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On Tuesday, July 21, around 12:15 p.m., a pick-up came speeding down County Road R13052 and ran over my dog Radar. The driver didn’t even stop. Roads are not race tracks. The driver could have...
DATE: Aug. 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON — Both presidential nomination contests having been scrambled by recent events — the FBI taking control of Hillary Clinton’s private email server and a raucous, roiling GOP debate — the...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
On Aug. 12, I was heading to work and on Road 12 there as a truck spraying weed killer along the side of the road and the bar ditch. Going down Road BB I saw a tractor with a brush hog attached to...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
The news continues showing us the orange-tainted Animas River while only giving us updates on the levels of toxic waste it is carrying, the lead levels now reaching 12,000 times over the level of...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I live here in Cortez, we love this community, our kids go to school here, and my husband teaches here. I recently read the article in the Cortez Journal, “Budget, asbestos complicate schools’ vow...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I hope the tree-huggers still love their favorite government agency. Maybe they will drink the water. The old saying “I am from the government to help you,” is at work here. This country’s most...
DATE: Aug. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
A young woman with severe and chronic mental illness is spending months in our county jail awaiting the disposition of her case. I am responsible for putting her there. About three years ago “Tina”...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I encourage anyone who is able, to consider buying school supplies to help local teachers and their students. In recent years, with some great helpers, I organized a community school supply drive...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
WASHINGTON – On climate change, we need to go beyond the tired storyline of “deniers” versus the “scientific consensus.” Until it’s discredited by falling temperatures, global warming is a reality....
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Our outdoor heritage is what drew so many of us to Colorado, especially here in Durango. Our rivers and mountains continually draw tourists and locals alike onto our Main Streets and into our...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
It has been reported that the San Juan County commissioners and the government of the town of Silverton have been instrumental in preventing the Coal King mine and many other mines in that area...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Tired of being hit up for spare change? Take a copy of the Herald want ads and give it to the beggars – no spare change. There are plenty of jobs in the paper! All businesses should put a notice in...
DATE: Aug. 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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