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Our view: Time for Jose Madrigal

Durango has gone almost a year without a city manager. The solution is in sight

August 13, 2020

Guest Columns

Chase LaCroix: Our business advocates for social justice

It also meant meeting people where they were in terms of background knowledge on where to go and what gear…

August 12, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Jose Madrigal’s right for next city manager

The city manager left after an ethics complaint was filed. The past finance manager was arrest for embezzling over $700,000.…

August 12, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: We can get a better person than a Texan

Steve, a local legend, made me smile, again. Blake has risen from within city administration and has proven her skills…

August 11, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: From a peace walker to a freedom rider

I ask, whose liberties? As we all exercise our constitutional rights, is that not patriotic? We march in peace but…

August 11, 2020

Editorials

Our view: It’s a man-eater

to do when Shark Weekoverlaps with a pandemic

August 11, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: All should have followed the guidelines

With rights and freedom come obligations for the common good. To be able to fight the virus, we all should…

August 10, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump is turning the U.S. into Venezuela

It’s what happened in Venezuela. President Nicolás Maduro stacked the courts, then stole the election with his troops everywhere. And…

August 10, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Michael Phelps was golden

du1-i-syn On Aug. 10, 2008, Michael Phelps, 23, stepped up to his block at the pool at the Beijing Olympics…

August 10, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Troops sent to cities good for economy?

As soon as the Ku Klux Klan, the Boogaloo Brothers and such realize they can dress for battle without any…

August 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Montezuma officials are endangering us

Was anyone aware of our closest neighbor officials completely and openly ignoring guidelines? Want to guess how many Montezuma residents…

August 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t be confused by commission voting

District 2 and District 3 have a race for those two seats. What most people are unaware of is that…

August 8, 2020

Guest Columns

W.S. Robinson: Climbing walls in the West while sitting in a chair

My wife, Maria, sat beside me to ask what was troubling me. Suddenly tears flowed. “Geez, you could say I…

August 8, 2020

Guest Columns

David Brooks: Nonconformity must have a future; we need it

The oldest and vastest was the exclusion of people of color from the commanding institutions of our culture. Today, there’s…

August 7, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Should editorial be different than news?

The July 23 editorial was a classic example (“Colorado Democrats throw a little … mud: QAnon-curious candidate Lauren Boebert gets…

August 7, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Democrat climate ‘science’ is just junk

This of course would be the Democrats’ fear-mongering “existential threat.” All disciplines of science welcome questioning and discussions of theories.…

August 7, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Did we have to bomb Hiroshima?

War II in the Pacific ended in burning controversy. Was it necessary?

August 7, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Virus not silly to informed Americans

Stating that only about 5% of people who get COVID-19 die and most of them are old or otherwise health…

August 6, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I believe deeply in the Electoral College

The Electoral College is there for a reason, and I very much believe in it. If the Electoral College is…

August 6, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Show the good cops you support them

The sheriff vowed to do his job, but there was little chance he could defeat the gang alone. Citizens wouldn’t…

August 6, 2020

Editorials

Our view: How Native Americans won some of the vote

day, 72 years ago this summer, Miguel Trujillo asked for his rights

August 6, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: It’s straight out of the fascist playbook

These episodes are straight out of the fascist playbook. If Trump is re-elected, he will claim that practices such as…

August 5, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Havana’s angel is translated

Eusebio Leal faithfully served a communist dictatorship – and history

August 4, 2020

Editorials

Our view: The day Columbus left Spain

Columbus makes landfall in the New World. Painting by John Vanderlyn, 1847.du1-i-syn The place was Palos de la Frontera, a…

August 3, 2020