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Denying patients emergency medications
Letters to the Editor

Denying patients emergency medications

May 28, 2016

Laws and regulations have not kept up with the evolution of modern medicine, however, and in a recent review of the Controlled Substances Act, the Department of Justice determined that…

Randy Shaw article showed compassion
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Randy Shaw article showed compassion

May 28, 2016

There are many Randy Shaws across this country, and we can do more to help people in his position. In a society such as ours, people who struggle with substance-abuse…

Monday, honor those who gave their lives
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Monday, honor those who gave their lives

May 28, 2016

Those we honor on this day will not be back. Whether you agree or disagree with a war, military action or political decision, these are our men and women who…

Odor mitigation at Santa Rita a must
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Odor mitigation at Santa Rita a must

May 26, 2016

This level of odor mitigation may not carry merit in the design criteria for treatment plants in some communities, but since Durango has chosen to locate picnic and recreational facilities…

Call hotline to handle swarming bees
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Call hotline to handle swarming bees

May 26, 2016

Unfortunately, bees still seem a little scary to people sometimes. A swarm of honeybees looks like a million bees and sounds even louder. They come pouring out of the hive…

Trump reflects disgust with usual politics
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Trump reflects disgust with usual politics

May 26, 2016

One, even the career Republicans running their own party don’t want him as their choice. Somebody who has their own party afraid of him can’t be all bad, as the…

Limit type and number of boats on lake
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Limit type and number of boats on lake

May 25, 2016

Uniqueness. We have Vallecito and Navajo and McPhee all in easy, motorized reach. We have no other lakes easily accessible to the public that offer a nature-based, non motorized opportunity.…

Congress, media leaving voters wanting
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Congress, media leaving voters wanting

May 25, 2016

So the perception is once again that the American people are left with a choice of the lesser of two evils. Chasing ratings as opposed to publicizing findings of fact…

Brown not so out of touch on climate
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Brown not so out of touch on climate

May 23, 2016

Scientific truth is determined by data. The data showed no global warming for 15 years, during which one-third of all the carbon dioxide emissions by mankind, ever, were made. The…

City calls on public for lake comments
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City calls on public for lake comments

May 23, 2016

This board is aware of the strong community support for recreation at Lake Nighthorse. Our Parks, Open Space, Trails and Recreation Master Plan correlates with the Department of Interior missions…

Champagne brings integrity, leadership
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Champagne brings integrity, leadership

May 22, 2016

My confidence in his integrity, leadership and experience has increased during a number of formal and informal encounters. When I needed to learn more about challenges of the transition to…

Was ‘child sex sting’ about terrorism?
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Was ‘child sex sting’ about terrorism?

May 22, 2016

The story did not directly say that an advertisement “to lure people in the Four Corners interested in paying for sexual encounters,” was placed by the U.S. Department of Homeland…

Think about the high cost of not voting
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Think about the high cost of not voting

May 22, 2016

Not voting also affects us locally. Take for example the recent La Plata Electric Association election in which many of us had the opportunity to vote for some more progressive…

Lawsuits greedy, but access issue real
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Lawsuits greedy, but access issue real

May 21, 2016

The way the guy went about this was inappropriate, but so is denying people access because of their disability. Please don’t blame the disability community or perpetuate negative stereotypes. The…

Lammons the better candidate for D.A.
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Lammons the better candidate for D.A.

May 21, 2016

Lammons favors stringent sentencing requirements for violent offenders. But, according to examples taken directly from the Herald, Champagne’s record appears profoundly bad in his efforts to obtain proper convictions, particularly…

Still time to change plan for sewer plant
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Still time to change plan for sewer plant

May 21, 2016

As a veteran of 35 years of major engineering projects, I have a few thoughts and questions for the city. First, a few thoughts: It’s generally possible to change directions…

Any options to save quiet on Nighthorse?
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Any options to save quiet on Nighthorse?

May 21, 2016

I, too, recall those many meetings in early 2011 when it was made abundantly clear to all in the room that excluding power boats from the Lake was not an…

Is greater Navajo release a new threat?
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Is greater Navajo release a new threat?

May 21, 2016

Does this mean our government or the Environmental Protection Agency is not telling us the whole truth? This season, on my farm in Shiprock, I was contemplating whether to plant…

Lake plans must protect water quality
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Lake plans must protect water quality

May 21, 2016

This would be hard to do on a reservoir as small as Lake Nighthorse. Non-body-contact water-based recreation, particularly the use of two-stroke carbureted gasoline engines that discharge exhaust into the…

Lammons has qualities needed in D.A.
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Lammons has qualities needed in D.A.

May 19, 2016

That means an effective district attorney in the 6th Judicial District must have the experience associated with the knowledge of what the communities he serves expect from him. Ben Lammons…

Stories were reminders of ’70s episode
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Stories were reminders of ’70s episode

May 19, 2016

When I lost my job, and my 1969 Datsun 1600 broke down, my mental capabilities were at an all-time low. I took the last $200 on me and bought from…

Brown is correct to doubt global warming
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Brown is correct to doubt global warming

May 19, 2016

The theory has become more political than scientific, as communities are pressed to enact useless and expensive legislation to fix a humanly unsolvable problem. As for Congressman Brown’s “lack of…

Election year calls for tolerance, humility
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Election year calls for tolerance, humility

May 18, 2016

I am the daughter of an extraordinary man who experienced the oppressive communist regime of the former Czechoslovakia. Chased by the Soviet reaction to the Prague Spring, my father and…

Roberts has failed to prevent gun deaths
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Roberts has failed to prevent gun deaths

May 18, 2016

Roberts recently voted in favor of a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Since Jan. 1, 23 toddlers have either shot themselves or…

How did we end up with Donald Trump?
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How did we end up with Donald Trump?

May 17, 2016

Once the Republicans reclaimed the House, it became even easier for them to reject Obama’s proposals. Congress used to be made up of more reasonable members, led by such stalwarts…

I admire Brown’s stance on climate
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I admire Brown’s stance on climate

May 17, 2016

Phil seems to take the road that climate change causes are all settled and there is no more debate. So, let’s put companies or even whole industries that cause carbon…

Make Nighthorse a peaceful, local refuge
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Make Nighthorse a peaceful, local refuge

May 14, 2016

Vallecito Lake and Navajo Lake both allow motorboats and a wide range of recreational opportunities for all to enjoy. I would very much like Lake Nighthorse to provide a more…

Navy SEAL dishonored by news story
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Navy SEAL dishonored by news story

May 14, 2016

As announced by the Governor of Arizona, there was mention of a past scandal in Charlie Keating IV’s family, but I guess that is the way of political people in…

Animas High intern program appreciated
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Animas High intern program appreciated

May 14, 2016

There is no better example of what life skills my son has learned at AHS than the three-week LINK internship program that is required of all the juniors in their…

Brown out of touch on climate change
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Brown out of touch on climate change

May 11, 2016

The Republican Party has steadily moved away from climate change denial rhetoric, and they will need to continue this trend to continue to win elections. The Republican Party is in…