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Letter: Local nonprofits did pols’ work on healthcare

Motivated by kindness and driven to improve the healthcare situation in southwest Colorado, Locals First and the Southwest Health Alliance worked for several years with healthcare providers ...

DATE: Jan 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Rachel Ream’s death was unnecessary

The Herald’s report last Monday on the murder of Rachel Ream in Ignacio was hugely disturbing. While we are used to being the grisly murder capital of La Plata County, this one was still a s...

DATE: Jan 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Impressed with new editor Hollis Walker

My husband and I were very impressed with Hollis Walkerâ€™s writing and reporting skills when we lived in Santa Fe and she was working with the Santa Fe New Mexican. We are equally impressed...

DATE: Jan 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: Impose the 25th amendment to eject Trump

Eject Trump and let Pence facilitate a peaceful, dignified transition

DATE: Jan 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Jennifer Rubin: Mitch McConnell’s sanctimony is too much to bear

Violent rioters, egged on by the president of the United States, breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, causing members and staff to flee or barricade themselves inside the chamber. ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Demand early coal plant retirement

In November, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) ruled that several coal and gas plants must be retired no later than Dec. 31, 2028 – earlier than the initially planned date. ...

DATE: Jan 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Trump’s vitriolic behavior exacerbated divisions

With all due respect, I have to take exception to Dennis Pierce’s contention in his letter of Jan. 2 that “progressives never accepted the election of Trump and most conservatives I know ......

DATE: Jan 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Open meetings preserve public trust

Open meetings preserve public trust

DATE: Jan 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Purgatory lifts failing more often than reader remembers

I have been a pass holder at Purgatory since 1975. And I don’trecall a time when so many lifts have failed in so short a time. During the last week (Dec. 27-Dec. 31), I have witnessed the fo...

DATE: Jan 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Third district representation remains a joke

The good news is that the most corrupt, incompetent and immoral president in the history of our country will exit the Oval Office by Jan. 20. He will then be subject to criminal investigatio...

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

Letter: Nuclear site inspections in Iran, Korea, necessary

If President Biden agrees to a deal with Iran or North Korea, we must be allowed to inspect suspected nuclear sites without a waiting period. If there is a waiting period, they can move the ...

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