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Letters: Virus drives switch to plant-based ‘meat’

In reaction, U.S. sales of plant-based meats surged by 265%, according to consumer data group Nielsen. Shares of Beyond Meat,…

Letters: Please help to rescue our gift shops

Independent gift retailers help create the unique style and personality of Main Streets everywhere. This industry is all about relationships…

Paul Griffin: Fossil fuels are a hidden weapon in COVID-19 fight

Most of the public knows that fossil fuels such as natural gas and coal remain important parts of keeping the…

Our view: Michael McClure – sail on, sailor

du1-i-syn McClure was 22 at the time, the youngest of the Beat poets and writers who would send a revivifying…

Horace Cooper: Price hikes not the way to reform Postal Service

The venerable USPS has been losing market share to competitors like UPS and FedEx for years. The advent of the…

May 10, 2020

Duane Highley: Tri-State has delivered on its promises to LPEA

I’d been the CEO of Tri-State for a month and a day, and little could I imagine the dramatic changes…

May 9, 2020

Letters: Durango virus responses are inconsistent

I just had the serology test at the Fairgrounds. Cedar Diagnostics is doing them, as well as the PCR test.…

Our view: City Council could make better use of our time

Durango City Council is going in circles arguing about its own conduct

Letters: Why isn’t Herald covering Tara Reade?

Tara Reade says Biden raped her. She reported her truth immediately, decades ago. To her friends, mother, brother, neighbor, etc.…

Clyde Church: County businesses will be altered after pandemic

Gov. Jared Polis issued his safer-at-home order in late April, allowing businesses and services that had been closed during the…

Letters: LPEA increases rates to save you money

I would also like to thank our current LPEA board of directors for the unanimous decision to hire Jessica Matlock,…

May 7, 2020

Letters: Your LPEA endorsements are laughable

Somehow the Herald thinks being involved with NASA as an engineer is more relevant than the 25 years utility experience…

May 7, 2020

Our view: Let’s just give everyone an A-plus …

grading in a pandemic isn’t easy. San Francisco didn’t try.

May 7, 2020

Bret Stephens: Biden, Reade and the presumption of innocence

Above all: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Let’s not start with the Brett Kavanaugh precedent. Or…

Letters: Local lockdown not about saving lives

The reason: There had been an uptick in cases in surrounding communities. As this drags on and restrictions are lifted,…

Letters: Virus has been blown out of proportion

Because I believe this whole thing is blown way out of proportion to its reality. It is a flu that…

Letters: And also, this is a bad allergy season

People are miserable, and many have previously received “allergy shots” when symptoms get bad. It is important to know that…

Our view: This is no time to relax our guard

Despite confusion and mixed messages, we’re ready to start back – slowly

Our view: You can find the world in a puddle

du1-i-syn Start with the ducks, which we think are Green-winged Teals, and which arrive to claim or reclaim their preserves…

Letters: Now is just the time for Medicare for All

Even those who are still employed may see their coverage downgraded as their employers rush to cut costs. At the…

Letters: Please be honest and turn in the money

I was told another person lost $100 the day before the same way. Please be honest and turn the money…

Letters: Stimulus payments support drug habits

We’ve been here over 20 years, getting our news from New Mexico, as their foster children. We didn’t know about…