican debates: presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorini should get their facts straight. Those political farces reminded me of Brian Keena...

Clean Power Plan a win for good health

As a health-care professional in La Plata County, I fully support the Environment Protection Agency’s recently released Clean Power Plan, which paves the way for cleaner air in Colorado and ...

Give state’s retailers a level playing field

Online retail giants have been challenging Colorado’s Main Street merchants on price for nearly a generation now, unfairly helped by an out-of-date U.S. Supreme Court ruling that leaves most...

Planned Parenthood is vital to Colorado

One of Colorado’s most trusted providers of women’s health care is under attack by a group of determined extremists. Their goal is clear – to obliterate Planned Parenthood. Using ...

Will the EPA now charge itself a fine?

The Environmental Protection Agency – now there’s an organization that claims to be bettering the environment. It has all this power and it goes around and checks everyone to be sure they ar...

Council shows a gift for spending money

The City Council will soon enact an ordinance that increases councilor salaries 73 percent and the mayor’s salary 49 percent for those elected in the 2017, $10,400 and $13,400 respectively v...

FLC does little for Native Americans

This has to be noted: The Herald reported on July 30 that the local tribes add about $1.5 billion to Colorado’s economy annually. Fort Lewis College President Dene Thomas has been lobbying C...

GOP’s women, children policy disastrous

Do you accept that politicians keep their hands in women’s health care while slashing access to less-than-adequate nutrition for their children? If people were truly “pro-life,” they would ...

Anger about Arc likely caused its demise

In regard to the vandalized art piece, just think what $28,000 would have gotten us from one of our fantastic local sculptors like Veryl Goodnight, or the sculptor who did the incredibly bea...

No simple answers for complex problems

In response to the letter “Stop giving the homeless attention,” from Cory Munch (Letters, Herald, Aug. 2), I say stop looking for simple (and in this case heartless and ignorant) solutions t...

Homeless people, tourists cannot coexist

My family and I are yearly tourism visitors to Durango. This year we had to run a gauntlet of homeless on Main Avenue. Local business owners seem to think these people were dumped there by n...
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