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Letters: McLachlan best choice for state House

We are lucky to have state Rep. Barbara McLachlan, running for re-election, who has proven herself a trusted and true public servant for her constituents. She is still fondly reme...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: President should respect our military

In 1968, when over half a million Americans were serving their country in Vietnam, Donald Trump dodged the draft by getting a medical deferment for a bone spur in his heel. In 201...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t let Trump, Gardner get away with it

As a pediatric physical therapist in Durango for over 30 years, I have witnessed the exclusion of health care coverage by insurance companies to children who were born with pre-existing medi...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton can get county moving

Having lived in La Plata County for 18 years and having served on both the Southwest Water Roundtable and the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, I have had ample opportunity to see M...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Our farmers, ranchers, deserve better

An article was recently published in Terry Fankhauser Arvada (The writer is executive vice president of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association) ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Republicans want to keep you dumb

The current administration made itself clear: Competence has been fired. Despite the endorsement of every medical professional association regarding the efficacy of wearing masks, Trump and ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Late-term abortion ban compassionate

Colorado is one of just a few states where abortion is legal up until the moment of birth, and nearly 300 of these late abortions happen here every year. Proposition 115 isn’t a ban on all a...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Boebertâ€™s just good at getting publicity

I have worked with every 3rd Congressional District representative over the past 30 years. The best representatives work with others to write and pass legislation that will aide their consti...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Who do these councilors think they are?

The Ignacio Town Council has gone over the moon. Councilors targeted Farmers Fresh for not complying with a mandate. They met behind closed doors with their attorney to plot against constitu...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why would you mail back your ballot?

Since Colorado employed mail-in voting several years ago, I have never trusted the U.S. Postal Service with my completed ballot. I always deposit it myself at the county clerkâ€™s office. I ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Cover your nose with your face mask!

I have some information for those half-maskers who refuse to cover their noses with their masks, choosing instead to wear them as chin straps. If that’s the way you’re going to wear a mask, ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Skirting Electoral College a liberal plot

Proposition 113 is an ill-conceived scheme by the liberal left to skirt the Electoral College and advantage Democratic candidates for president. It would assign all of Colorado’s Electoral v...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday