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Letters: We can help environment in small ways, too

For that reason, it pains me to bear witness to the rampant consumerism and disposable mindset of our society today.…

December 21, 2019

Julie Gorte: Tri-State needs to lead on cleaner energy

As an investment professional based in Colorado, I have been closely following how the energy landscape is changing right here…

December 20, 2019

Letters: Why not turn this into a homeless shelter?

Has anyone considered re-purposing the DeNier center as a homeless shelter? Amy MilofskyDurango

December 20, 2019

Our view: Could we really reintroduce wolves?

could be the sound of gray wolves coming to your mailbox in 2020

December 20, 2019

Letters: Senators, support the child care act

Now, as an assistant director of the Durango Early Learning Center, I oversee child care wait lists that run more…

December 19, 2019

Letters: We need to escape this methane cloud

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and is 84 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years…

December 19, 2019

Bombs away

Romanoff debuts a Senate ad meant to scare you – and then what?

December 19, 2019

Letters: We’ve made reusable grocery bags from T-shirts

Ultimately, corporations have to take responsibility for plastic packaging. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a voice regarding this issue.…

December 18, 2019

Jamelle Bouie: Why the ‘wokest’ candidates are the weakest

“Today’s progressivism is more or less a secular form of religion with its own high standards,” Matt Lewis, a conservative…

December 18, 2019

Our view: The last time the Senate tried a president, it was ugly

Dems on the verge of impeaching Trump, what does Clinton’s story say?

December 17, 2019

Letters: City Council should intervene with Mercy

And further, once not long ago after a procedure there, my wife got a $4,000 bill from an “out of…

December 17, 2019

How they voted

Letters: The thank-you is sarcasm

All the signs tell me to stay in my lane to the merge point, which I did. I followed the…

December 17, 2019

Letters: Thanks for tenderness at end of pet’s life

Growing up, I didn’t have pets. I adopted my first dog from the La Plate County Humane Society in 2003…

December 16, 2019

Our view: Were the British voters speaking to us?

du1-i-syn “This election means that getting Brexit done is now the irrefutable…” Johnson paused. Had he started on the wrong…

December 16, 2019

Bret Stephens: A Europe without American protection would be a disaster

There’s no reason they both can’t be right. The tone of the summit was set several weeks ago, when French…

December 15, 2019

Dick White: Is growth really what we want?

Gary Wockner, who voted No on Proposition CC in November’s election (“I voted CC down”), cited concerns about ongoing population…

December 15, 2019

Letters: It’s hard to hear my fellow Democrats

I have never had the heart to tell them that perhaps their priorities are colored by the fact that they…

December 14, 2019

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman: Iran is crushing freedom one country at a time

From the streets of Beirut to streets all across Iran, Middle Easterners are demanding to be treated as citizens with…

December 14, 2019

Letters: Republicans wipe their dirty feet on it

They pretend to support the Constitution but really want to wipe their dirty feet on it. They don’t want the…

From the Mayor

Melissa Youssef: The most thoroughly vetted Durango budget in years

In council’s view, the budget should be directly linked to council’s established goals and should provide funding to achieve these…

Die, coyote, die

may need to be removed, but there are better ways than bombing

Letters: Hello, we’re your New Mexico neighbors

We also subscribe to the newspaper; I subscribe to only the online edition, so there’s no sense that I’m shorted…