Editorials
Food fight: The president seeks the last mouthful
Denied Congress, President Trump stages his own State of the Union
Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Tipton, Gardner are to blame for trash
Rep. Scott Tipton and Sen. Cory Gardner, each of you is directly responsible for this mess, the desecration, the feces, the trash and graffiti, and all the illegal activity on…
Letters to the Editor
Furloughed workers show integrity
On my return from Denver, I dreaded going through the seemingly endless sea of people awaiting security clearance. But all lines were manned and operating normally. When it was my…
Editorials
Forecast cloudy: Shutdown makes predictions worse
Government is so good at weather, one agency head doesn’t want you to know
Letters to the Editor
Justifying Farrakhan is just bad judgment
After reading Carol Cure’s letter (“Farrakhan has done good things, too,” Jan. 15), I think she should have taken his advice. Quoting Cure, “Mallory is apparently an admirer of Farrakhan…
Letters to the Editor
Cut Herald instead of Pine River Times
According to your article, The Pine River Times will no longer be a newspaper we can actually hold in our hands, read at leisure and enjoy the reporting by Melanie…
Letters to the Editor
Build the new police HQ in Three Springs
This would be much more economical than building a new or remodeling the old main station downtown. It would free up a lot of parking spaces on Second Avenue. The…
Letters to the Editor
Snowberger stuff makes us look stupid
I am tired of the harassment our superintendent of schools continues to receive, even as he attempts to correct his course. I cannot write it off as the issues that…
Editorials
Don’t even: Lessons need to be learned from 2A defeat
City leaders are eying another tax-hike request, in April – they shouldn’t
Letters to the Editor
Inexcusable act in the funeral industry
This is an inexcusable act and is intolerable in the funeral industry. Please know that this company is in no way related to or associated with Four Corners Funeral Chapel…
Letters to the Editor
Farrakhan has done good things, too
Media outlets have noted that Tamika Mallory, the co-president of the Women’s March, was present at a speech Farrakhan gave before the Nation of Islam where he made appalling anti-Semitic…
Editorials
Early bird special: There’s a way to make Snowdown even better
Snowdown parade is a signature event – so let’s start it at 5 p.m., not 6
Letters to the Editor
School board: time to ditch Snowberger
As a graduate of 9-R schools and as a parent of a 9-R pupil, I am unimpressed by the actions Snowberger has taken over the last few months. He’s lost…
Letters to the Editor
Women’s march supports justice for all
No matter from where it originates, we must commit ourselves to confronting and resisting bias and discrimination if we are to have a society that is fair and just. Racial,…
Editorials
Sunny days ahead: Positive Colorado numbers on 2019 economy
Economic forecast shows Southwest Colorado positioned for coming year
Letters to the Editor
Great Wall of China was a failure, too
A stalemate over $5 billion for a border wall, which may vastly underestimate the actual cost. If you feel that history may be able to teach us anything, consider the…
Letters to the Editor
Action on climate change needed now
Our rivers are dry, forests are burning, recreational opportunities are diminished and our rural and agricultural way of life is at risk. Can we agree that our very way of…
Editorials
Half a loaf: State will defend Masterpiece Cake suit
Colorado may be in a worse jam with the second baker case – is there a fix?
Letters to the Editor
This is one caring (and delicious) town
They ask or say “It’s just a cowboy town.” But what about the cowboy poets? As visitors become better acquainted with town, they discover that this village is much more…
Letters to the Editor
Homeless, immigration debates similar
There are many similarities. Both groups stir up quite a debate. Supporters of either feel an obligation to help. Opponents see them as a problem. Providing assistance to them attracts…
Letters to the Editor
Our crisis in early child care in Durango
I am one of many mothers searching for early childhood care and have run into the same problem over and over again for five years: two-year waiting lists and outrageous…
Editorials
Minister of hate: Why can’t national Women’s March leaders quit him?
Persecuting Jews should have no home in America on the left or the right
Letters to the Editor
Please give to Women’s Resource Center
The “other people” in dire need, that we do not know personally, are here in the U.S., caravan asylum-seekers, and refugees in The Middle East (who rarely get coverage because…
Letters to the Editor
City does great with code enforcement
I spent my career managing construction and infrastructure, and have lived in small, medium and large cities; I’ve seen the results of weak laws and poor oversight (counties not far…
Letters to the Editor
We need help finding our father’s killer
Every day it’s hard to know that he was robbed of his life. And I pray every day that someone will come forward so our father can have justice. We…
Editorials
Elizabeth Warren
First out of the gate in the Dems’ 2020 race, she brings real policy for debate
Letters to the Editor
Plow drivers: What about our property?
Today about noon (Jan. 2) a county plow came through County Road 203 and knocked over several full trash bins awaiting pickup. We had to pick up all of the…
Letters to the Editor
Keep pushing back on city spending
It does not appear that the ski fees sustain the anticipated $75,120 cost to run the ski hill, let alone adding another $2.16 million to the hill. With all of…