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Letter: Lisa McCorry will lead on City Council

I have had the pleasure of knowing Lisa McCorry for the last four years and find her to be an excellent choice for City Council. Lisa is compassionate, considerate, and committed...

DATE: Mar 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letter: Judge Anne Woods’ approach is good for nonviolent offenders

I applaud the approach Anne Woods is bringing as our new La Plata County judge (Feb. 20, “An agent for change”). My son experienced the punitive approach of the local and state l...

DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Follow-up on child’s drowning needed

As a longtime resident of this beautiful community, I was happy to learn the new Durango Hot Springs owners would breathe life into a beloved town artifact. But as a patron and mo...

DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: CPAC offers comedic visuals

I was warned against it, but I tuned into the CPAC convention on FOX. I do not listen to FOX. I push “mute” because I am not interested in listening to FOX. I watch to see the facial express...

DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Moving golf course for affordable housing makes sense

Bravo to Relocating the golf course to provide for in-town affordable housing would truly set Durango and the county on a long-term path toward sustainability. In-town housing a...

DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Escalante students enjoy newspaper encounter

My name is Lindsay Dalton. I teach 6th Grade Language Arts at Escalante Middle School. I recently provided a Durango Herald for each of the students in my class so they could rea...

DATE: Mar 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Open space conservancy helps preserve family heritage

A few years ago, my family and I visited some places that were important in the life of my father. “Memory Lane” took us out to Marvel, where my father pointed out an old cabin where he live...

DATE: Mar 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Dan Harms: How reliable is our power supply in Southwest Colorado?

It has been an epic month for the national power grid, with severe weather causing rolling blackouts in Texas and widespread power outages across the United States. In the wake of...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Charles Blow: Four great migrations are underway

The humanitarian and infrastructure disaster that followed Texas’ winter storm illustrates that catastrophic weather events may soon become less freak occurrences and more part of an unremit...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Retain Youssef on City Council

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth,” the boxer Mike Tyson once said. Melissa Youssef joined Durango City Council four years ago with an impressive catalogue of innovati...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Jenn Lopez: Calling for a bold, comprehensive affordable housing strategy

I can trace my career in affordable housing back to 1994 when I was a junior at Fort Lewis College and began plotting my permanent residency in Durango. Once I learned that the m...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

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