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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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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…
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Sabido case about principles of justice
We are working from the principle of justice. Justice is that which is right, honorable, and good. The law is a tool that can be used to create justice or…
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‘Cities and Towns’: Join other Colorado citizens in shaping the future of your community this week
If bears, dogs, four-way stops and brighter downtown street lighting are things you think need attention, speak up. More bike-to-work days (and a second annual float to work day), street…
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Political rhetoric damages LPEA’s mission
Social media is calling for a stop of the vitriol in Washington and more civility in politics. This will only happen if it starts with each of us. Our rural…
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We can do better with local renewables
Colorado’s largest utility, Xcel, recently committed to produce 55 percent clean energy in eight years (by 2025). To achieve this objective, Xcel will close two coal-fired plants (thereby reducing carbon-dioxide…
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Trump’s incompetence a total surprise
Gee whiz, here is a self-centered, bigoted reality star with no government experience, six (six!) bankruptcies, five kids from three (three!) different marriages, four (four!) draft deferments to avoid military…
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Health care book will begin the dialogue
I picked up my free copy at Maria’s Bookshop. But I was unable to read much past the prologue: “A Moral Question.” Much like the woman’s story in the prologue,…
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White supremacy is a problem for all
Each disguised criticism of progressives, and President Obama, who opposed expanding settlements and other forms of aggression, contrary to Prime Minister Netanyahu. To equate anti-semitism to disagreement is fallacious. To…
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A morning tale of good cyclists and bad
I want to thank the courteous bike riders who ring their bell, or speak out, “On your left,” or slow down as they approach a pedestrian. One particularly kind rider…
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Apply baseball rules to bear attracters
It’s time to play baseball with the bears. Three strikes and you’re out: The first time a household or business causes a bear attractant to result in a conflict, the…
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Communication at newspaper is lacking
I spoke with a nice lady who “entered” my request, then asked if I wanted to donate that portion to the newspapers in education program or just credit to my…
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Walmart deserves thanks, not snubbing
During my five-year employment at the local store, starting in summer 1998, I was intimately involved with the company’s local charitable activities, including associated volunteer programs, cash and merchandise donations,…
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DACA: End to program will weaken, not strengthen, U.S. economy and security
Nancy Stoffer, Coordinator of Diversity Programming at Fort Lewis College, speaks during a Durango Defend DACA Rally at the FLC Amphitheater on Tuesday.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered…