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Opinion

We can’t lose bighorn sheep

It is so dismaying that the Weminuche bighorn population has dropped from 460 to 290 since 2011, especially when the target population is over 1,000 animals (Terry Meyers, Durango Herald, Ja...

Health care consumers beware of exorbitant costs

I experienced a wake-up call this past week when I had an abnormal imaging study. I was referred to CommonSpirit Mercy Hospital Breast Care Center in Durango for a procedure. I was given an ...

Water, forest health, energy future depend on IRA funds

Thank you, Kathy Fackler for your column, “The Inflation Reduction Act invests in energy, water, and rural America,” (Herald, Jan. 24). After the inauguration, President Donald Trump signed...

The Golden Age of America begins right now

The words from Trump at his inaugural address will truly ring true. He may have just said, “the Gilded Age begins now,” as that is what is ahead. Greedy, insatiable tech barons seated at hi...

Fauci, Gates, big pharma, and the global war on public health

According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s book, “The Real Anthony Fauci,” Dr. Fauci has altered the study protocols to give his pet drug “remdesivir,” which RFK states has proved worthless agains...

Freedom of religion or a flag too far?

Recent letters by John Gallup (Herald, Jan. 17) and Ian Root (Herald, Jan. 17), got me to thinking, and wondering why the American flag is so prominently displayed in so many U.S. churches. ...

Where are local law enforcement advocates?

One would have thought that all of our law and order advocates would be making a big stink about the release of the Jan. 6 criminals, but we see nothing from Durango or La Plata County. If o...

Let’s support, not destroy our school system

I have been a high school teacher for 30 years and a parent for 20. And while good and bad teachers can certainly have lasting impact on students, it is ignorant to think that sexual imprint...

Matt Nimetz, Chapman Hill champion

In this bleak, cold and dry winter, there is reason to rejoice. The skiers of Durango’s Chapman Hill have two brand new surface lifts to ferry them up the cold northern slopes of the college...

Seniors, Veterans will miss BRIday

My son, Brian Shafer, and I have been volunteers at the La Plata County Senior Center. Starting in February, due to budget constraints, the new hours of operation will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., ...

Focus on eggs, not hate against gay and trans people

Anyone who says that “Durango School District 9-R are encouraging nonheterosexual sex, or any sex, at all,” or “Who knows how many children have been coached to admire homosexuality, transge...

We are living in a new era

As Los Angeles burned for days on end, scientists made an announcement that 2024 was the hottest year on record. With temperatures rising around the globe scientists are warning that the wor...
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