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Free training to keep our communities safe

Following a recent community meeting about First Amendment rights, it became clear that people across the Four Corners share a desire to keep our communities safe, respectful, and grounded i...

Don’t spring Peters, Gov. Polis

I am hoping it was a “misstatement” by Gov. Polis. He can’t really be thinking about springing Tina Peters from the slammer, can he? She was in cahoots with the Trump team to overturn the 20...

No clemency for Tina Peters

An open letter to Gov. Polis: Do not pardon or give clemency to Tina Peters. She abused the trust of her community, broke her oath, compromised election integrity and has demonstrated no rem...

Is anyone talking about this war?

In 1966, those of us who graduated high school had one thing on our minds: Am I going to get drafted into the Vietnam War? For those of us who could not afford college, it was a very real qu...

Fix what we have before adding more

“Feasibility Study” Whitewater surf wave? Squeaky wheels for another project Let’s grease what we have. That is the 17-syllable haiku version. Here is the elaboration: Many of Durango’s amen...

Leave it – just rename it

Regarding the recent spontaneous adjustment to the Endurance cycling sculpture at the Chapman roundabout – I really think the current change is far more representative of local cycling. I su...

Is the Durango Herald in jeopardy?

Over 130 local newspapers went out of business last year, and currently an estimated two newspapers go out of print every week. We mutter and gripe about our Durango Herald, myself included,...

America is a Trumpster fire

Congratulations to the Republican Party for the progress you’ve made. Just a little over 25 years ago, Republicans’ collective heads were exploding because they believed then-President Bill ...

Rise up and end this war

The Israeli and United States’ attack on Iran appears unlawful under international law and unconstitutional under U.S. law. More than that, it is something no person of conscience should sup...

When cost overrides care, animals die

On Feb. 21, I brought my 12-week-old Sphynx kitten, Mystic, to Riverview Animal Hospital’s Urgent Care Clinic in Durango in obvious medical crisis. She was severely dehydrated, lethargic and...

Community built it. Corporate changed it.

Durango Herald reporters have been informing us about the changes in palliative and hospice care at Mercy Hospital CommonSpirit. In November, we learned that Mercy Hospice House would b...

Peace should be our universal standard

Most of us do not condone unprovoked military aggression – anywhere, anytime, against anyone. Especially not against those from other countries who are trying to live among us in peace. Idea...
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