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We’ll take Amazon: And we’ll even throw in some tax breaks

Forget all that hassle in New York, Jeff – Durango is calling your name

News from the left and right essential

I am responding to Denise Murray’s Feb. 11 letter, “ For example, Democrats supported a wall but don’t support Trump’s wall. They now support more effective and less expensive modern techni...

What is happening to the quality of life here?

Along with possibly raising our taxes, mishandling the city budget and persecuting the homeless, the city now wants to further alienate the public trust by eliminating the lot sizes required...

Editorial cartoons

City leaves us in dark on tax hike bid

Numerous public feedback sessions were held both before and after the city’s failed sales and property tax increase measure. A wide spectrum of citizens expressed many consistent ...

Don’t be so quick to blame the train

I have lived in Durango for almost 20 years. During that time I can recall at least six very significant wildfires in our immediate area and many more small wildfires. By my estim...

News on effects of Trump tax cut is fake

The news stories regarding the “decreased amount of average tax refunds” do not reflect the fact that the federal tax withholding from each and every paycheck in 2018 went down. T...

American left must find its voice on Venezuela

NEW YORK – The Trump administration faces a test in Venezuela. It must pursue a foreign policy that helps usher out the odious regime of Nicolas Maduro without triggering a backla...

Get that lion: The 26th president’s cougar fixation

Teddy Roosevelt hunted in Colorado and the world was never the same

Don’t believe anti-wolf hype – let science guide us

At first blush, the topic of restoring wolves to the wild spaces of western Colorado appears to pit those who trust in modern science against those who believe the only truth out there is wh...

You got us through shutdown at forest

The five-week government shutdown was not like anything we have experienced before. It was a trying time for many Forest Service employees and their families and, yet, we made it through, to...

Pleased to see Bayfield news in Herald

What a surprise this morning when I opened up my Friday, Feb. 8 Durango Herald! There, on the top of page 7A, was a header in bold print, “Bayfield & Ignacio.” I was excited to re...