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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...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mountain home: How our original human inhabitants got meat and life

The first people to live in the Rockies hunted super-bison with darts

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Forget beaver jokes, Canada is leader world needs

After the Canadian foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, tweeted concern about Saudi Arabia’s imprisoning of a women’s rights activist, the crown prince there seemed to go nuts. Sa...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Sen. Gardner should sponsor energy act

If Sen. Cory Gardner wants to broaden his appeal with Colorado’s growing ranks of moderate and unaffiliated voters, he should take an active leadership role in solving the challenges of clim...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lapdog media comes to leftist masters

Here’s a suggestion for federal workers. Go to the governments grant website and see where your paycheck is going. Example: Vulnerable youth in crime-ridden Costa Rican communities, an AIDS ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Read her lips: No free stuff

Just when Democrats are primed for single-payer, Pelosi lets them down

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

More fake news on reproductive rights

What on earth has Peg Aldridge been smoking (“You can’t treat a baby turtle this way!,” Feb. 4)? New York did pass a late-term abortion law, which allows, and I quote, that “a pat...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Now comes the renewables tipping point

Over 100 American cities and several states have passed resolutions Consider the current moment in American history. Just recently, Americans were divided about climate change, but now 72 ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

That’s not a tax cut, it’s a hike – yikes!

I am a retired, lower-middle class taxpayer living primarily on returns from my savings. Just out of curiosity, I recomputed my 2017 taxes filed in 2018 using the rules and rates in the Trum...

DATE: Feb 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks, governor. I love my electric car.

Thank you, Gov. Polis, for making one of your first actions as governor to address clean air and climate change in Colorado. Supporting the transition to electric vehicles will sa...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s clear up some confusion over sex ed bill

There has been lots of conversation on House Bill 19-1032, Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education. I have been asked, why in the world would you sponsor such a bill? The answer i...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State House