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Colorado bucks partisanship to deliver Amendment B

By Kent Thiry, Michael Johnston and Joe Zimlich In 2003, Colorado voters were asked to repeal the state’s so-called Gallagher Amendment. Gallagher’s approach to property taxes was...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: More self-expression, better behavior

Critical thinking, not criticism, in order for middle school students

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Reducing occupancy won’t reduce virus spread

Just finished reading your article on San Juan Basin Public Health reducing the capacity to 25% occupancy at businesses. I would like the SJBPH to show me proof that the spread o...

DATE: Nov 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: Back to school will require sacrifice

This fall, nearly every local student – at Fort Lewis College or in 9-R schools – had an option to learn in person. Nationally, only 19% of districts offered a full in-person opt...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Porter-Norton expresses gratitude

Dear Durango Herald editors: I would like to thank the voters for selecting me as the next La Plata County commissioner from District 2. Thank you to the people who voted for me. ...

DATE: Nov 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Grocers should enforce mask mandate

The voters have spoken. They rejected Trump’s dangerous anti-science rhetoric, especially here in Colorado and La Plata County. It’s time now for local grocery stores to enforce the mask man...

DATE: Nov 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: PERA retirees support Durango economy

I agree with Jack Llewellyn’s Nov. 7 “Buy Local” article as a way to help our business community get through these challenging times. I also want to call attention to a major dri...

DATE: Nov 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Calling race for Biden is bogus

I urge you to be very careful about what you print regarding this bogus call of the presidency for Joe Biden. Please remember that the media do not get to choose the outcome of any election ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: America needs a health care czar

Biden should focus on systemic reform

DATE: Nov 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Mike Foutz: School closures harm students

I am writing this letter independently and not expressing the views of the Bayfield School Board or administration. As president of the Bayfield School Board, I want to thank our ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

There aren’t two sides to this debate, y’all

Good grief. Must we continue to read and hear the blather in letters like “ It is not unsettled, y’all. It is not a political issue, y’all. There is no “other side of the debate,” y’all. ...

DATE: Nov 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Can you please help with mask-wearing?

Over the course of this pandemic, I have observed numerous occasions when the With so much evolving and sometimes misleading information floating around about masks, I appeal to the Herald...

DATE: Nov 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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