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Forest Service needs to use chains saws

In the recent article detailing the Forest Service and the chain saw exemption (“ While certainly possible, the time for this accomplishment was not mentioned, and it is likely that this wa...

DATE: Jun 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ahoy, dog

The Animas got bigger than a goose and a collie combined

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

When Kipling met the Trump resistance

If you can accept a cascade of lies when the truth is self-evident; if you gravitate toward short-term economic gain by exploitation of fossil fuels, disregarding the long-term disaster of g...

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Harriet Tubman will always have the last laugh

WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump invites historical comparisons, it is usually to his detriment. Even so, the Trump administration’s recent snubbing of Harriet Tubman in favor of ex...

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

A cold morning

75 years ago, allied forces and Lt. Robert Edlin triumphed in Normandy

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Harriet Tubman will always have the last laugh

WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump invites historical comparisons, it is usually to his detriment. Even so, the Trump administration’s recent snubbing of Harriet Tubman in favor of ex...

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

Reporting on sign was one-sided, uncool

I have found the article about the Toh-Atin chief to be distasteful (“ I think the rhetoric used to describe the importance of the pieces overlooked a lot of sensitivities within the commun...

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Send in the clown

When Germany gobbled Austria, there was more than one villain

DATE: Jun 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Don’t make me report you for your trash

A home owner on County Road 203 placed two trash cans out Memorial Day during the day. Yep, Mr. Bear found some yummy things to eat! Now that it is bear season, please place cans ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

They can use hand saws in wilderness

I want to express my extreme dismay at the recent Forest Service decision to allow the use of chain saws in the Weminuche and in the South San Juan Wildernesses â€“ a decision which was made...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

To markets we go

Hickenlooper and Bennet swipe at socialism, land some good blows

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

A fix for some homelessness in Durango

The Herald editorial of May 16, “ The editors failed to rally our community to build more affordable housing and provide the essential shelter for those in need. Rather than lock people out...

DATE: Jun 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor