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Letters: Joe Biden is what America needs now

We need a leader to bring Americans together â€“ people of every color and heritage; women and men; LGBTQ and straight. Joe Biden is that leader. President Trump lays blame everywhere but on...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why do we need wolves amid elk loss?

The Herald published an article in February on the loss of elk herd numbers (“ Mike Deming Bayfield ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Matt Salka is thick-skinned, practical

Throwing your hat in the ring to run for La Plata County commissioner takes knowledge, long hours, flexibility, honesty and willingness to listen to the residents of the county. It also take...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: You should not have published that photo

Nine years ago, The police who laughed about the costume that causes people to think about his nakedness are surely not the same officers who interviewed his victims (Photo: “Putting it al...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: No one-party rule on county commission

I listened to the League of Women Voters session with the four county commission candidates. All hold very similar views on a variety of topics. But our county needs to ensure that the voice...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We like commission voting the way it is

The idea of by-district voting for commissioners has resurfaced. I believe it would curtail voter rights at the most grassroots level. Most counties are represented by three commissioners. T...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Bringing back wolves can mean hope

In a Forest Recreation course at CSU, my professor introduced me to “A Sand County Almanac,” in which Aldo Leopold, the father of game management in America, wrote much about wolves. Leopold...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: My opponent’s claim is disrespectful

The only debt I owe to campaign supporters as an independent candidate for La Plata County commission is respect, gratitude and fair treatment. It should be unnecessary to state, but my oppo...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: When the news ignored the Wright Brothers

When the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane, the press said, ‘Impossible’

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: District deserves better than Boebert

We have two individuals running to represent us in Congress. One has a slogan of freedom. Could it be the freedom of not showing up in court after a subpoena, or allowing underage employees ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vote Yes on $90 million for our schools

I am the co-chairman of Durango Citizens for Great Schools, supporting initiative 4A on the November ballot. It will authorize $90 million in bonds for capital improvements with no increase ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: For once, president got something right

According to President Trump, Portland (Oregon) has been burning for decades. I never knew that. But for once, he got it right. Just look back at pictures from the early 1990s of ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor