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‘Enshrine abortion rights in state Constitution with Initiative 89’

In the face of relentless attacks on women’s bodily autonomy, it is more crucial than ever that we stand up and defend the fundamental right to choose. And here in Colorado, where we were th...

DATE: Apr 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Forget TikTok – Chinese-made EVs keep U.S. auto CEOs up at night’

It might seem like there’s never been a better time to buy an electric vehicle. If you go by the headlines, you might be forgiven for thinking you can afford to upgrade your old gas-guzzling...

DATE: Apr 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Parents, brothers read, shared, often argued over daily newspapers’

An ode to Mary Hopkin: “Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end. . .” Recent Durango Heralds contained a number of items I saved for my adult daughter, who lives near...

DATE: Apr 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

What sentencing would look like if Trump found guilty

For all the attention to the unfolding trial of Donald Trump in Manhattan, there has been surprisingly little of it paid to a key element: its possible outcome and, specifically, the prospec...

DATE: Apr 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Chasin’ fur’ in Wyoming: ‘Eliminate predator zone, strengthen cruelty laws’

It’s legal in Wyoming to chase coyotes and run over them with snowmobiles, but recently, a man used his snowmobile to run down a wolf until it was disabled. Then he taped the wolf’s mouth sh...

DATE: Apr 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Romance between relatives upsets friends

DEAR ABBY: My husband's best friend, “Kevin,” lost his wife three years ago. He’s currently in a relationship with his niece (his deceased brother’s daughter). Kevin is in his 60s; she’s in ...

DATE: Apr 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

‘Disappointed’ Adventure Inn deal for bridge housing fell through

I was disappointed that the proposed purchase of the Adventure Inn in Durango had fallen through, as reported in The Durango Herald on March 30. Bridge housing, as the name implies, is a cri...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Patriotism: ‘Working to live up to ideals country founded on’

I see many people proclaiming themselves to be patriots. They wear the American Flag lapel pin. They may have flag bumper stickers. Possibly they have actual American flags or Gadsden flags ...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Let’s play climate change game: ‘Adapt/Move/Die’

Let’s play a game, the climate-change game that every living thing on Earth has no choice but to play, starting . . . now. The game is called Adapt/Move/Die, and the rules are simple. The ob...

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Pepper Trail: ‘Still so many places worth saving’

For a long time, climate change was largely perceived as a distant threat. But Oregon writer-biologist Pepper Trail, 70, who often writes for the opinion service Writers on the Range, said h...

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Consider ‘candidates’ views on health care, proposed solution’

The 2024 elections may well be decided by voters this fall based on economic conditions but health care is turning out to be an unexpected central campaign issue. The League of Women Voters ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

NM fire survivors ‘who generously spoke vital to work’

In February 2023, I signed a lease on a dusty studio apartment in Las Vegas, New Mexico, just outside the burn scar of the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. Based on the railroad ties ...

DATE: Apr 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Enshrine abortion rights in state Constitution with Initiative 89’

‘Forget TikTok – Chinese-made EVs keep U.S. auto CEOs up at night’

‘Parents, brothers read, shared, often argued over daily newspapers’

What sentencing would look like if Trump found guilty

‘Chasin’ fur’ in Wyoming: ‘Eliminate predator zone, strengthen cruelty laws’

Romance between relatives upsets friends

‘Disappointed’ Adventure Inn deal for bridge housing fell through

Patriotism: ‘Working to live up to ideals country founded on’

Let’s play climate change game: ‘Adapt/Move/Die’

Pepper Trail: ‘Still so many places worth saving’

Consider ‘candidates’ views on health care, proposed solution’

NM fire survivors ‘who generously spoke vital to work’

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