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Letters: Is there no way to stop this horrible bridge?

While I applaud Durango’s investment in Parks and Recreation and specifically the Animas River Trail, the renderings of the proposed new pedestrian bridge at 32nd Street are simply horrible....

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: It’s time to give every Durango student a full midday meal

9-R keeps dragging its feet on ending lunch-shaming – but why?

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

David Brooks: Behold the Democrats committing political suicide

This is a golden age for “Theyism,” the belief that there is some malevolent, elite “they” out there and “they” are destroying life for the rest of us. There is Donald Trump’s cul...

DATE: Jan 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Letters: Durango is a little town with a big heart

Last June, I crashed my Harley riding down from Silverton. It broke my leg and seven ribs. It was a long recovery. I work at Brennan’s Exxon. It is one of the finest local busines...

DATE: Jan 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Check out this homeless setup in Albuquerque

While visiting Albuquerque recently, a friend and I were impressed and inspired with a private tour of Their goal is a hand up, not a hand out; rehabilitation and not entitlement; by addre...

DATE: Jan 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Let’s impeach every one of them

Did Trump really err to the point of impeachment by asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden? If suspected, he should have been investigated. How myopic that those impeaching Presi...

DATE: Jan 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Whose lousy idea was this bridge?

The city’s renderings of a proposed 32nd Street crossing are bad news

DATE: Jan 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Bret Stephens: Of course Sanders could be the next president

“The first principle,” said Richard Feynman, “is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.” When it comes to pundits and politics this year, I’d re...

DATE: Jan 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: We can’t weather climate change inaction

Thank you to The Durango Herald for your article “What does climate change mean for Chapman Hill?” (Jan. 13). It is a smart move on the city’s part to reconsider large investments...

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

Letters: Democrats will steal your health care

Yippee, Medicare for All say Bernie, Pocahontas et al. Be like Canada! Where you can wait months to see your primary care doctor, be given tests, scans and finally see an oncologi...

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

Our view: Rewilding’s not as crazy as it sounds

Lions and tigers and Jurassic Park – or just give some prairie to buffalo

DATE: Jan 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Don’t swallow Colorado health care propaganda

No one likes to be fooled. Yet there seems to be an entire industry that has grown up around the proposition that when it comes to public policy, particularly about health care, the American...

DATE: Jan 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials