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Letter: Legislators must act on climage change now

Everywhere I’ve lived I have experienced the effects of climate change. In Maryland, each summer felt thicker with humidity and torrential thunderstorms caused floods that eventually broke r...

DATE: Dec 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Timothy Egan: Lewis and Clark’s travails offer guidance

Every five years or so I try to return to land’s end, the continent’s western edge, where the Columbia River empties into the Pacific Ocean – the final heave of the River of the West. I pref...

DATE: Dec 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter:How can we comfort the Four Corners Health Care Center community?

My heart breaks for the residents, their families and the caregivers at Four Corners Health Care Center. As a retired nurse, I am not interested in blaming anyone for this crisis, only learn...

DATE: Dec 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Area offers plenty of places to target shoot safely

The Dec. 16 article, “Do We Need More Gun Ranges?” was way off the mark. Instead of delving into gun ranges and public shooting locations, the reporter spent too much of the story talking ab...

DATE: Dec 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Enjoy back country safely, avoid avalanche dangers

Seventy percent of the mountains in Colorado are the San Juans, right in our backyard. The “Magic Juans” extend from Durango to Lake City and Dolores to Saguache and beyond. Because of this ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: Join the Herald in choosing FOCUS 2021 topics

The Durango Herald editorial board has decided to add a new element to our opinion pages in 2021 – and we want your help. We’re going to identify four or five special topics that...

DATE: Dec 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Officials have deceived us on COVID-19

We have been deceived; not always on purpose, however. Many of the original officials preaching to us about what measures to take in order to avoid the COVID-19 virus believed what they were...

DATE: Dec 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: More diversity at MSNBC bodes well for all

cq ReidOut Tectonic changes are happening in the television news business, changes that are going to forever alter the scope of the news we consume – and in a good way. ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Quiet Lake Nighthorse movement is elitist, selfish

Responding to the letter about Quiet Lake Nighthorse: Durango went to great lengths to appease all users prior to opening by requiring two no-wake days. The lake has been functioning well on...

DATE: Dec 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Media’s obligation is to present facts, expose lies

Regarding Mike Sigman’s letters of Nov. 11 and Dec. 9: The former letter was bemoaning what Sigman perceives as Durango school kids being indoctrinated about climate change. In the latter, h...

DATE: Dec 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Reopen schools for in-person learning

As an economic developer and father, I know quality education is important, and served on the 9-R Bond Campaign committee this fall. We were thrilled to start school in person in August, and...

DATE: Dec 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor