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Soleil Gaylord: Western monarchs suffer catastrophic decline

The precipitous decline of species around the world continues to make headlines. One million species worldwide are at risk of extinction; North America has lost three billion birds in the pa...

DATE: Apr 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Losing tolerance for Durango ‘slumlords’

I understand the simple economics of supply and demand at play in our current housing market. My soapbox is tall and I could go on for days about what it feels like to be a local pushed out ...

DATE: Apr 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Apr 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Our View: Durango Mesa bike park races forward

While everyone’s been bandying about the phrase “sustainable tourism” like it’s the solution to all our town’s woes – and secretly wondering what sustainable tourism really means – Durango M...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Say ‘Yes’ to organ donation, save lives

Less than one year into my grandson Liam’s life, our family’s world was flipped upside down when we learned that he had an enlarged heart and congestive heart failure. His only hope for surv...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Plastics pollute the oceans

My name is Raya Halonen and I’m a fifth-grade student who goes to Riverview Elementary. I’m writing to you about a concern I have. The ocean needs help. Plastic is polluting it a...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Aaron Kindle and Jason Keith: Improve bonding for orphaned oil, gas wells

Leave nature better than you found it: this principle of “leave no trace” is the mantra of every conservationist, hunter and outdoors enthusiast of the West’s iconic public lands. ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Fifth-grader raises money for people who are homeless

I am a fifth grade student at Riverview Elementary School. For my community improvement project I decided to do homelessness. For me and 85% of the others others who took my survey, helping ...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Build radar station on Bridge Timber Mountain

Three notable topics were covered in The Durango Herald Weekend Edition, April 3-4: An increase in the lodgers tax and the vision to develop a world class bike park were supported by a colla...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sen. Don Coram: Exhausted yet happy with Assembly progress

We are halfway through the legislative session and it seems like we are rushing to the finish. The session started Jan. 13 and adjourned Jan. 16. Then we took a 30-day leave to t...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Bus service should get more funding, support for drivers

I want to give a great shout-out to our local bus service. I ran out of my house just as the bus was heading to my stop. I forgot my mask, but was able to pull up my T-shirt and sh...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor