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Letters: Why do we even need a planning board?

I am writing about the news story “ Townhomes are attached to other townhomes. Detached townhomes are called houses. With the proposed priority on affordability, the townhomes ru...

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

Letters: Matt Salka has my vote for commission

I first met Matt Salka about four years ago while walking our dogs. Had no idea who he was, and we started talking about living in the little town of Bayfield. During our discussion he let m...

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

Letters: These orders are for everyone’s safety

I don’t understand the outcry by some of my fellow citizens and patriots about measures that have been recommended or even ordered to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the populati...

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

Bret Stephens: The intellectual cowardice of my New York Times

The recent decision by It is a violation of the principles that are supposed to sustain the profession, particularly our obligation to give readers a picture of the world as it really is. ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Council should strengthen mask rule

I am writing to express my support for the city mask law. Much as I appreciate my liberties, I am also aware of the responsibilities to the countless hands which hold us all up, k...

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

Letters: Congress, advance this Alzheimer’s bill

My family has been devastated by Alzheimer’s disease. My mother is living in late stage Alzheimer’s, and we have already lost seven other family members to the disease. The prevalence of thi...

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

Michelle Goldberg: Surprise! Justice on LGBT rights from Gorsuch

The new season of my favorite television show, “The Good Fight,” begins with the heroine, feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart, awakening in what seems at first like a giddy alternative reality in...

DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: It is time to unmask the fear gripping us

As a resident of Durango, I am one of the lucky ones. I contracted COVID-19 in March and I was able to recover thanks to the good assistance of our Mercy hospital nurses and doctors. And my ...

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

Letters: Racial justice connected to health care

Throughout U.S. history, people of color have endured a health care system that perpetuates racial disparities. Hospitals across America were segregated by race and, not surprisingly, black ...

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

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Jun 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letters: Letting LPEA tell half-truths is unfair

The The reporter asked me questions about LPEA and I answered them as openly and honestly as I could. In its response, LPEA did not dispute what I said as being true. The Herald gave LPEA ...

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