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Letters: How about a win-win on ‘Chief’ sign?

I appreciate the thoughtful comments of Toh-Atin Gallery owner Jackson Clark in the Nevertheless, the design of the “Chief” seems done in the style of caricature, which is often used as a ...

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

Letters: Herald allows racist term in its letters

I’m really surprised you printed the racist term to “grandfather” in, about the hot springs, when the origin of the term was as a way to prevent Black people from their right to vote (“ Do ...

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

Our view: FLC is ready

Fort Lewis College, with adjustments, ably prepares for students’ return

DATE: Jun 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: I welcome Durango’s mask ordinance

Unlike Eileen Wright, I welcome the mask ordinance in Durango (letters, “ I applaud the city councilors for passing it, and I hope businesses enforce it. We all want the economy to get goin...

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

Letters: We’re proud to help restore cutthroats

Thank you for the informative article on the saving of the newly discovered San Juan Lineage Cutthroat Trout (“ The discovery and subsequent rescue of this subspecies of cutthroat is very i...

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

Letters: My agenda is clean, affordable energy

My agenda? Clean energy. I’m an LPEA director and these opinions are mine. I’m responding to the letter from former LPEA director Davin Montoya (“ The energy business has changed; and chang...

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

Our view: Remembering The Capital newsroom shootings

In 2011, The Capital column, under the headline “Jarrod wants to be your friend,” was fairly tame. “If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably gotten a friend request or message from an ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Leftism more dangerous than COVID-19

We have a national outbreak of leftism sweeping our country and threatening to kill our democracy and way of life. Symptoms of leftism include: hating America; feeling justified i...

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

Letters: Beware white nationalist internet hoaxes

Like many small towns across this bloodied, occupied, stolen land, many predominantly white folks in Southwest Colorado have fallen victim to an online hoax by the white nationalist group Id...

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

Letters: Like it or not, this is not all about you

How fortunate for Jaime McMillan that he recovered from COVID-19 with the help of Mercy hospital staff, and has a profession that allows him to stay home, not miss any days of work and keep ...

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

Letters: Our back to school could look like this

Students need to get back to school, in person. There are too many risks and problems with distance learning. Could a half-day schedule possibly work? Here’s what I think it could...

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

Letters: Police should check for masks in stores

Since Durango now requires masks for customers who enter commercial businesses, it’s been easier to shop in most places. However, as I entered and walked the aisles of a big box store recent...

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