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Letter: Drug sales, use at Rim Drive parking lot must stop

Since the beginning of the pandemic there has been an increasing number of school-aged kids that have started using Rim Drive parking areas to sell and use drugs and party. They ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Purgatory is offering less for more money

After skiing 30-plus years at Purgatory, I believe they continue to charge more and offer less. The season pass “partner” locations have been cut to areas currently owned by the ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: Vote Youssef, Bosmans, Furtney for City Council

Voters in the Durango City Council election that ends at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, have time to drop their ballots in the drop boxes around town, but they should not put them in the mail betw...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Southwest Wildfire Impact Fund has the right idea

Timber Age Systems Inc., a local wood products manufacturing company, is writing in support of the Southwest Wildfire Impact Fund (SWIF). The projects proposed by SWIF will do mu...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Rockwood has been railroaded by D&SNGR

We have been coming to Durango for well over thirty years, owning property in the Tamarron area, and now in Rockwood Estates. We come here to enjoy all of what Durango has to off...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax proposal is a win-win for Durango

Vote for ballot initiative 1-AA to support local businesses. The negative letter writers probably came here as tourists. So when they claim Durango was overrun by tourists I say ask the Pala...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Sen. Don Coram confuses on Colorado Water Plan

I was completely confused by Sen. Donr Coram’s long editorial on March 27, in which he says, “Despite all the information gathered, the Colorado Water Plan has never been really implemented....

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Recent sentence is more proof that judges are too lenient

It sometimes seems that one conscientious Herald reporter is charged with reminding us, again and again, of the instructive definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again,...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: We’re overrun by tourists; ‘No’ on more tourism advertising

The lodgers tax is being billed as a boon to Durango, with no cost to its residents. Last year we were overrun with tourists. Ice Lakes was damaged and burned so badly, we now ne...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Launch a cultural trolley for ‘sustainable tourism’

What does sustainable tourism look like? I recently woke up one morning with an idea about a way to make it happen. Why not have a trolley route dedicated to taking tourists to o...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Traffic increase due to train endangers residents, riders

Further to the points in the Letters to the Editor from The train station is located off County Road 200, which is a narrow, single lane in both directions, steep and winding from U.S. Hig...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Boebert is embarrassing, juvenile

The March 26 Actually, no, the left and every sensible constituent of Boebert’s is not terrified of her – we are embarrassed by her ridiculous antics. In another gem, Boebert claims, “The ...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.