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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

Letters: Modeling climate is extremely difficult

Robert Goodrich wrote a letter to the editor, “ Modeling complex systems is extremely difficult and 100% accuracy is near impossible, but the science of modeling the impacts of climate chan...

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

Letters: For Loren Boebert, do any lives matter?

Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas, who follows President Trump, tested positive for the coronavirus. Until recently Gohmert had resisted wearing a mask. Gohmert’s daughter said it all when ...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bret Stephens: This Biden blunder alone could sink his chances

If Joe Biden isn’t careful, Donald Trump might have a new nickname for him: “Shutdown Joe” – after the former vice president’s biggest blunder in the campaign thus far. I’m referr...

DATE: Aug 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns