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Our View: Two health care proposals get our support

Yet a woman’s right to make her own decisions about pregnancy is in peril, primarily from the U.S. Supreme Court.…

How to make the rest of this school year worthwhile? Skip it.

du1-i-syn The summer after I finished fourth, my family moved to Vienna. When my parents called to enroll me in…

Letter: LPEA should take the reins on broadband expansion

For decades rural communities have solved their infrastructure dilemmas by creating utility cooperatives. In the 1930s, member-owned electric co-ops developed…

Letter: Rhyming with ancient Rome is unsettling

Many of Aurelius’ writings, including this one, informed Christianity and made their way into the Christian orthodoxy. Nearly 2,000 years…

Letter: Democratic Party needs to engage its own voters

Yet, all I receive from Democratic politicians are the same boilerplate fundraising pitches. Nothing to inform me. Nothing to engage…

February 10, 2021

Letter: 30×30 campaign helps protect nature for future generations

I want to make sure others in the future are able to experience that same feeling of awe that I…

February 9, 2021

Our View: How the newspapers’ editorial pages work

The editorial page editor is responsible for soliciting, selecting and editing letters to the editor, local guest columns and syndicated…

February 9, 2021

Lizzie Kost: Welcome to Durango’s Professional Porch Sitters Union, Chapter 42

du1-i-syn Andrew Jackson Downing was the founder of post-Revolutionary War landscape architecture. Downing believed in “the front porch as a…

Letter: Wind turbines are low on the list of bird threats

It alarmed me, so I went to the fws.gov “Threats to Birds” web page for more information. I discovered that…

Letter: Spend lodgers tax on housing, parking, transit

Tourism and second-home owners may benefit segments of our economy, but they also have significant negative impacts and increase costs,…

Letter: City’s support of nonprofits helps them do the ‘heavy lifting’

The community foundation had the privilege of partnering with the city in this granting effort. The foundation’s work facilitating community…

Letter: Boebert should support Paris Climate Agreement

Recently she introduced the Paris Agreement Constitutional Treaty Act. It prohibits any actions being taken or money spent to carry…

February 7, 2021

Letter: Move Hillcrest Golf Course to make room for housing

Housing affordability is now one of our biggest challenges. Attainable housing requires low-priced land and low-priced infrastructure. The challenge is…

February 7, 2021

Our View: Biden’s pause on federal land leases is prudent

Biden’s pause on leases is prudent

February 6, 2021

Gary Skiba: Wolf restoration should begin sooner, not later

The last known wild wolf in Colorado was killed in 1945. Wolf advocates have been working toward wolf restoration since…

India Sylvester: We must acknowledge Black people’s specific contributions to society

We, as a country, can and must do better. We, as individuals, can and must do better. And we, as…

Letter: Windmills kill birds

It stands to reason then that if thousands of windmills are spread across the United States, many birds will become…

Letter: Why did my liberal friends vote for Biden-Harris?

I have tried to come up with some reasonable answers. It appears they don’t want Americans to have good paying…

Letter: We deserve better than Rep. Lauen Boebert

Some people find the actions of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her radical far-left “squad” to be disturbing. And some find the…

Letter: Carbon fee, dividend could help offset declining fossil-fuel revenues

Market and regulatory pressures continue to mount. We are in the midst of an energy transition, whether we want to…

Letter: Hunters, anglers support the CORE Act

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act would help ensure the future of our hunting and fishing heritage and…

Our View: The time has come for gun violence prevention

Collectively, they represent the decidedly American value of personal responsibility. Let’s get one thing straight: We are not opposed to…