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Letters to the Editor

Letters: The bears come out and get in the trash

The bears are out and into trash. Thatâ€™s right, the bears are in the trash. Please place your trash cans…

July 4, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Extending mask order was a good move

That is a great relief to many, who feel safer going out and helping the economy without the fear of…

July 4, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: How about the face of a real ‘chief’?

This certainly would get rid of the caricature aspect of the piece. There may need to be a little more…

July 3, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Our view: Racist stereotypes need to go bye-bye

My memories of The Chief diner and its iconic sign are less than happy. In the mid-1950s, my entire family…

July 3, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vandalism is not the American way

When I wrote that law, I was thinking of the artists’ First Amendment rights to self-expression and the question of…

July 3, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump has his knee on Republicans’ necks

I say to the patriots of this country, be patient – President Trump has his knee on the neck of…

July 3, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Declaration of Independence was a perfect beacon put up by imperfect men

July 3, 2020

Guest Columns

Charles Blow: Return of ‘Law and Order’ for blacks and hippies

This was his response to the Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the country. I don’t think it was an action…

July 2, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Whose Columbus is it?

sadly torn over Columbus statue

July 2, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Opposing ‘Chief’ sign is PC run amok

First, it’s on private property, Meets all the silly hysterical society and city building codes. Leave it alone. I was…

July 2, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mask advocates becoming unpleasant

Fear has ugly effects on people. Perhaps it is just bringing what lies under the surface to the forefront and…

July 2, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I’ve watched police and I like what I see

First was when an irate non-customer declared he had a legal right to eat his carry-out dinner at a different…

July 2, 2020

Editorials

Our view: A glimpse of battle in primary results

Hickenlooper moves on to his biggest fight while CD3 battle promises sparks

July 1, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: To people who bring packages, thanks

The biggest Christmas season at my house does not even compare to the number of delivery orders I have placed…

July 1, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Wearing a mask is not a punishment

I have read that many people who choose not to wear a mask feel that people who are immune-compromised should…

July 1, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Has Donald Trump hit a new, new low?

But President Trump outdoes each of the locals. In a rambling mess of word salad that we have been normalized…

July 1, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Hear that lonesome whistle

aboard for Silverton – eventually

July 1, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: White supremacy in Durango with ‘Chief’

White supremacy thrives in our institutions. Not far from the surface, we find beliefs and practices maintaining the premise of…

June 30, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: No disrespect in ‘Chief’ sign; it’s respect

Over the last 40-plus years, we have developed deep friendships in Durango and the surrounding area and none more cherished…

June 30, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: How about a win-win on ‘Chief’ sign?

Nevertheless, the design of the “Chief” seems done in the style of caricature, which is often used as a comic…

June 30, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Herald allows racist term in its letters

Do better, Durango Herald. Why do you print letters from South Carolina anyway? Rose CooperDurango

June 30, 2020

Editorials

Our view: FLC is ready

Lewis College, with adjustments, ably prepares for students’ return

June 30, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I welcome Durango’s mask ordinance

I applaud the city councilors for passing it, and I hope businesses enforce it. We all want the economy to…

June 29, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: We’re proud to help restore cutthroats

The discovery and subsequent rescue of this subspecies of cutthroat is very important and historic. At the end of the…

June 29, 2020