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strong candidates for AG. A change to help younger people serve

September 26, 2018

David Leonhardt

The Supreme Court is coming apart at the seams

The court is housed in a marble temple with soaring columns, and it has made some of the most consequential…

September 26, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Arrogant white men must have no place

Women’s views, women’s pain, and the struggles of anyone other than the patrician white male, simply do not count when…

September 26, 2018

Letters to the Editor

It’s my hope the city’s new tax will fail

There are issues on the state ballot that may have an impact on money available to the city. The 25…

September 25, 2018

Editorials

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Measures to simplify our ballots and protect farmers should be adopted

September 25, 2018

Guest Columns

America needs to hear from Christine Blasey Ford

Last Monday, when Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the Republican head of the Judiciary Committee, announced that a hearing on…

September 24, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Instant sheep expert? I don’t think so

This is our 48th summer on our allotments in the San Juan Mountains and I am proud of the fact…

September 24, 2018

Letters to the Editor

City is already idiotic; no new taxes!

More wasteful spending! A few examples: The city has implemented a storm water drainage study during what could end up…

September 24, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Congress must act on conservation fund

Since Congress created the LWCF in 1965, Colorado has been the recipient of $268 million of funding. These dollars donâ€™t…

September 23, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Methane emissions know no borders

The new proposal would loosen regulations of methane emissions and leaks at the federal level and allow the regulation levels…

September 23, 2018

Frank Bruni

This amputee showed us how to win

This wasn’t because he was crazy but because he was all too sane and understood correctly that the dysfunctional appendages…

September 23, 2018

Letters to the Editor

He shoots the sheriff, hits the deputies

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is made up of folks doing a difficult and often thankless job well. Morale…

September 22, 2018

Writers on the Range

Get used to the new normal: The West is burning

The Thomas Fire that destroyed parts of Ventura and Santa Barbara counties last December established a disconcerting new reality: a…

September 22, 2018

Guest Columns

A tax for public safety? City council is confusing the issue

David Holub/Special to the Herald Durango resident Two years ago, the Durango City Council unanimously voted to support the $100…

September 21, 2018

From the Mayor

Invest in Durango; vote YES on 2A

Marburydu1-i-syn I’m voting in support of 2A for the police department and for street infrastructure. What do we get for…

September 21, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Fracking is wicked; vote YES on setbacks

The law does not seek a ban, rather a commonsense set of regulations that will address the health and safety…

September 21, 2018

Letters to the Editor

This man is hate-reading the newspaper

Seems like Dennis Pierce hates everything. Andy Ward Durango

September 21, 2018

David Leonhardt

We’re measuring the economy completely wrong

Leonhardtdu1-i-syn The unemployment rate is lower than it was before the financial crisis began. The stock market has soared. The…

September 21, 2018

Editorials

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Propositions on property extractions and payday lending need decisive action

September 21, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Could Kavanaugh’s be a case of mistaken ID?

Sen. Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican and a member of the Judiciary Committee, reiterated this notion, saying that perhaps the…

September 21, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Black is needed in Treasurer’s Office

He has the business and financial experience needed to lift our county out of the current embarrassment of being categorized…

September 20, 2018

Letters to the Editor

State Senate is blocking crucial bills

Colorado’s House of Representatives has been doing its job. Now, we need to flip the state Senate to Democratic majority.…

September 20, 2018

Editorials

One fish, two fish

Genetic testing confirms that extinct native species are still swimming here

September 20, 2018

Opinion

In cruel China, faith and conscience are crimes

A portrait of Bret Stephens, columnist for the New York Times, taken in New York May 9, 2017. (Tony Cenicola/The…

September 19, 2018