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City’s April sales-tax question must be defeated

Twenty years ago, Durango needed to build a recreation center and expand its trails and parks system. In 1999, the…

March 2, 2019

Winter for the ages leaves county residents buried

The snow is a great and much-needed gift after several years of minimal accumulation, and especially following last summer’s extreme…

March 2, 2019

From the State House

Why I was a no vote on that bill

As one of the most difficult, but researched, votes I have taken this year, I voted no on the National…

March 2, 2019

Editorials

In bed with Fred: A long-departed dog could tell you about dissent

E.B. White has much to teach us still about dachshunds and convictions

March 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Would you say a male councilor ‘hissed’?

Increasingly, argumentation is being advanced by questioning the integrity and honesty of our elected officials, volunteer boards and advisory commissions…

March 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Without tax hike, city could fall apart

I will be the first to say I wince at the sound of someone saying, “Raising taxes is a good…

March 1, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

Gary Markstein cartoondu1-i-syn

March 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor

We can work together on climate change

In its report, “America’s Climate Choices,” the National Academy of Sciences states that climate change “is very likely caused primarily…

February 28, 2019

Letters to the Editor

A better way to plow Durango streets?

Durango’s snow removal plan (or lack of a plan) for the downtown area is to have snowplows running around plowing…

February 28, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Editorials don’t seem current, intelligent

It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent…

February 28, 2019

Guest Columns

Law is already clear on rights of asylum-seekers

Since returning, I have repeatedly been asked the same questions. What is an asylum-seeker? How is an asylum-seeker different from…

February 28, 2019

Editorials

We the lobby

more Democrats embrace health care reform, the empire strikes back

February 28, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

Judith Reynolds cartoondu1-i-syn

February 27, 2019

Letters to the Editor

For life lessons, check Funday Sunnies

If they are so smart, why not prove it by helping out in our community? Get a job, start a…

February 27, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Scouts, food drive show Durango cares

Saturday, Feb. 16, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of our community picked up 3,543 pounds of food for the…

February 27, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Make It Count boxes make me ashamed

It seemed so positive until that phrase about panhandlers, which left me queasy. I emailed the Business Improvement District, asking…

February 26, 2019

Robert Samuelson

Democrats, media to blame for ignoring Dreamers

As you will recall, the Dreamers are illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as young children. Most…

February 26, 2019

Editorials

There be monsters

the case of R&B artist R. Kelly, the alleged perp was hiding in plain sight

February 26, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Just how long has this been going on?

I used to expect a predictable viewpoint, a liberal and politically Democratic slant to any topic examined. That’s fine, that’s…

February 25, 2019

Letters to the Editor

No one throws shade on sweet Durango

Your remarks regarding snowplow drivers in our happy, sweet little town are way out of line. Asking “Did some of…

February 25, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Hold your tongue, now, it’s a snowy town

Our city and county deal with snow removal as they can with the number of people they can employ and…

February 25, 2019

Editorials

Downy sweep

A morning walk in fresh snowfall can say more than the best poetry or prose

February 25, 2019

Guest Columns

It’s not a choice of bike paths or street repairs

Given the number, variety and expense of Durango’s recreation programs and facilities, some assume the city is frittering away funds…

February 25, 2019

Letters to the Editor

Dennis Johnson was one of the greats

One summer, late 1960s, I worked the Diamond Circle Theatre. Dennis would do”Toot-Toot-Tootsie, Good-bye, or ”The Cremation of Sam McGee,…

February 25, 2019