The students demonstrated their skills of dialogue by conducting a Socratic seminar in which some agreed upon norms were: “don’t talk over each other,” “hard on content, soft on people”…
There is also a street light at the 32nd Street boat launch that has been flashing like a strobe light for over two weeks, which is dangerous for a couple…
Unfortunately, under President George Junior, the “oops of (supposedly) wrong information regarding weapons of mass destruction” took us into another Iraq war from 2003 to 2011 which created thousands of…
As a district employee, I have sometimes agreed with Mr. Snowberger and the board. At other times, I have disagreed. This isn’t unusual. This is simply what it’s like to…
Snowberger has worked tirelessly over the last seven years on behalf of the students, faculty and parents of the district. While serving on the school board, I was inspired by…
The report used proponents’ models; scientists who augment their incomes with public and private grants given to them to design reports showing greatly exaggerated climate change models. The models published…
I attended the “Wicked Problem” meetings held by the city and I consider myself an informed citizen. I was not surprised by the vote. The lack of foresight and planning…
I hope that Council has learned from the defeat of their tax increase proposal. Approval of the water and sewer increases will indicate that they still don’t get it. Citizens…
What I didn’t see was an explanation for his outright lying about the incident taking place at all. To further weaken his attempt at an apology, he tried to make…
This sounds like a time police would be needed. It also should be a problem for a “communications director” of 9-R. Julian Behn Durango
The Bureau of Land Management thankfully deferred plans to offer a massive swath of land for oil and gas drilling – with some parcels less than a mile from Great…
We have problems, but this story is a joke. Every voter in Durango, please go and check out Weston Drive in person. Google its location and go look at this…
Yet, the fact that the current administration used tear gas now qualifies critics to call us weak. The Reagan administration gave over four million illegals amnesty in 1986 in return…
He has been employed by the city of Durango longer than any other employee. His roots are here, his family is here, he won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. He…
I have worked as a veterinarian for 28 years, the majority deep in wolf territory. Wisconsin has a stable population of 900 wolves. I did depredation claims for my livestock…
I will stand up, but not in the way as framed by the editorial. I was a state legislator for this area for 10 years. During that time, I met…
Unfortunately, that is especially true for electricity. We are learning that the health effects of generating power from coal are terrible. For example, I have asthma. It has been shown…
Efforts to strip federal protection from wolves across the northern Rockies, consigning them to the bullet, steel trap and poison bait management tactics of state wildlife agencies, are further reason…
Nationally, youth turnout was the highest in 25 years. Young Coloradans in particular turned out at some of the highest levels in the entire country. As an intern with the…
We are grateful for this and other actions to address worsening wildfires. The main cause of increased wildfires has been rising temperatures leading to earlier snowmelt, which in turn led…
I have hunted the Durango area since 1992 and agree with other hunters that elk hunting was great 10 to 20 years ago. As soon as Colorado DOW eliminated bait…
The article examined the allopathic and alternative methods used during this five-year journey. This update shares further information and a request for help. Since the article’s publication, Tom is grappling…
Ms. Ferrell attends nearly every board meeting and always has a commonsense take on what transpires. I am not able to make as many meetings as Sarah, but I was…
I also appreciate that she attends most board meetings and is engaged in her cooperative. I feel I need to make a few comments to set the record straight. The…
Pure-gas.org lists 13,800 North America gas stations that sell it; six are in Durango. Many are unaware of how ethanol harms vehicles, economies and the environment. Ethanol attracts water vapor…
As much as I am glad there are more elected officials agreeing with people wanting sensible gun laws enacted now and not later, it’ll take no more lucrative payoffs to…
These standards were put in place to protect Americans from harmful methane pollution. I was there as a member of the environmental advocacy group Defend Our Future, and, like so…
Days ago a second major climate report was issued, this one by 13 of our federal government agencies. Climate change is happening now; we’re paying for it now, suffering now.…
Maybe she doesn’t realize that one’s financial statement is not all disposable income. Who would take a train engine as payment for a car, and if that were possible, what…
How can it be legal for a nurse and her assistant to refuse your medication against doctor’s orders? Michele Northcutt Durango
