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Letters to the Editor

Letters: Study shows river recreation is big business

No one who lives here needs a study to tell them that the San Juan, Dolores and San Miguel river…

July 10, 2020

Editorials

Our view: What’s wrong with this movie?

new movie gets critics’ goats for being caught out of time – but is it?

July 10, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I can’t see why ‘Chief” sign’s insensitive

With the nitro-infused passion permeating the country now, it’s tempting to vandalize, vilify and rush to action. To the organizations…

July 10, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Won’t get fleeced again

arrest of Durango’s former finance director is a bitter pill with a moral

July 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Kudos to police for downing Jason Snow

Shame on the judge who foolishly released him from prison despite his violent criminal history (including assault on a corrections…

July 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Should caricature be a face of Durango?

I reside in La Plata County. I am non-Native, but I have served Navajo people for 40 years, as an…

July 9, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mark my words: You’ll miss Scott Tipton

Scott Tipton and I were elected in 2010, so let me explain why the recent primary election could prove to…

July 8, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Shooting shows de-funding’s a bad idea

Instead of armed and trained officers showing up when an alarm goes off, the alarm company calls the store manager…

July 8, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: ‘Chief’ a commonplace racist caricature

As an Indigenous woman who is a dual citizen of the U.S. and a tribal nation, I believe education and…

July 8, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Tri-State is making big green strides

At one point in early May, Tri-State Generation and Transmission supplied 58% renewable energy to its members. It was a…

July 8, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Tourists are bringing more virus to town

We all know that many of our visitors are from two of the states being hardest hit by COVID-19. I…

July 8, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: We’ve tried being pleasant about masks

We try being pleasant, but what then? Without enforcement, citizens are put in an uncomfortable position to respond. Should those…

July 7, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: There is mainstream virus nonsense

According to the CDC, about one-third of COVID-19 deaths are 85 or older, and some 80% are 65 or older,…

July 7, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Can’t we have happy Natives on signs?

What’s your prejudice or bigotry that you can’t see a happy Native American? What is racist about a Native American…

July 7, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Check out this fire-mitigation resource

Charlie Landsman, its La Plata County coordinator, is an amazing, knowledgeable home ignition zone specialist. He works closely with a…

July 7, 2020

Editorials

Our view: Hooray for bump-outs

has done a fine job moving ahead with making Main Avenue a piazza

July 7, 2020

Editorials

Our view: A day for African-American champions

Althea Gibson at Wimbledon, 1957du1-i-syn At the outset of the 1950s, Gibson was a formidable tennis player but she was…

July 6, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Forget reform and consider real justice

Just recently in New York City, a punk with over 100 arrests was free on the street and hit a…

July 6, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: This is a reward and punishment society

Examples: someone’s great sense of entitlement, attempts at making one feel stupid, unworthy of opportunity, being incompetent, not good enough,…

July 6, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Virus could have been handled better

But, in my opinion, the last to sequester, and the first to return to school and normalcy, were the children.…

July 6, 2020

Guest Columns

Denise Fort: Babbitt’s plan for the river doesn’t go far enough

These farms often come to mind when we think about agriculture in the West: a cool riparian valley with adjacent…

July 5, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Fight for more equitable health care

The article goes on to add that “Although Congress mandated free coronavirus testing for uninsured persons, the order has not…

July 5, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Masks and social distancing are working

I recently came from Santa Cruz County, Arizona, population 46,000, mostly rural with one larger town, very similar to La…

July 5, 2020

Guest Columns

Michael Fields: State government needs to get out of the way

State Sens. Jack Tate and Chris Hansen, along with Reps. Matt Soper and Dayena Esgar, led an effort to put…

July 4, 2020