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Letters: Unemployment – why not an app for that?

As of this writing, Congress is still negotiating about unemployment benefits. In an interview, Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford explained that the unemployment systems weren’t designed to figur...

DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

At the beginning of 1967, Atlantic-label record producer Jerry Wexler had a brilliant idea: He would take Aretha Franklin, a 24-year-old vocalist who had languished commercially on the Colum...

DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Who wants homeless camp by cemetery?

Durango residents can say goodbye to the peaceful drive up and down Cemetery Road when attending funerals, visiting loved ones’ memorials or when just seeking a resting moment. The City Coun...

DATE: Aug 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘Diversity’ means we live in Orwell’s world

I read the article “ “Diversity” is the new code-speak for “racial quotas”; it overrides the work and efforts of many people (“meritocracy”) in order to satisfy a trendy desire for “diversi...

DATE: Aug 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sharon and Pat O'Toole: Like birds and fish? You should be hugging a cow

You don't hear this from former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt or the usual suspects whose goal is to end many water diversions from the Colorado River, but it's true. Rural landscapes and...

DATE: Aug 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: They’re not welcome here without masks

Durango welcomes tourists from everywhere. We enjoy sharing our town and the surrounding area, and we hope you enjoy yourself while you are here. However, if you refuse to wear a ...

DATE: Aug 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Endorsements

Two-thirds of a million dollars in in-kind contributions so far, is being used to advocate cutting the state’s individual and corporate tax rates from 4.63% to 4.55%. With the damage done to...

DATE: Aug 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Asta Bowen: Why are we in such a rush to go back to school?

As a longtime teacher who has heard every complaint under the sun about how horrible school is, how boring, arbitrary, irrelevant and unfair, I find myself somewhat taken aback by the fierce...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Endorsements: A note to readers

Our endorsements will continue, addressing the 11 questions and multiple candidates, on one or two print days a week through Sat., Oct. 24. They will also be posted on the Herald’s website, ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Endorsements: Easier bingo!

In what is the least impactful question on the November ballot, voters are being asked to make it quicker for new charities to organize bingo games and raffles for their fundraisers. ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: John Hickenlooper doesn’t care about us

When he was the governor, John Hickenlooper proved many times he had no regard for the Western Slope. Now he is following in Gov. Jared Polis’ footsteps by ignoring the Club 20 debate and vo...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Imagine a U.S. overrun by the alt-right

In response to Don Wicburg’s letter, “ Imagine a country where people with guns show up at a candlelight vigil. Imagine a country where the current administration has had over 400 people qu...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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