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Letters: RBG’s death is a good time to reflect

The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a moment for reflection. Women of my generation and subsequent generations have the rights we do in part due to her. Her friendship with Anton...

DATE: Sep 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bret Stephens: An open letter to Mitt Romney, about the Supreme Court

Dear Sen. Romney, It isn’t hard to guess what you’re hearing from most of your fellow Republicans as they try to persuade you to cast a vote for President Donald Trump’s Supreme C...

DATE: Sep 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our view: Dancing with fish

‘My Octopus Teacher’ does what few wildlife documentaries have or can

DATE: Sep 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: I like Marsha for county commission

As a nurse, I can’t think of a more important skill than listening. Marsha Porter-Norton has that skill in spades. Marsha has demonstrated the skill to listen and then distill the important ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why not teach classes on cellphones?

Not everyone has access to the internet, but there are billions of cellphones – more than the entire population of the world. If we can send off rovers to film Mars, then why not ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: It’s magic!

The third child born to Mayer Sámuel Weisz, a rabbi, and his second wife, Cecília, in Budapest, in 1874, Erik Weisz was just 4 years old when he left cosmopolitan Hungary for a new life with...

DATE: Sep 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Minkler is not partisan – and that’s good

As a longtime resident of Bayfield and former business owner, I have known Charly Minkler for over 27 years. My wife and I were customers of his previous building business. We kno...

DATE: Sep 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Editorial on BLM shrine is ‘problematic’

The BLM is a response to state-sanctioned violence and racism, conceived of as a way to connect Black people from all over the world who have a shared desire for justice to act together in...

DATE: Sep 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Endorsements: The word ‘every’ does not need replacing

Word ‘every’ does not need replacing

DATE: Sep 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: The old leftist hatreds are reawakening

Regarding your editorial, “ If you are told directly that you worship to hate or harm specific groups, it becomes a part of your religion. That’s why the Muslim countries surrounding Israel...

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Endorsements: The time has come for popular vote

The time has come for popular vote

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Have you seen the out-of-state plates?

It became obvious fairly early in the summer that we were being inundated with out-of-state visitors – why, at that point, did they not ramp up observation and overseeing of the backcountry?...

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

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