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Letters: Sunday is Flag Day – fly stars and stripes

The American flag is a universal symbol of the enduring national unity and spirit of the American people. Whether flying atop the White House or the Capitol, outside a city hall, inside a sc...

DATE: Jun 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s the Democrats to blame for all of it

Systematic racism takes place in crumbling liberal cities run by Democrats for decades. Affordable housing is put in inner cities while jobs are shipped to China through overbearing taxes an...

DATE: Jun 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Andy Mueller: Whoa – let’s not hurt farmers to save the Colorado

Overconsumption of water and drought are driving the Colorado River into crisis. But some solutions are better than others. Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt suggested recen...

DATE: Jun 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our view: Endorsement in Dems’ U.S. House primary

For U.S. House, Dems may select a promising newcomer or a liberal standby

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Endorsement in the GOP U.S. House primary

For a U.S. House seat, GOP voters can choose an incumbent or a firebrand

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Endorsement in the U.S. Senate primary

In the Dem primary for U.S. Senate, Hickenlooper and Romanoff square off

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Schedule not in students’ best interests

The possible fall schedule for 9-R students, two days a week in person with online learning the other three, does not seem in the best interests of students. As a grandparent who ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Durango businesses are doing this right

During this pandemic, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in my living room chair, reinforcing that my chair is unbelievably uncomfortable! Knowing that my chair will likely c...

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Our history is about taking responsibility

Our country is in flux, clearly. If we’re clinging to the status quo, we’re probably privileged. Those who are deprived of basic necessities (income, justice, equality, safety, health care) ...

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I wear this mask, not for me but for you

I wear a mask in public not for me, but for you. I am educated enough to realize I may be asymptomatic and could give you the virus. I don’t live in fear of the virus; I just want...

DATE: Jun 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Sign this

We need to get Jack Turner and Charly Minkler on the county ballot

DATE: Jun 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: How about minding your own business?

It is time for people to back down, be quiet and mind their own business. Stop virtue-signaling and attacking verbally and physically people who have other world views and opinion...

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday