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Letter: We’ve got enough tourists already

Rachel Brown of Visit Durango is new here and it’s her job to market this town. I get it, I really do. But what she doesn’t seem to understand is that the small-town quality of l...

DATE: Feb 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Wish we’d seen more archived pictures of Snowdown

Thanks for the Davitt M. Armstrong Oracle, Ariz. ...

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

Letter: Letters proposing ban on wood burning are comical

Your State your objections to wood burning, and have your voice heard. Will the authorities put this into action, while allowing a coal-belching, smoking train to operate. I’ll bet locals’...

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

Our View: Good customer service is literally remarkable

The good kind is literally remarkable

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Claims of constitutional rights are often wrong

A lot of people falsely utilize the Constitution as a shield for selfish conduct. However, “free speech” doesn’t mean one can yell “fire” in a crowded theater; nor does free spe...

DATE: Feb 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Missing Snowdown and looking forward to its return

I want to thank the Herald for the tribute to Snowdown in the paper. Like many, I missed our cabin-fever reliever. I truly missed my January family of fellow Snowdown revelers an...

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

Letter: Proposed lodgers’ tax increase is just fine for this visitor

Happy winter to one of the most beautiful places on earth! I am a 20-plus-year annual tourist in mostly fall and winter (which I do not have in San Diego) and the raising of the hospitality ...

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

Letter: City manager should be able to buy a Durango home

At the virtual City Council meeting on Jan. 12, new City Manager José Madrigal asked City Council to amend his contract to allow him and his family to purchase a house outside city limits. ...

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

Letter: 30X30 plan protects needed symbiosis in nature

I have been learning about symbiosis, or the relationship between two species and how they interact with each other. Not everyone realizes we are in a constant state of symbiosis ...

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

Our View: City, county must collaborate on sheltering homeless people

“Our nation was founded on the principle that everyone is entitled to the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and with the emerging threat of coronavirus, it has never been...

DATE: Jan 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Republicans aid and abet Trump the criminal

What crimes has Donald Trump committed? Certainly violations of the emoluments clause, graft, violations of the Hatch Act, inciting insurrection, election interference, solicitin...

DATE: Jan 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Jan 29, 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.