Our View: Looking back at 2020 in Letters to the Editor Durango, Colorado Currently Thu 49% chance of precipitation 72% chance of precipitation 8% chance of precipitation Looking back from readers’ perspectives Friday, Jan. 1, 2021 5:33 AM Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Loading the Español audio player... Letters that appeared on The Durango Herald’s opinion pages in 2020 reflected the breadth of issues in La Plata County and the variety of perspectives that can be applied. In the first few months of 2020, the Herald published numerous letters supporting an end to single-use plastic bags. Green repeat-use bags also plummeted in popularity. Don’t use a bag at all, said one writer – use a cart.