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Our view: Can we straighten out Durango’s trail mess?

Proponents for the 32nd Street bridge might want to find better arguments

Our view: Is Colorado’s secretary of state dodging transparency?

Recently, the Colorado Springs Gazette and its sister site, Colorado Politics, asked, under the state Open Records Act, for a complete copy of the Colorado secretary of state’s electronic lo...

Editorial cartoons

Letters: The GOP let a fascist destroy their party

2020 elections are pivotal! Fascism is not just on the doorstep, it is now in the house. Many may think this statement is overstating reality; it is not. The Republicans allowed a...

Letters: Why we eliminated the Constitution

Excerpt from the 2050 best seller “Winners Get To Write History” Chapter 18 (Trump Publishing): “When the governmental structure for the new country that would call itself the Uni...

Letters: Nancy Pelosi was right to just let it rip

Standing alongside President Donald Trump after he delivered his State of the Union speech, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tore her copy of the speech apart. Some say this was ...

Barbara McLachlan: Priming state Outdoor Rec office to do even more

A group of legislators toured the Winter Colorado Outdoor Recreation Convention in Denver last week, where companies from around the world touted their incredible selection of outdoor equipm...

Letters: Wolf vs. Elk: Whose side will you be on?

Does anyone see the coming conflict with the apparent shrinking number of elk in southwest Colorado, and the reintroduction of wolves? Increasing bear numbers are part of the prob...

Letters: Wake up, Colorado: Wolves kill sheep

A recent article by Anna Janik, wildlife biologist, stated that successful wolf introduction into Colorado (a November ballot issue) needs human tolerance and nonlethal management. ...

Clyde Church: Getting on the same page with the land use code

The new year is off and running and at La Plata County, that means a new chairperson of the Board of County Commissioners. Julie Westendorff passed the gavel to me in January, and now I have...

Letters: Put Electoral College out with the trash

Voting is a cornerstone of our democracy. Every vote should matter. Yet this is not the case with the Electoral College! Years ago there used to be about 12 states identified as b...

Letters: Bad letters belong in Opinion section

What is the policy of The Durango Herald’s letters to the editor? I mean, really, is there one? Many “letters” are one-sided, factless rants that belong in the Opinion section, cl...