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Guinn Unger is better on healthcare

I’m voting for Guinn Unger, Democratic candidate for the 6th state Senate district. Affordable and available healthcare for all is important for me. This is an important issue for...

DATE: Oct 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Teachers union is stiffing indy Paul Jones

Last week, Colorado Education Association members received an email from our union regarding the upcoming election. The email states: “Ballots are coming next week – do you know w...

DATE: Oct 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

America is having a rich, very white civil war

Every few years, one research group or another produces a typology of the electorate. The researchers conduct thousands of interviews and identify the different clusters American voters fall...

DATE: Oct 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Itâ€™s your city, approve the tax increase

I will vote YES on Durango ballot question 2A to increase a combination of city sales and property taxes, and I hope you will consider joining me. If you had participated in the c...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Herald is wrong about Brauchler, Weiser

I was sorry to see The Durango Herald’s endorsement of George Brauchler for attorney general. The editorial failed to demonstrate a clear understanding of the role of AG and whose experience...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Walker Stapleton’s money is tainted

I was going to commend the Herald for their non-partisan endorsements for the upcoming election. However, with the Herald’s recent endorsement of Walker Stapleton, I was dismayed with their ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democrats are probably the new Nazis

The Democrat liberal brown shirts have taken a page out of Hitlerâ€™s playbook. Nation Socialism. In 1939, they started enforcing their will by mob rule, intimidation and violence...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Allison Aichele is a superb treasurer

I was shocked reading the Herald’s endorsement of County Treasurer Allison Aichele’s opponent. Colton Black’s only disclosed educational credential and experience in these realms ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

What next?

With the approach of winter, helping the homeless becomes much more urgent

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

We need more GOP to make more sense

A big thank you to Jeff Bork (“Vote No on 2; city can afford new police station now,” Oct. 13). Every word you said is so true! Even the Herald has to admit that Ballot Issue 2A i...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Colorado AG must be a Trump-fighter

The Herald recently endorsed Phil Weiser’s opponent for attorney general, stating, “We disagree that the presidential administration should be the Colorado attorney general’s prime area of c...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote to save our health with setbacks

We have before us a landmark opportunity to protect our health and safety from the dangers of future fracking, which threatens the air we breathe, the water we drink, and soil in which we gr...

DATE: Oct 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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.