Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Fund supports Mancos Valley residents
In our wonderful tight-knit community, situations with our neighbors arise, and we ask what we can do to help. We offer support, food and flowers knowing full well they have…
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Fix the cheaper air-travel problems first
Denver’s airport administration should invite a college class in logistics or systems analysis to improve their newest version of Albania, so that not every single flight is delayed or canceled,…
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San Juan Basin Health selfish, mean
The cats who lived at the health department were just trying to survive and weren’t hurting anyone. Where is the compassion? Michelle Brawley Durango
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Health department is losing key staff
As veteran employees depart, public health is losing decades of experience, expertise, specialized training and key relationships with partners in the community and the public. This mass exodus is not…
Editorials
Saving Calkins
Plan to preserve old school in Cortez could become a model for other towns
Letters to the Editor
Be wary of theft – and use hotel safes
When I returned home and unpacked, I discovered that personal items and gifts I had bought were missing. If you have family visiting, please, advise them to be on alert,…
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Support county Council on Aging
It was once said that a country should be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable citizens – the children, the infirmed and the aged. One local group operating…
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A Christmas gift for investment banks
Wikipedia says: “A rider is an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the…
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Anti-cat letter wrong on several points
Before dealing with the issue Fowler was writing about, it should be noted that Caudill is wrong on several points: The two cats born on the health department property were…
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Lachelt misstated the role of fracking
As the co-chairman of the task force reviewing the state’s oil and gas regulations, it is important that she understand the fundamental facts of gas and oil development. In a…
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Live and ‘nearly live’ theater in Durango
Thanks goes to Michele Redding, owner of the Animas City Theatre, for seeing that Durango is one of many cities around the world with showings. Michele’s persistent efforts have paid…
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Pot data show some disturbing trends
Our overall rates of marijuana use are lower than those cited in the article, but that’s likely because we include younger students in the sample. We purposely include middle schoolers…
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Thanks to Bennet, Tipton for Hermosa
Hermosa Creek is a year-round playground for many outdoor men and women, and thanks to their leadership and commitment, it will stay wild and rugged for generations to come. I…
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District 9-R fostering a culture of fear
Each week, I spend an average of five or more hours volunteering in my children’s school. The fear of reprisal that I have witnessed from teachers who express concerns or…
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Enhanced interrogation is hydra-headed
On the one hand, it has to be weighed that Islamic fundamentalist terrorists are pathological – lacking utterly in conscience and thus believing entirely that their actions are justified. It…
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Hermosa bill stage set 50 years ago
Fifty years ago, or so, a few of us questioned the San Juan Forest’s management plan for Hermosa Creek. Basically, the west side of the watershed was designated to be…
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Herald responded well to obit complaints
Thank you for your placement of these important notices in a more appropriate section of your publication. H. Louden Kiracofe Durango
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Thank Tipton, Bennet for early Christmas
A warm, heart-felt thank you goes out to Rep. Scott Tipton and Sen. Michael Bennet in their ongoing efforts to protect this special place. The Hermosa Creek bill preserved our…
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Give Christmas cheer to Annie’s Orphans
I am writing this for Annie’s Orphans and for those dogs that do not have everything our buddies have at home. But these dogs are loved by a dear person.…
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Drop in oil prices a win-win-win
But here are all the beautiful side-benefits for the United States and the entire world from dropping oil prices: 1) Russia needs oil to be at $100 a barrel just…