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Public libraries: Transforming with the times, libraries embracing expanded community role
Melanie Brubaker Mazur/Pine River Times<br><br>The current Ignacio Community Library facility was completed in 2007. In La Plata County, that means Durango, Pine River and Ignacio public libraries, and Reed and…
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Check out Diane Mitsch Bush for Congress
In this time of polarization, she has worked successfully across the aisle for Western Colorado, particularly on transportation and water issues. Mitsch Bush has done far more for Western Colorado…
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Celebrate the foundation of America
In 1955, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution petitioned the U.S. Congress to dedicate Sept. 17-23 of each year to the commemoration of Constitution Week. Congress…
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Bayfield wrong on Road Runner decision
It seems the town of Bayfield has withdrawn its financial support (a paltry $15,000 per year) from the Road Runner Transit System that serves more than 40 citizens, including many…
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Carbon fee is a viable climate solution
My heart goes out to the millions of people who have lost so much due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the wildfires in the West, particularly in Montana. Unfortunately,…
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Veterans come together to honor 9-11
Southwest Conservation Corps, AmeriCorps and Volunteers of America partnered to serve and honor local veteran families, helping them to prepare for the winter by cutting, splitting and delivering firewood to…
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Tight times require difficult decisions
The La Plata County Clerk and Recorder is responsible for conducting elections, recording real property records, issuing marriage licenses and registering and titling motor vehicles. Our office is located at…
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Local GOP silent after Charlottesville
After begrudgingly admitting these groups were foul, Trump opined that there were “very fine people” who marched with them. He then equated protesters who fight terrorists with the terrorists themselves:…
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Column did not help heal public divide
Referring to working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, the presidential hopeful said: “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who…
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EPA: Agency’s act first, inform later policy does not engender the public’s trust
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br><br>Water flowing down the mountainside out of the Red and Bonita Mine contains high levels of manganese, zinc, copper, lead, cadmium, aluminum and iron that will make its…
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Grateful for improvements on Junction
Also a big thank you to the Durango Police Department and the staff at Miller Middle School for keeping the Miller parking mob under control. Cathy Wilson Durango
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Family thankful for Durango’s response
People offered us rooms to stay in and their cars to drive. People delivered snacks to the hospital waiting room at Mercy Regional hospital where my nephew was being treated,…
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Tell commissioners to reject new codes
The La Plata County Building Department will be submitting new building codes for adoption to the Board of County Commissioners this week. By their own accounting, the new codes –…
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Community media: Amid an evolving industry, a robust media landscape depends upon us all
It turns out that one of the strongest reactions Herald readers had to the change in print frequency from seven to four days per week was a disruption in their…
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Bayside, Texas appreciates assistance from Southwest Colorado
Jay Lynch volunteered his office in Bayfield as a drop-off point and donations poured in. Veronica Lasater and the Human Resources Department of the Southern Ute tribe delivered supplies before…
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All welcome at Bayfield Schools and Community Welcome Fair
We invite all members of our community to our first Bayfield Schools and Community Welcome Fair. This event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21…
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Front Range growth is out of control
Meanwhile (thanks TABOR), our air quality, traffic and schools are all worsening, housing costs are horrific, water is scarce and unemployment is zilch. We do not need more jobs here…
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House budget is harmful to Colorado
The resolution proposed $150 billion in food stamp cuts, with the suggestion that states save through “block” or “opportunity” grants, which translate to capped funding. Capped funding would inhibit the…
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Bicyclists need to be more considerate
They are totally inconsiderate of their surroundings when it applies to pedestrians on the same trail or sidewalk. As these cyclists approach a pedestrian from behind, the polite thing to…
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NPS maintenance: Deferred repairs at our nation’s parks and monuments put them all at risk
A portion of the Balcony House site at Mesa Verde National Park. This represents one of the nearly 5,000 known archaeological sites that the NPS is charged with preserving and…
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DHS vs Delta game brought memories
I was a member of the green-and-white Delta High School Panthers football team. We had traveled by school bus over three mountain passes to play against the red-and-white Durango High…
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Monuments honor courage, not slavery
These monuments were erected to honor the courage and valor of warriors, and to express regional pride of the South. Apparently, some African American leaders have told their followers that…
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Oppose budgets that target food programs
SNAP, along with other agriculture programs like SNAP-Ed and the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program, increases access to healthy food and helps feed low-income individuals, families and children. We…