Dec. 19: Vladimir Putin made comments in support of the POTUS, accusing the House of being biased. He also predicted the outcome of the pending Senate trial. Why does Putin…
Not requiring a single-use bag for every purchase is a change of mindset that has to take place before we can cut down our usage and a ban is the…
It has long been the policy of government and municipalities to subsidize the things they want more of and tax or not support things they want less of. Want more…
Tipton is failing to lead on public land and wilderness protection, even though outdoor recreation is a huge economic boon to our state’s economy. His recent vote joins a long…
When I was unloading them at home, I noticed they were made in La Crete, Alberta. I looked La Crete up on Google Maps and saw that it is 1,900…
With the capacity to love your pet as a member of the family comes the necessity to grieve when that beloved one dies. The death of a pet is, without…
The CORE Act resulted from years of dialogue among stakeholders, including landowners, ranchers, motorized recreationists, hunters, conservationists, local business leaders and others from the affected areas. All existing uses and…
These characterizations couldn’t be further from the truth, and its conclusion that Marbut “deserves (an) opportunity to show his stuff” could result in real harm to those his agency was…
I grew up hunting and have a rifle collection. No accomplished sportsman will shoot 33 deer, elk or bears at a time. The sole purpose of this gun is either…
It’s sad that teaching our kids about climate change is still considered “risky business, despite virtual unanimous agreement among the scientific community.” Yale climate opinion polls show 77% of Coloradans…
It is people like Fleming who want to do away with the Electoral College (which is in the Constitution). They want to do away with the Second Amendment (also part…
This is before the game is played. Trump has five of his players in jail and or going, so he needs help from the referee. Rudolph Guilliani is the water…
Tipton is failing to lead on public land and wilderness protection, even though outdoor recreation is a huge economic boon to our state’s economy. His recent vote joins a long…
For that reason, it pains me to bear witness to the rampant consumerism and disposable mindset of our society today. It’s not so much any one issue, but rather our…
Has anyone considered re-purposing the DeNier center as a homeless shelter? Amy MilofskyDurango
Now, as an assistant director of the Durango Early Learning Center, I oversee child care wait lists that run more than two years. Therefore, I truly understand the importance of…
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and is 84 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in the first 20 years after it is emitted. It’s responsible for 25% of the…
Ultimately, corporations have to take responsibility for plastic packaging. That doesn’t mean we don’t have a voice regarding this issue. Whether it be a plastic bag ban, refusing plastic drinking…
And further, once not long ago after a procedure there, my wife got a $4,000 bill from an “out of network” provider. And she was then insured by Blue Cross/Blue…
Growing up, I didn’t have pets. I adopted my first dog from the La Plate County Humane Society in 2003 and was blessed to have her for 15 years until…
I have never had the heart to tell them that perhaps their priorities are colored by the fact that they both have combined yearly incomes with their wives of over…
They pretend to support the Constitution but really want to wipe their dirty feet on it. They don’t want the truth but alternate facts. They put the party in the…
We also subscribe to the newspaper; I subscribe to only the online edition, so there’s no sense that I’m shorted by less frequent print editions. I have contributed multiple photos…
I was expecting to hear a two-sided discussion of the pros and cons of the issue. Instead, I was met with a stacked deck of the state senator who introduced…
Everyone who watches CNN or MSNBC knows that Congressman Adam Schiff has had irrefutable proof since Nov. 8, 2016 that the president was elected with help from Russia. That being…
Mountain trail travel by humans is totally incompatible with nature as it originally existed and even the health of the people themselves. Permitting people in the mountains was a big…
She fails to mention the ridiculous cost of this monstrosity at an estimated $4,100,000. Ya, that’s right, $4 million. The 32nd Street crossing is already adequately addressed with the current…
I can only laugh at Reps. Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Eric Swalwell and Nancy Pelosi. We are truly witnessing the heights of the ludicrous. There is, however, a potential positive…
Thoreau wrote it during the time of the Mexican-American War, and critiqued the soldiers for being blind followers. He resented that people would often speak of injustice, but do nothing…
He claimed that the AR-15, the fully automatic version of a weapon often used by America’s mass shooters, was “produced originally by Colt starting in 1963,” “has never been a…
