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Letter: Return train departures to downtown Durango

Historically, the train has passed through the Rockwood substation for many years during the silver mining era, but it wasn’t…

April 6, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Wildfire fund will help mitigate the inevitable

In 2020, Colorado broke its record for the largest wildfire three times. Past fire suppression policies and a lack of…

April 6, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Fifth-grader conducts survey about Toh-Atin sign

I have recently been interested in the Toh-Atin statue downtown as a project we have done in school. I made…

April 6, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Support media literacy bill for schools

That standard of reporting and sources of information have changed dramatically over the years and it has become increasing clear…

April 6, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Would you want the train in your neighborhood?

None of our neighborhoods were designed with the infrastructure to manage such a situation. It is clear after reading the…

April 6, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax will equal ‘paradise lost’

My husband and I moved to Durango recently from what used to be “paradise” on the Gulf coast of Florida,…

April 6, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Columnist justifies ‘Republican depravity’

He neglects to mention his own party’s responsibility for the impasse and cynically attributes Democrats’ motives to increasing their base.…

April 6, 2021

Guest Columns

Laurie Roberts: Schools needs counselors, not cops

du1-i-syn I am a school psychologist. Every public school has a school psychologist, due to federal special education guidelines dating…

April 4, 2021

Guest Columns

Caden Voss: Carbon removal stategies can help save us

Caden Vossdu1-i-syn The world is warming, and from 2030 to 2052, the temperature is expected to rise 1.5 C. That…

April 4, 2021

Guest Columns

Shelby Haley: It’s not too late to slow climate change

Shelby Haleydu1-i-syn This is climate change in action, and this is only the beginning. There will be more than just…

April 4, 2021

Guest Columns

Mike Littwin: Will vaccines forestall doom in Colorado?

In his news conference Monday, Jared Polis announced — in what is very good news — that by the end…

April 3, 2021

Guest Columns

Rep. Barbara McLachlan: Bills are moving forward

To review how legislation is passed: We present a House bill in front of a committee, hear public testimony and,…

April 3, 2021

Guest Columns

Marsha Porter-Norton: Spring has sprung, COVID-19 is waning

Marsha Porter-Nortondu1-i-syn While we are still deep in recovery-and-response mode, there is a lot of good news to report. Perhaps…

April 3, 2021

Editorials

Our View: In wake of shootings, grief

‘It could have been me’

April 3, 2021

Guest Columns

Dennis Pierce: Democrats have promised, failed on border security

du1-i-syn I worked in a retail store that catered to bracero workers. In this particular store, we brought in foot…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Realtors’ group supports lodgers tax increase

DAAR also acknowledges tourists use and benefit from local transit, which also allows the workforce that serves them to make…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Don’t blame students; look for solutions

Why are certain citizens bashing the college population of Durango? (March 31, “Drug sales, use at Rim Drive parking lot…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax should fund locals’ needs

These potential newcomers produce a housing demand that can only make Durango’s skyrocketing prices worse. Why would Durango voters approve…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax increase is long overdue

The increase will help support a year-round tourism economy, which in turn supports and sustains local businesses. The tax is…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax will help keep workers employed

We have worked closely with community members from the arts and culture sector, the restaurant sector, retail and outdoor adventure,…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Train diverting departures to Rockwood will hurt downtown Durango

Prior efforts by Rockwood residents to discuss this yielded little to no acknowledgement of the real risk to safety and…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: ‘Lions’ Den’ provides safe haven hangout for youth

Although you’ve expressed important, valid concerns, I wanted to give another perspective to the topic. Rim Drive (called “Lions’ Den”…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax has improved Durango

At that time, it was exceedingly difficult as a young family to make a living. Then, the city passed a…

April 2, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Biden immigration policy created border crisis

We are a nation of proud immigrants but what is happening in the southern Rio Grande Valley is an unprecedented…

April 2, 2021