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Our View: Zelensky’s love of country an inspiration
Ukrainian president keeps our gaze on his homeland
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Our View: Merry and bright …
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Boebert ‘learned absolutely nothing’
After receiving the narrowest congressional reelection margin in the country, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert has apparently learned absolutely nothing. By refusing to stand or applaud the heroic Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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Lower suicide rates? Look at immigrants
First-generation immigrants from Latin America report some of the lowest levels of suicide in the nation, and this despite living with constant anxiety due to compromised legal statuses, workplace exploitation,…
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Lower rates, increase production
As I understand economics, prices inflate because the demand for things exceeds the supply. So, how to increase the supply of goods? Get investors to invest in more production and…
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Our View: GOP chairwoman stuck on party loyalty
Quality, problem-solving candidates matter more
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Our View: Cage-free chickens law egg-xactly right
But consumers will feel steep price increase
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Boebert quiet on anti-Semitic activity
As a Jewish-American constituent, I am wondering why my Rep. Lauren Boebert has not seen fit to utter a word or put out a tweet regarding the increase in anti-Semitic…
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Reusable bags a great gift
Are you still trying to figure out presents for your friends and family? Here’s something that everyone in our state is going to need next year: reusable shopping bags! Yes,…
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New developments must pay more for water
Tom DeHudycca La Plata County is anticipating a 50% population increase by 2050. Fifty percent! Durango’s 2021 Water System Master Plan contains an extensive analysis of the costs of enlarging…
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‘Porch pirate’ package delivered
Last week, a nice young couple rang our doorbell and delivered a torn-open Fedex envelope that had important contents. The couple found our envelope, along with numerous scattered broken-open boxes…
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Team hopping, paid players, no loyalty. Should CU play?
cca In September the great sports writer Ivan Maisel addressed the new paradigm in college sports. “Pull up a chair, sports fans. The past century’s paradigm – in which student-athletes…
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More wildlife lovers need to fund conservation
Kelsey Wellingtoncca There’s a new initiative in Wyoming that’s changing the face of wildlife conservation funding, and it’s already seen huge success in its first year. It’s based on the…
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Destroying environment to save it
This letter rebuts one on Sunday – online in The Journal and in print in The Durango Herald on the proposed solar installation in Hesperus. The truth about Primergy’s Hesperus…
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Donation helped VFW’s mission
The Christmas season is a time for us to slow down and remember how blessed we are to live in this very special country. For nearly 250 years, our country…
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Lots, ball fields for pickleball
I hope that the Durango city government can think of a better use of $35,000 for sound barriers and $300,000 additional funds for site improvements for the latest fad sport…
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Our View: Small, large efforts for health care reform
If La Plata County residents north of age 60 had their way, they’d have universal health care with the government negotiating prescription prices. At least, this is the overwhelming result…
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Our View: Your Christmas tree reveals who you are
In December 1976, just one year after the debut of “Saturday Night Live,” the holiday skit “Killer Trees” was a fresh dose of dark yuletide humor. The storyline was this:…
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Late Sen. Isgar would welcome clean energy on his land
Joan Kelloggcca I am shocked and disappointed to see a recent social media comment stating my brother, the late state Sen. Jim Isgar, must be rolling in his grave because…
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Our View: Wacky world of jobs, strong economy, inflation
Are you the person who lives for the scraping sound of blade meeting ice? When someone must remove snow, is your first thought, “Let it be me?” Is your favorite…
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Breaking the stigmas of dementia
Approximately 1,200 La Plata County residents have dementia (Alzheimer’s, Younger or Older Onset), Lewy Body Dementia, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Vascular Dementia. It’s…
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Our View: Lawyer misusing sunshine laws
We champion the cause of open government. Yet, we’re questioning intentions in recent settlements with a “gotcha” quality that feel like a shakedown. Matt Roane, a Pagosa Springs attorney well-versed…
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‘Nonprofits inspired me’ to give
The main reason I still want to live in Durango is the generous spirit from parents who work two to three jobs (same jobs I had in the 1980s to…
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STOP Hesperus Solar’s claims disputed
Recently, Primergy has offered to build a 155 MWac solar array project on unused land to the south of the community of Hesperus. A Stop Hesperus Solar group of local…
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We the People ‘says it all’
The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case where North Carolina legislators are asking the court to grant them unfettered power to set rules for voting and elections, without state…
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Red Flag guest column ‘most disturbing’
I found the guest column on Wednesday with the headline “Red Flag laws must be used to work,” most disturbing. This guest column was an attack on our county sheriffs…
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Greatest gift of all: an organ
In this season of giving (and receiving), I invite everyone to consider one way that we can all help make America great. As we stand in lengthy lines at checkouts,…
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Our View: ‘Goblin mode’: Who uses Oxford’s word of the year?
Not many, according to our unofficial poll
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Fairgrounds, tiny homes for unhoused
The homeless problem is very complicated and many contrasting opinions about it have been expressed in The Durango Herald. I am among those who do not wish to find someone…