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Animas River Trail a glorious work in progress

What a wonderful time of year to be in Durango! City council has worked hard throughout June and made significant progress on a number of important projects. I’m very optimistic t...

DATE: Jun 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Ears and a tail

Sen. Kamala Harris scored winner in second debate – if this were boxing

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter got Mueller statement wrong

In a recent letter to the editor (“ In his May 29 statement, Mueller indicated that the investigation did in fact find that Russian intelligence officers had launched an attack on our polit...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It happened with New Mexico TV, too

Regarding your editorial about the counties in Southwest Colorado not receiving the media coverage from the state they reside in (“ I grew up in Union County, and the media coverage there a...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Councilwoman is a good communist

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Guarding students

Documents in the STEM Highlands case give pause about armed school security

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Are they ready?

First debate leaves more questions than answers and has a few surprises

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Leave the Holocaust out of everything

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Democrats right about Tipton concerns

The Durango Herald’s story claiming that national Democratic ads had misrepresented Scott Tipton’s record on holding town halls (“ This seems to me more of an understandable mistake than a ...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Fake meat will save us from climate change

I plopped down in the sports bar last week to watch World Cup soccer and eat my first fake meat burger. I don’t mean to slight the surging U.S. women’s team, but the plant-based p...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Supremes strike blow for First Amendment

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday shored up free speech when it ruled the federal Department of Commerce could not regulate expression through the Patent and Trademark Office. This...

DATE: Jun 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Medicare for all is the life preserver

Health care costs in the U.S. have continued to skyrocket, as we in Western Colorado know all too well. The U.S. pays $3.5 trillion per year for health care, well over $10,000 for...

DATE: Jun 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor