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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

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Our View: Motel conversions could help ease housing shortage

Wanted: One or more developers to buy, renovate and repurpose Durango motels now on the market into affordable housing units in the next 18 months-two years. Must be patient and flexible, an...

DATE: Feb 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: What’s happened to Durango?

What has happened to my country? More specifically, what has happened to Durango? Last summer, camo-clad, flag-waving, armed counter-protesters threatened Black Lives Matter prot...

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

Letter: No jail time for sex offender is outrageous

No jail time for an offender (Feb. 20, “ In the interest of full disclosure, I will begin by saying that I am a retired sex offender treatment provider and a retired domestic violence treat...

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

Letter: Government instills fear to control, manipulate

Local, state and now even the federal government has doubled down on the use of fear to control, manipulate and suppress the American public. The sight of all people wearing mask...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Don’t cut the COVID-19 vaccine line

Please don’t cut the line for the COVID-19 vaccine by lying on your application. Wait for your turn! I want to go back to normal as much as anyone, but I have a job that allows m...

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Feb 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letter: Herald favors ‘East-Coast elite, progressive’ sources

There’s a certain irony in the Herald’s editorial in the weekend edition trying to define why the country is so divided. A Washington Post editorial on the same page has this quo...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Vote for Youssef for a second council term

Four years ago, Melissa Youssef brought to the City Council much needed integrity, honesty and transparency. Prior to her election there was a community perception about the lack...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Sentencing in Pitcher case is neither progressive nor restorative

I am writing in regards to the recent Herald article (Feb. 20, “An agent for change””) highlighting the work of I am a mental health professional and would specifically like to offer feedb...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Wear masks to save lives, get this over with sooner

Those of you that can’t wear face masks in public because you don’t believe in them or that it’s inconvenient or whatever, consider that I was drafted and sent to Vietnam to participate in a...

DATE: Feb 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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.