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Since the beginning of the pandemic there has been an increasing number of school-aged kids that have started using Rim Drive parking areas to sell and use drugs and party. They are incredibly...
DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
After skiing 30-plus years at Purgatory, I believe they continue to charge more and offer less. The season pass “partner” locations have been cut to areas currently owned by the owner(s) and...
DATE: March 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Timber Age Systems Inc., a local wood products manufacturing company, is writing in support of the Southwest Wildfire Impact Fund (SWIF). The projects proposed by SWIF will do much to prepare La...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Vote for ballot initiative 1-AA to support local businesses. The negative letter writers probably came here as tourists. So when they claim Durango was overrun by tourists I say ask the Palace,...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
We have been coming to Durango for well over thirty years, owning property in the Tamarron area, and now in Rockwood Estates. We come here to enjoy all of what Durango has to offer, most of all,...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I was completely confused by Sen. Donr Coram’s long editorial on March 27, in which he says, “Despite all the information gathered, the Colorado Water Plan has never been really implemented.” He...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It sometimes seems that one conscientious Herald reporter is charged with reminding us, again and again, of the instructive definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again, but...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The lodgers tax is being billed as a boon to Durango, with no cost to its residents. Last year we were overrun with tourists. Ice Lakes was damaged and burned so badly, we now need supervision for...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
What does sustainable tourism look like? I recently woke up one morning with an idea about a way to make it happen. Why not have a trolley route dedicated to taking tourists to our local cultural...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Further to the points in the Letters to the Editor from Mary MullerBall (March 26, “Train should depart from Durango, not Rockwood”), concerning this issue, there is a major safety factor...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The March 26 Herald article (“Lauren Boebert turns trending hashtags into campaign cash”) quotes Rep. Lauren Boebert on her recent fundraising scam: “The left is so terrified of me they want me in...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Since moving to Three Springs a few years ago, I’ve spent a lot of time both observing and working with Seth Furtney in his role on the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board. I have been impressed...
DATE: March 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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