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Another piece of our paradise vanishes

The lungs of the Earth are burning. I grieve this catastrophe in the beautiful Amazon. Like the Icelandic glacier the Herald cited in “So long, old ice” (Aug. 21), another piece o...

Why do you gripe about these editorials?

Why does an editorial have to be political? Recent complaints about “irrelevant” editorials are a thinly disguised request for the Herald to return to strident, snarky, political ...

I’ll be deciding what matters, thank you

I have been a Durango Herald subscriber for 30 years and the primary reason I get it is for local news. We can get national and world news other places. So many of the ...

That’s the spirit

Michael Bennet vows to hang on

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Merciless policies imposed on hospital

At a recent visit to Mercy for a radiologic procedure, my wife was presented with an estimate of out-of-pocket expenses and told it needed to be paid prior to services being provided. ...

A surprising path from Zimbabwe to Ivy League

You’ve read a lot over the past year about kids who end up in the Ivy League because of their parents’ wealth and wiles, kids with obscene advantages. I’d like to introduce you to another ki...

Do it for the bees – and for us – Scott

As the end of the produce-growing season nears for the Colorado Four Corners area, it is time to start thinking about how our natural agricultural helpers are getting along – the pollinators...

Opioids here not the huge problem you may think

The Durango Herald article “ I have been working in this community doing opioid-specific education, Naloxone trainings and general substance use prevention for the past year as an AmeriCorp...

One airport cancellation was too many

The recent article in the Durango Herald about the large number of flight cancellations at our local airport was timely because of what recently happened to us (“ The article said they real...

Lock up the U.S. Senate majority leader

There is an oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, in Russia who is king of aluminum. A few months ago, he was under sanctions by our government. This meant he could not visit the U.S. or do business her...

That train whistle is a matter of law

There have been several letters commenting on the use of whistles and horns by the railroad. The Federal Railroad Administration requires the use of horns or whistles in addition ...