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Our View: Health care bill steps in the right direction

care bill steps in right direction

April 14, 2021

Benjamin Bellorado: Bears Ears murals, rock art, textiles deserve protection

Benjamin Belloradodu1-i-syn While hiking in the area, people experience the thrill of discovery when they reach a cliff dwelling, a…

April 13, 2021

Guest Columns

Mark Hillman: How I came to respect centrists

Mark Hillmandu1-i-syn That’s how I’ve tended to view political moderates – especially those in my own party. As a 30-something…

April 13, 2021

Guest Columns

Mario Nicolais: There’s little hope for centrists, moderates

Mario Nicolaisdu1-i-syn But one critique in particular jumped out at me. A member of the Bernie-Sanders-Left berated me as a…

April 13, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Writer doesn’t want to hear that whistle blow

I’ve been in Durango for about 15 years now (from Denver) and I find the train annoying, polluting, loud, fire-starting…

April 13, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Train is part of Durango’s, nation’s history

I always have to respond to people that want the train to go away that the train was most likely…

April 13, 2021

Guest Columns

David Brooks: The Heart and Soul of the Biden Project

David Brooksdu1-i-syn Here we are again, one of those moments when we take a leap, a gamble, beckoned by the…

April 12, 2021

Guest Columns

Jamelle Bouie: If it’s not Jim Crow, what is it?

Jamelle Bouie. Earl Wilsondu1-i-syn I raise this because of a debate among politicians and partisans on whether Georgia’s new election…

April 11, 2021

Guest Columns

Soleil Gaylord: Western monarchs suffer catastrophic decline

Soleil Gaylorddu1-i-syn One of those insects slated for evanescence is the ochre-winged, enigmatic, magnificent monarch butterfly that has so captured…

April 11, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Losing tolerance for Durango ‘slumlords’

However, to all the slumlords of Durango, let me simply say that the age-old practice of raising rent on locals…

April 11, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Durango Mesa bike park races forward

The foundation that has envisioned a multi-use community park atop what was previously known as Ewing Mesa announced last week…

April 10, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Say ‘Yes’ to organ donation, save lives

Incredibly, after only three weeks on the transplant list, Liam’s life was saved when he received the gift of life…

April 10, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Plastics pollute the oceans

I’m writing to you about a concern I have. The ocean needs help. Plastic is polluting it and I’d like…

April 10, 2021

Guest Columns

Aaron Kindle and Jason Keith: Improve bonding for orphaned oil, gas wells

Aaron Kindledu1-i-syn If nature is to persist for future generations, we must all work together to make that happen. But…

April 10, 2021

Guest Columns

Sen. Don Coram: Exhausted yet happy with Assembly progress

The session started Jan. 13 and adjourned Jan. 16. Then we took a 30-day leave to try to slow the…

April 9, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Fifth-grader raises money for people who are homeless

Lots of people had ideas to help, but I ended up deciding to raise and then donate money. In my…

April 9, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Build radar station on Bridge Timber Mountain

This spirit of “can-do” collaboration among stakeholders is sadly missing in the third story. In September 2020, a surprise announcement…

April 9, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Bus service should get more funding, support for drivers

I ran out of my house just as the bus was heading to my stop. I forgot my mask, but…

April 9, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Lodgers tax vote sends signals on tourism marketing

Yet the lodgers tax increase passed by only a very slim margin. Durangoans supported the increase from 2% to 5.25%…

April 9, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Ten-year-old proposes solution for hungry, homeless

Many homeless people have mental and health problems and cannot get jobs to keep them alive. I have done research…

April 9, 2021

Guest Columns

Mike Littwin: Thanks, Trump, for All-Star game

Mike Littwindu1-i-syn Seriously. Without Trump and, specifically, without his GOP toadies, Major League Baseball would never have moved the All-Star…

April 8, 2021

Guest Columns

Rep. Joe Neguse, Sen. Ron Wyden: Why American needs a new Civilian Conservation Corps

Rep. Joe Negusedu1-i-syn For years, most Americans have viewed forestry policy as reserved only for rural areas. Now, as the…

April 8, 2021

Editorials

Our View: FLC’s Grub Hub models how to help others

Students helping students at FLC

April 7, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Durango Mesa Park will enhance business, town as a whole

Durango Mesa Park. </URL>I was fortunate to see a copy of the plans for the use of the property and…

April 7, 2021