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Race, privilege conversations needed

Imagine your typical classroom, with rows of desks facing the front. The teacher puts a trash bin in the front of the classroom and gives each student a balled-up piece of paper. The teacher...

Durango Chamber of Commerce rocks

I just wanted to congratulate Jack Llewellyn and the staff at our Chamber of Commerce on a job very well done. The annual awards show “Durango Rocks!” has become quite the popular event and ...

Meet Jan. 27 to try to save Hay Gulch

A steep, shady V-shaped mile of hill gives way to open green meadows and streams as you wander north down County Road 120. A few years ago, I used to ride my bike through a peace...

Dance has paid dearly for her mistakes

I am employee of the Cyprus Cafe. I know Alison Dance made some mistakes. I also know she has apologized to every employee, paid her fines, reimbursed the front of the house and ...

Everyone, not just kids, is being tested

Durango School District 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger made a gallant attempt at a forum Jan. 22 to roll out the realities of assessment facing 9-R as it tries to board the train carrying...

Expect 2014 county property-tax bills

Your 2014 property tax bill(s) have been mailed to the address you have on record with La Plata County. If you do not receive your bill in the coming week, please contact the La Plata County...

‘Labor-law violation’ exceptionally petty

We are writing to express our support for Alison Dance and the Cyprus Cafe and to further explain the child-labor law violation reported by the Department of Labor. The final audi...

A look at the tax base going into 2015

La Plata County valuation in 2014, taxable in 2015, was an intervening year where real estate values carried over from 2013 where all properties, except oil and gas, were valued on the 2012 ...

Counter ‘radical Islam’ with total war

I’m replying here in part to the column (Herald, Jan. 22) by Thomas Friedman, headlined “Do not try to dance around radical Islam.” In a way, it’s understandable why the Obama adm...

Dance does not deserve sensationalism

The Durango Herald’s inflammatory reporting revolts me. Last summer, a labor audit of a local business brought a sensational headline about the investigation. Despite “no comment...

9-R values testing over teacher morale

As a retired early childhood educator with over 27 years of experience – 20 years in 9-R – I know that measuring student growth in areas vital to produce complex thinkers, problem solvers, e...

Top-heavy administration harming SJBHD

Concerns brought forth by Rita Fowler (Letters, Herald, Dec. 14 and Jan. 20) and echoed by past health department employees speak to the crux of the problem at the health department – namely...
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