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Letters: City councilors lacking in intelligence

Thank you, Durango city councilors, for forcing me to expand my horizons. I have discovered many alternatives to shopping in Durango now that the idiotic masking rule is in effect. ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This virus isn’t a Republican-versus-Democrat issue

I am just as frustrated as anyone that we are where we are in this COVID-19 life. I wake in the middle of the night and worry I have contracted the virus. My wife, a nurse, is a h...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Nicholas Kristof: Let’s remember this virus is still a big mystery

The odd thing about reporting on the coronavirus is that the nonexperts are supremely confident in their predictions, while epidemiologists keep telling me that they don’t really know much a...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our view: We are ashamed

Riots in a time of pandemic after the death of George Floyd shame America

DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: The Democrats encouraged these rioters

The police officer in Minneapolis has been arrested. Good. However, Democrats rioted without getting all the facts. The preliminary medical examiner’s report says the autopsy “rev...

DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Now all we need are parking garages

Hooray for downtown business groups and the City Council, urged on by the Herald! (“ Kudos for working to maximize the benefit of Main Avenue to businesses and customers. Add a couple of co...

DATE: Jun 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: I stand for good jobs, affordable housing

I am running for La Plata County commissioner from District 2. My great grandfather Porter was a mine worker in Silverton in the early 1900s. He earned enough to start a ranch in Lewis, nort...

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

America gets failing grades with Trump

President Donald Trump and his son-in-law recently assessed their performance in our battle against the novel coronavirus. They both lauded their work, claiming great success. On ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s Medicare for All to the rural rescue

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many of the weaknesses of the current American medical system. But even before this, health care in rural communities has been threatened. Hundr...

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Philip Roth exposed again

If you have ever wondered what becomes of the products of purely happy childhoods, one answer seems to be they become deeply committed artists like Philip Roth. The prolific American writer ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Save our teachers by taking the survey

The 9-R school district is deciding to cut approximately 20% of our teachers. Please help to support teachers by taking a free, anonymous survey on their website at www.durangoschools.org. C...

DATE: May 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Clyde Church: We’re excited about the new county land use code

Now that we have celebrated Memorial Day, summer has unofficially arrived here in La Plata County and with it comes the official kickoff for public review and input on the draft Land Use Cod...

DATE: May 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns