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FLC can rebound if it shakes old practices

Even as we have faced declining enrollment, we have added an associate V.P. of Academic Affairs and an Assistant V.P.…

Sullivan: Can a top editor save local news back home?

Margaret Sullivan “She basically told me I didn’t belong there anymore,” Tomlin said. Instead, Tomlin persevered and eventually crossed the…

SOTU: Trump’s first state of the union full of proposals, but short on specifics

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in…

The story behind the Snowdown slogan

In 1990, I had 2-year-old twin boys and was pregnant with our daughter. I read a story on old-time patent…

Friedman: Can crazy still keep the peace between Israel and Iran?

Thomas L. FriedmanJosh Haner/The New York Times) How so? I’m traveling along the Israeli border road at the intersection of…

Rampell: Trump’s immigration ‘compromise’ is a trick

Catherine Rampell Supposedly this immigration framework includes “concessions” to Democrats because it involves protections for “dreamers,” the young undocumented immigrants…

Nofles: Congress should act so seniors get the care they need

A failure by Congress to repeal a harsh limit on therapy treatments poses very real financial and medical threats to…

Brooks: The precious and potent power of human touch

David Brooks The children received first-class nutrition and medical care, but they were barely touched, to minimize their contact with…

A Black Tie Affair: Durango pulls together again for Snowdown, the best party of the year

There are so many things that make Snowdown special. That this year marks 40 (!) years of fun and frivolity…

Important information on property taxes

After printing, our software vendor informed all Colorado treasurers that there was a bug in the system that used the…

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Douthat: The necessity of Stephen Miller

Ross Douthat<br><br>(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) Miller is the White House’s point man for immigration policy (and for strange…

Pitts: NEPA modernitzation is long overdue

That is why the U.S. Forest Service is currently seeking to modernize their NEPA regulations for the first time in…

Kristof: Trump leads the world, backward

Nicholas Kristof OK, fact-checkers found at least two falsehoods, and the audience booed when Trump went off script and raged…

Advertisement was deeply offensive

Why? Because it’s not life this group is supporting, it’s birth. If groups like this truly supported life, the Children’s…

Polis: Keeping Colorado wild requires a bold plan and vision

Jared Polis These special places also power our outdoor economy, sustaining 229,000 jobs and $9.7 billion in salaries and wages…

Ethics Commission: Coloradans rightly cherish openess; the IEC needs to comply with CORA

The rights of the public to scrutinize the records and attend the meetings of public bodies are firmly ensconced in…

Givon and Helmin-Schmid: Revising our land-use code; let reason prevail over passion

reason prevail over passion

Coram: Speaking up for broadband in rural Colorado

Representative Don Coram To start the year off, we successfully passed a bill that continues an interstate compact allowing nurses…

White: Join us in efforts to deal with a changing climate

Dick White, Mayor of Durango Droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods: none respect political dogma. Climate change mostly results from human…

Grossman: Don’t control population this way

It has been more than 20 years since the Rwandan genocide, but it stands out in my mind as the…

O.R. in CO: Welcoming the Outdoor Retailer Show to Colorado provides a cautionary tale

In this Jan. 11, 2017, file photo, people attend the Outdoor Retailer show at the Salt Palace Convention Center in…

Dan Snowberger: Durango 9-R superintendent has earned a contract extension through June 2020

Dan Snowberger, Durango School District 9-R Superintendent <br><br>Credit: DAVID BERGELAND/Durango Herald That is the question we tend to ask when…

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