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Bayfield wrong on Road Runner decision
It seems the town of Bayfield has withdrawn its financial support (a paltry $15,000 per year) from the Road Runner Transit System that serves more than 40 citizens, including many…
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Carbon fee is a viable climate solution
My heart goes out to the millions of people who have lost so much due to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the wildfires in the West, particularly in Montana. Unfortunately,…
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Veterans come together to honor 9-11
Southwest Conservation Corps, AmeriCorps and Volunteers of America partnered to serve and honor local veteran families, helping them to prepare for the winter by cutting, splitting and delivering firewood to…
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Tight times require difficult decisions
The La Plata County Clerk and Recorder is responsible for conducting elections, recording real property records, issuing marriage licenses and registering and titling motor vehicles. Our office is located at…
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Local GOP silent after Charlottesville
After begrudgingly admitting these groups were foul, Trump opined that there were “very fine people” who marched with them. He then equated protesters who fight terrorists with the terrorists themselves:…
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Column did not help heal public divide
Referring to working-class voters in old industrial towns decimated by job losses, the presidential hopeful said: “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who…
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EPA: Agency’s act first, inform later policy does not engender the public’s trust
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br><br>Water flowing down the mountainside out of the Red and Bonita Mine contains high levels of manganese, zinc, copper, lead, cadmium, aluminum and iron that will make its…
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Grateful for improvements on Junction
Also a big thank you to the Durango Police Department and the staff at Miller Middle School for keeping the Miller parking mob under control. Cathy Wilson Durango
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Family thankful for Durango’s response
People offered us rooms to stay in and their cars to drive. People delivered snacks to the hospital waiting room at Mercy Regional hospital where my nephew was being treated,…
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Tell commissioners to reject new codes
The La Plata County Building Department will be submitting new building codes for adoption to the Board of County Commissioners this week. By their own accounting, the new codes –…
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Community media: Amid an evolving industry, a robust media landscape depends upon us all
It turns out that one of the strongest reactions Herald readers had to the change in print frequency from seven to four days per week was a disruption in their…
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Front Range growth is out of control
Meanwhile (thanks TABOR), our air quality, traffic and schools are all worsening, housing costs are horrific, water is scarce and unemployment is zilch. We do not need more jobs here…
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House budget is harmful to Colorado
The resolution proposed $150 billion in food stamp cuts, with the suggestion that states save through “block” or “opportunity” grants, which translate to capped funding. Capped funding would inhibit the…
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Bicyclists need to be more considerate
They are totally inconsiderate of their surroundings when it applies to pedestrians on the same trail or sidewalk. As these cyclists approach a pedestrian from behind, the polite thing to…
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NPS maintenance: Deferred repairs at our nation’s parks and monuments put them all at risk
A portion of the Balcony House site at Mesa Verde National Park. This represents one of the nearly 5,000 known archaeological sites that the NPS is charged with preserving and…
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DHS vs Delta game brought memories
I was a member of the green-and-white Delta High School Panthers football team. We had traveled by school bus over three mountain passes to play against the red-and-white Durango High…
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Monuments honor courage, not slavery
These monuments were erected to honor the courage and valor of warriors, and to express regional pride of the South. Apparently, some African American leaders have told their followers that…
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Oppose budgets that target food programs
SNAP, along with other agriculture programs like SNAP-Ed and the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant Program, increases access to healthy food and helps feed low-income individuals, families and children. We…
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Sabido case about principles of justice
We are working from the principle of justice. Justice is that which is right, honorable, and good. The law is a tool that can be used to create justice or…
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‘Cities and Towns’: Join other Colorado citizens in shaping the future of your community this week
If bears, dogs, four-way stops and brighter downtown street lighting are things you think need attention, speak up. More bike-to-work days (and a second annual float to work day), street…
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Political rhetoric damages LPEA’s mission
Social media is calling for a stop of the vitriol in Washington and more civility in politics. This will only happen if it starts with each of us. Our rural…
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We can do better with local renewables
Colorado’s largest utility, Xcel, recently committed to produce 55 percent clean energy in eight years (by 2025). To achieve this objective, Xcel will close two coal-fired plants (thereby reducing carbon-dioxide…
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