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Letter: Lockwood understands process with integrity

I am supporting Frank Lockwood for City Council. If you want another person on the council who is smart, has extensive experience in mediation, intensely studies city issues, and...

DATE: Mar 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Vote ‘No’ on lodgers tax, marketing for more tourists

On April 6, residents of Durango will vote on a tax to attract more tourists under the guise of “sustainable” tourism. What exactly is sustainable tourism? One thing it is not is...

DATE: Mar 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Jan and Greg Phillips: How to evaluate health-care reform proposals

Regardless of political leaning, most Americans can agree that the U.S. health care system is problematic. Per capita health care spending is nearly twice as high as that of other wealthy na...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Furtney’s potential outweighs fence-cutting

Potential outweighs fence-cutting

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Train should depart from Durango, not Rockwood

The summer and fall of 2020 brought the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train (DSNGR) to the Rockwood station for departure and arrival several times a day. This has cr...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Furtney will put the service back in public service

I commend and admire individuals willing to throw their hat in the ring and run for public office. It is a selfless effort if they have no axe to grind or personal agenda to promote. ...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Seth Furtney is committed to Durango

We want a City Council member who cares, who is passionate about the city he serves, and who will go above and beyond for our community while thinking clearly through complex issues. ...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Hold Visit Durango accountable for exclusionary policy

In January of this year, Visit Durango released a 2021-2022 Strategic Marketing Plan, which caters to the white and wealthy tourism crowds. When called out on this anything-but-inclusive mar...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Railroad schedule will harm Rockwood area

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (DSNGR) has now released its schedule for this year. In a repeat of last year’s awful experience, they will run three trains a day out of Rockwo...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Mask mandates are absurd

The question is: Do we have a right to be free of any bacteria and/or viruses spread by others? No. We do not have the right to be free of all microbes, bacteria or virus – from anywhere or ...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Council deserves better than Furtney

I am the daughter of Jerry L. “Jake” Dalla. I am writing in response to comments made by City Council candidate Seth Furtney to the Durango Herald . Furtney wa...

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

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.