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Letters to the Editor

Transit cuts, climate groups miss mark

Cutting Route #4 means no service to the entire west side of Durango. How are the working poor who live…

March 14, 2018

Editorials

Outdoor Pursuits: Outdoor offerings and natural setting, FLC recruitment should leverage both

Outdoor offerings and natural setting, FLC recruitment should leverage both

March 14, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Joffe: Never argue with someone holding a gun

Since substitute teachers don’t work full-time, will the school provide a gun when they get an assignment, or will they…

March 13, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Trump’s North Korea gamble

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn Yet President Donald Trump’s decision to meet Kim Jong Un strikes me as a dangerous gamble and a…

March 13, 2018

From our Congressman

Thompson: Resistance to Chaco drilling grows on the Navajo Nation

Jonathan Thompsondu1-i-syn When someone texted Kendra Pinto, who lives several miles away, she raced to join the frightened spectators and…

March 13, 2018

From our Congressman

The Utah Headliners: FOIA is the speedometer, not the cop writing tickets

du1-i-syn Sunshine Week is here, and we who value government transparency are again celebrating the laws that allow us to…

March 12, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Dawes: Gun violence is a public health issue

As a result of this amendment, the CDC has been prevented from engaging in research on the cause of gun…

March 12, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Oliver: More city fees for county residents

Getting the city to reduce county-served residents’ multiplier from 2.0 to something more equitable, say 1.5, has fallen on deaf…

March 12, 2018

Editorials

Sunshine week: A yearly celebration of public and press access to government information

Sunshine Week, March 11-17 this year, focuses attention on the open-meetings and open-records laws that give ordinary people the right…

March 12, 2018

From the State Senate

Coram: A Colorado all citizens deserve

Senator Don Coramdu1-i-syn It is also not often the FBI has to investigate crime in Montrose. This caught my attention,…

March 10, 2018

From our Congressman

Thorn: Politics worthy of the landscape we inhabit

Emily Thorndu1-i-syn I have come to believe this demeanor is shaped by the particular places we inhabit: mountains, valleys, rivers,…

March 10, 2018

On the Law

Albrechta: Federal courts split on sexual orientation discrimination

David Albrechtadu1-i-syn Other federal appeals courts, including the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which handles cases arising out of Colorado,…

March 10, 2018

From our Congressman

Pearson: Society and the role of government

Mark Pearsondu1-i-syn Do you consider government as a beneficial contributor to society in a way that attempts to look out…

March 10, 2018

From our Congressman

Fossel; Getting it right! La Plata Liberty Coalition takes on the land-use code

One, by the executive director of the San Juan Citizens Alliance (Herald, Jan. 21), states: “The gist of the public…

March 10, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Violence in the name of art is still violence

Might the festival board and planners have the fortitude to ban films with gun violence in the future? Unlikely. How…

March 10, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Got my marching orders against the parade

Look at this as helping the American stock market, and the 50 percent of you that have stock. Trust me.…

March 10, 2018

Editorials

DHS and PCCS: Educational partnership makes career and college offerings more accessible

Mariah Lee Bradshaw posed at the Double Tree Inn in Durango after being recognized in May 2015 by the Pueblo…

March 10, 2018

Editorials

Chaco landscape A powerful union of land and sky, Zinke defers leases but threats remains

Zinke told the Albuquerque Journal that he had heard from tribal officials and New Mexico’s senators, and “there have been…

March 9, 2018

From our Congressman

Brooks: How the left wins the culture war

David Brooksdu1-i-syn I started this latest round of the debate with the presumption that supporters of moderate gun restrictions are…

March 9, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Physical, mental disabilities are different

I am a person with physical disabilities, born with cerebral palsy. It is my hope that lawmakers, the media, etc.…

March 9, 2018

From our Congressman

Douthat: Power to the parents

Ross Douthatdu1-i-syn My support peaked when I was that age myself; I thought that lowering the voting age was literally…

March 8, 2018

From our Congressman

Bye: Returning guns to their proper role in society

Ole Byedu1-i-syn It seems like a consensus could develop around tightening up how dangerous or mentally ill people are able…

March 8, 2018

From our Congressman

Weiser: Standing up for fair treatment of all Coloradans

Phil Weiserdu1-i-syn Joel Veracruz didn’t think he’d need a lawyer. Then a car dealer sold him a defective car and…

March 8, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Olsen: Mitsch Bush is a champion for change for the 3rd CD

Electing Diane Mitsch Bush for the 3rd Congressional District is the change I want to see in 2018. Diane, whose…

March 8, 2018