The sight of all people wearing masks just intensifies ones fear that the virus is coming to get them. The governments have taken away every right that they can. They…
I want to go back to normal as much as anyone, but I have a job that allows me to work from home, so I can wait. As far as…
A Washington Post editorial on the same page has this quote: “Republicans need to make the first move to build trust so that the national unity around common values is…
Prior to her election there was a community perception about the lack of transparency on the part of several council members. During her tenure she has proven to be a…
I am a mental health professional and would specifically like to offer feedback around the recent sentencing of Preston Pitcher. In the interest of transparency, I am currently employed at…
That was inconvenient, maybe more than inconvenient. Approximately 54,000 Americans were killed (dead) over a ten-year period in Vietnam. Now, 500,000 (and counting) Americans have been killed (dead) by the…
Therefore, my question is, If there’s another invasion of our Capitol by domestic terrorists, who is she going to shoot at?? Will it be the Capitol Police, other Congressional representatives…
Preston Pitcher worked as a youth leader at his church for 10 years and was accused of molesting five young adults whom he had mentored at the church. He signed…
Preston Pitcher worked as a youth leader at his church for 10 years while molesting boys that attended the church. Judge Woods imposed four years of probation, but no jail…
Here’s a quote from Rep. Lauren Boebert’s latest newsletter: “As demonstrated by the blackouts across Texas, we cannot solely rely on renewable energy, and we cannot afford to ban natural…
My question to the people of the 3rd Congressional District is simply this: What the hell happened? You elected a dangerous, uneducated moron to represent you in Washington. She just…
Six photos were attached from a recent visit to southwest Colorado, including images of Boebert with constituents at the D&SNG Railroad Museum; a Durango diner; and Dove Creek High School.…
Many people claim the biology of sex difference points to an advantage of transgender athletes over cisgender women, often citing testosterone as a performance-enhancing drug. Let’s be clear: testosterone is…
With 20-plus years’ experience as a pioneering, sponsored extreme mountain athlete, I learned three main qualities: Stay quiet, listen to and respect the mountains. Nowadays? Thanks largely to Outside Magazine…
Rural electric co-ops around the country are providing FTTP, and their members love it. See the map at www.muninetworks.org. Americans have already paid for FTTP, but telecom carriers fraudulently diverted…
First of all, the “paraders” or “freedom protesters” have a right to drive down the streets with signs and flags as long as they obey the laws and are peaceful.…
Actions by the offices of the attorney general, secretary of state and the local Democratic Party to weaponize politics to financially and politically ruin Independent candidate Paul Jones are emblematic…
The bill would provide $4 million over two years to provide diapers for families in need. Odd though it may seem, once you look into the diaper deficit, the bill…
Yes, I’ll gladly shovel the snow. Far better than choking on forest fire smoke this coming summer. Despite the lack of sunshine, it’s clearly a new day in America. The…
We are lucky to live in a beautiful part of the country that still has some sizable amount of natural space intact. Wanting Colorado to stay this way seems to…
For practical purposes this EO will require any school that receives federal funding nearly every public high school and college to allow biological boys who self-identify as girls onto girls’…
But then Sen. Mitch McConnell has the audacity to – after voting “not guilty” – get up after the proceedings are over and declare that the case that the managers…
These are all places many of you have visited. There will be land protected right here in the San Juan Mountains. Support our senators in their efforts to champion the…
I think this is an appalling response to the threat to our democracy as well as to the lives of all the people who work in the Capitol. But when…
A female staffer replied sharply, “That is not what this was about, Ma’am! Never before in the history of Congress has …. ” I interjected, “There been so much violence…
James MorganDurangoEditor’s note: According to Wikipedia, the word “durango,” which is the name of a Mexican state, came from the indigenous Nahuatl language and means “masters of the hills” or…
I have been saying all along in this terrible time of children having to miss indoor school, all of the soothsayers moaning and groaning how our children are going to…
I strongly disagree. There is excellent synergy between the Colorado Snowmobile Association, U.S. Forest Service, local clubs and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Local snowmobile clubs work with the Forest Service…
Such expansion will draw even more homeless people to our neighborhoods, parks, and downtown Durango. Future services for the unhoused should not be near the center of town. In addition,…
For decades rural communities have solved their infrastructure dilemmas by creating utility cooperatives. In the 1930s, member-owned electric co-ops developed by farmers borrowed money from the federal government to construct…
