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DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Learn about end of coal at library talk

Kudos for Nick Bowlin’s article “ Not only are voters increasingly aware that the era of fossil fuel use must end, so are energy executives across the country – for purely economic reasons....

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Equal Pay Day marks very slow progress

April 2 is Equal Pay Day. The American Association of University Women observes this date to raise awareness of the gender pay gap. The Equal Pay Act passed in 1963, when women m...

DATE: Mar 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango’s best bet: Noseworthy, Baxter

The lopsided defeat of last year’s city tax increase demonstrated the lack of trust residents have in city management and its decision-making processes. With the upcoming election...

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

Sales tax raise addresses your concerns

The fiscal issues facing the city’s general fund result from the cost of operations, especially for streets, outstripping revenue growth. After severe budget cuts during the reces...

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

Is Herald eating cake, wanting it too?

I was deeply touched by the AP article “ So I wondered, is this a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand has been up to? Or perhaps the Herald wanting, like the rest of us po...

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

Stand with President Trump and America

Does Sen. Cory Gardner’s support for President Trump help or hurt him was asked on the front page of the Durango Herald on Feb. 18. As I see it, standing with President Trump is standing for...

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

Gun-control supporters are hypocrites

In recent weeks there have been a number of letters to the editor criticizing our county commissioners for declaring Montezuma County a gun sanctuary county. The writers of those letters hav...

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

We need a legal shift on carbon release

Our Children’s Trust is a group of climate change workers seeking to “elevate the voice of youth to secure the legal right to a stable climate and healthy atmosphere for the benefit of all p...

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

Buttigieg: Who is this guy, anyway?

Dark-horse Indiana mayor may be what Democrats need: a real leader

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

National popular vote has problems

“One man, one vote” is a great slogan, but with a large, diverse electorate, it simply is not practical. Any modern country that utilizes direct popular vote requires a runoff whe...

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

City’s 1A tax won’t solve real problems

Deferred maintenance on federal, state and local roads has been a problem since the 1980s. The city’s proposed 1A tax is not the way to address this issue! 1A would also earmark funds for a ...

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