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Letters: We’ll need leaders like Porter-Norton

I will be voting for Marsha Porter-Norton for La Plata County commissioner. I believe her leadership skills and long-term efforts working in many capacities in La Plata County make her the r...

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

Letters: Boebert’s just a gun-toting beauty queen

What has become of the Republican Party? It has tossed out a five-term senior representative in our Colorado House District 3. Then it replaced him with Lauren Boebert, a gun-toting 33-year-...

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

Letters: Charly Minkler is a fair, stand-up guy

Charly Minkler is a stand-up guy who can be counted on to be fair, impartial, honest and do whatâ€™s right. He is a constant force of good energy and intelligence with proven leadership skil...

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

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

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.