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Letters: It may seem bureaucratic but it’s good

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission was created to oversee oil and gas development in the state of Colorado. Recently, the commission was charged with prioritizing public health...

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

Letters: The right wing adores an egotistical liar

I read a letter to the editor that continues haunting my thoughts (“ Jeff Bleecker begins his letter on a humorous note, “We have a national outbreak of leftism sweeping our country.” Don’t...

DATE: Jul 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton not well served by Herald

I am very honored to support Marsha Porter-Norton for county commissioner. She is the forward-thinking and clear choice we need now. In a The reporter left out that she has headed her own ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Jack Turner is perfect for commission

I have had the great pleasure of knowing Jack Turner for over 50 years. We met at Miller Junior High in the late ’60s and I have noted his thoughtfulness and his love of Durango and pride in...

DATE: Jul 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We’d like to still do business here, but ...

Over the years we have always loved coming to Durango once a week or so, for shopping, coffee and conversation, meetings, dancing to Johnny Gimble’s fiddle, music at the Fort. Sure, we can s...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Just implement the law already

Greenwood Village thinks it can circumvent new state policing law

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Time to let go of racist, sexist symbols

I read with interest the letters to the I, too, remember the images, books, movies and other icons of my past. However, I’m 60 years old and now realize how many of those things I once enj...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bret Stephens: American crime and the crazy Baltimore model

In 2014, there were 211 homicides in the city of Baltimore. The next year, there were 342, an astonishing increase of 62%. The murder rate has barely budged since. What happened? ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Gov. Jared Polis has done a great COVID job

Responding to George Thompson’s letter (“ Polis acted decisively shutting down the state in March, successfully curbing the spread; and the virus was real back then just like it is now. As ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Colorado Democrats throw a little ... mud

QAnon-curious candidate Lauren Boebert gets slammed by national media

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Michelle Goldberg: Trump’s occupation of American cities has begun

The month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.” It was part of...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Reconsider Animas High site at FLC

It is great the Animas High School is getting a grant to relocate its school to Fort Lewis College. The problem, though, is this location is used by hikers, bikers (the birthplace of future ...

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