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Opinion/Letters To The Editor

Fox News ‘storytelling, entertainment’

I’ve had the impression for many years that the Fox News Channel is not journalism. I think it’s storytelling and entertainment with little distinction between fiction and nonfiction. The ne...

DATE: Mar 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Right to be armed to the teeth?’

I just read a recent newsletter from Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, warning me and all in the 3rd Congressional District that President Joe Biden plans to infringe on our Second Amendment rig...

DATE: Mar 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Why are we paving paradise?’

The City of Durango is about to make a tremendous mistake by paving one of the few downtown green spaces west of the Animas River. The city proposes to put pickleball courts adjacent to the ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Not too late to save SJBPH

On behalf of the medical staff at Pagosa Springs Medical Center, we respectfully request those in power to reconsider the decision to dissolve the 80-year relationship between Archuleta and ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

'Rapidly losing natural attractiveness’

I am in agreement with residents objecting to a planned 306-stall RV park in the Animas Valley. The reasons for my objections are many – some based on aesthetics, others on local impact. For...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Shoutout’ to Bayfield deputies

I am writing to send a shoutout to deputies with the Bayfield Marshal’s Office. I left the Pine River Library at 7 p.m. the other night and I saw a deputy’s car parked in the corner of the p...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Wendt knows ‘struggle of Durango Tango’

I have never been one to be excited about voting, especially in a local setting. There was no one who represented the people I worked with, the people I live with, nor knew the struggle of t...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Consider voting for Carter Rogers’

This week, I had the opportunity to speak with Carter Rogers, candidate for Durango City Council, and I was pleasantly surprised. I was particularly impressed by his stance on affordable hou...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Housing, parks not at odds

In The Durango Herald on March 9, Harrison Wendt, a City Council candidate, expressed a desire to reallocate portions of the soon to be sun-setting 2005 quarter-cent tax to housing. Going on...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

'Get back to common sense’

In the upcoming city election, we have the opportunity to halt Next Steps, the redesign of Main Avenue, by electing the right candidates. Gilda Yazzie opposes the redesign of downtown Durang...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Need younger voices, fresh perspective’

I am writing to encourage Durango residents to vote for Harrison Wendt on April 4. I know Harrison well and respect his drive, his impeccable integrity and, most of all, his honesty and pass...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Council ‘desperately needing Wendt’

I truly believe that Durango City Council has desperately been needing someone like Harrison Wendt. In a recent forum of City Council candidates, I heard several good ideas, but it was Harri...

DATE: Mar 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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