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Better pay for Colorado teachers is a moral issue

When I watched my students in Thornton carry their diplomas across the stage as graduates, they also carried the pride and hope of their families who had loved and sacrificed to get them the...

DATE: Aug 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The selfish train belongs in a museum

Julie Meadows’ letter to the Herald (Aug. 5) about the train “ The train pumps out carcinogenic smoke into our town every day. It creates sound pollution with its offensively loud whistle. ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Please write more about this president

President Trump did not leave the golf course after two mass murders, and once he flew off to Ohio and Texas three days later, he talked with an influential NRA CEO who wanted no gun laws re...

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

How is it possible thereâ€™s no city pool?

How is it possible Durango does not have a public pool or swimming area? My grandchildren and I am very sure many others must go out of town or even out of state to swim outdoors....

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We’re Dems and we’re not taking this

Come on, Mike! (“ My Grandfather was gassed in France, he loved this country unquestionably. He was a proud Democrat. My father saw his best fiend killed in the Pacific on Guadal...

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Elvis lives

You can’t keep a good rocker down

DATE: Aug 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Jeffrey Epstein (again) and conspiracy theories

The challenge in thinking about a case like the suspicious suicide of Jeffrey Epstein, the supposed “billionaire” who allegedly spent his life acquiring sex slaves and serving as a procurer ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Libraries are the lifeblood of America

Can your read this sentence? If so, we have teachers and public libraries to thank – for our literacy and intellectual development, along with parents who also respected education and librar...

DATE: Aug 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Republicans don’t care about democracy

A letter to The Herald (Aug. 1) from Mike Sigman of Durango is headlined, “ I assure you, Mr. Sigman, nearly all Democrats are critical of the president, his appointees and Republican membe...

DATE: Aug 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

State progress on health care benefits Durango

It’s not often you see good news about health care costs. But as the lieutenant governor and leader of the Governor’s Office of Saving People Money on Health Care, I am thrilled to be the be...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

A little Civil War history couldn’t hurt

In response to two recent letters written by Marie Schulz (“ Soldiers of the Southern states fought heroically for their belief in states’ rights. They weren’t going to trade the tyranny of...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Dems: We know you are hurting, but ...

Shame on our new governor for trying to appease the progressives and passing the insidious National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and attempting to steal our votes. Yes, we unde...

DATE: Aug 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor