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Do full-body MRIs work? Ask your doctor, not Kim Kardashian
cca In an Instagram post last month that has racked up more than 3.4 million “likes,” Kim Kardashian poses in scrubs alongside an MRI scanner, with a caption alerting her…
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Our View: Use joint sales tax dollars for Hermosa to Durango Bike Trail
A burst of tailwind is pushing forward the proposed Hermosa to Durango Bike Trail. And the city of Durango and La Plata County’s joint sales tax dollars are ideal to…
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Our View: Celebrating 5 years, ‘The Colorado Sun’ inspires
“We belong to you, Colorado.” Larry Ryckman, editor and co-founder of The Colorado Sun said this to readers on Sunday, which marked the fifth anniversary of this journalist-owned, nonpartisan online…
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Public can help shape Utah monument
Jonathan Thompson When President Joe Biden restored the original boundaries of both Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears national monuments in 2021, public-land lovers felt they had achieved a lasting victory.…
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SJBPH emergency compensation: ‘This has become personal’
As the director of communications at San Juan Basin Public Health during part of the COVID-19 pandemic, I feel the need to weigh in on the investigation by La Plata…
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Our View: Musings on office jargon
A couple of surveys published this summer highlight the most annoying examples of office jargon. At The Durango Herald, we compared notes to see what gets under our skin the…
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Roberts river put-in sketch ‘to improve image’
The Roberts Village Camp “river put-in“ illustration in The Durango Herald on Wednesday is a concept for what a beautiful put-in “could look like.“ But is not in any way…
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2 left turns problem at Malfunction Junction
The main problems with the intersection of Florida Road, East 3rd Avenue and 15th Street, referred to as Malfunction Junction, are the two left turns. If the left turns were…
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‘Electoral college system effectively disenfranchises most Americans’
cca Given everything that has happened in the last eight years, it is time to initiate a movement to rid ourselves of the archaic electoral college by means of an…
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‘Freedom from what exactly?’
A letter on Wednesday announced that the local GOP Lincoln Day Dinner is almost sold out. “For individual freedom” was included in the letter – the GOP often uses this…
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Mexico is unraveling and nobody seems to care
The Other Sidecca A local resident, who I’ll refer to as Mario, recently asked me to look over his immigration file. After paying a lawyer more than $20K across five…
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‘Bidenomics is not working’
Bidenomics is broken economics. While the rate of increase may have cooled, we are still living with high inflation. This is seen in higher gas prices, higher food and home…
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Need ‘strong, effective rules’ on air quality
As a physician who has practiced medicine in Colorado for 40 years, I want to make our community aware of the adverse health effects of air pollution, and invite you…
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‘Biden wants power equivalent to Putin’
My political theory is that President Joe Biden wants to have power equivalent to Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Nicolás Maduro or Daniel Ortega. The management of his office indicates Biden…
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EPA grants ‘catalyze solar energy development’
The EPA’s Solar for All grants will help catalyze solar energy development in low-income and disadvantaged communities. Grants will be awarded to states, municipalities, Tribal governments,and some nonprofits for initiatives…
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‘Give positive alternatives to negative, complicated messes’
How about engaging children here in the U.S. to get along with children everywhere? And I believe everywhere. That includes innocents from countries that are poor/oil rich/democratic/dictatorships/any other leadership corrupt…
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Eh? Did you hear that? Or is it me?
Cross In a recent column, I criticized the intentional film technique of “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan to make some of the dialogue inaudible. I am still stewing over this. And…
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‘Residents must understand consequences’ of Roberts Village Camp Durango
David Sanderlincca Can you trust our county codes to protect from development you never imagined? We in the Animas Valley thought we could. We were wrong! The Animas Valley has…
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Our View: Buck right to debunk untruths about Jan. 6 defendants
Who does state GOP most represent – conservatives, populists or patriots?
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‘Prudent to bend interpretation of city code?’
I am writing as a concerned citizen regarding the future of the Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez. I have used that area for many a walk and mountain bike ride,…
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Our View: Durango VFW squeezed with parents protesting Mothers for Liberty
Durango’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4031, found itself in a tricky spot last night. Moms for Liberty, a conservative parental rights group focused on education, had joined the La…
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‘Dinner with Matt Gaetz almost sold out’
Two letters to the editor in July and August are entirely misleading on the role of the local Republican Party. The number one purpose of the local party is to…
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‘Make it clear, VFW nonpartisan’
I am writing in response to letters to the editor that names the Veterans of Foreign Wars. I want to make it clear that the VFW is a nonpartisan organization…
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