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Return schools to their historical role
So, with all due respect, cut the following: Eliminate the clinic in the schools. Return that health care responsibility to the parent or the La Plata County Health Department where…
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Employment picture
Increase in numbers since recession belies a troubling environment for many
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Failed summit would raise terror threat
It’s no surprise that the talks will be rendered futile due to lack of representation by Syrian rebel groups who are fighting to depose Syria’s dictatorial, Shiite (Alawite) President, Bashar…
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What about the airport and its name?
The airport terminal idiots are still at it. The citizens haven’t voted but they want to go ahead with the new terminal. Then they say it’s not so bad being…
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Soaring airfare defies logic
So my letter is about the why! What happened to our happy little world here that now we have to pay more than a fare to Central America, or Cabo…
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Good Samaritan needed with Superfund
It’s encouraging that Rep. Scott Tipton and Sens. Bennet and Gardner have brought forward a discussion draft of a bipartisan Good Samaritan bill in Congress. Please don’t overlook the fact…
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Learn the real rules of Durango traffic
There seems to be a new set of “Rules of the Road in Durango”: Lights: Red means go, Green means go faster, and Yellow means “go for it” because other…
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Flag is a symbol of heritage, not racism
It is a symbol of our heritage. I, being a “flag flyer,” would enjoy sitting and talking with critics over the historical facts of the Civil War, and possible causes…
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AHS uses a helpful approach to learning
I’m an Animas High School graduate currently attending college out of state as a freshman. Animas High School uses a project-based learning structure to teach their students. I found this…
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Misinformation putting museum at risk
The Southern Ute Tribal Council has made the decision to discontinue financial support and declared that the SUCCM board of directors must submit to dissolution or “acquisition” of the 501(c)(3)…
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Socialism or how it was in Reagan years?
I attribute this inflation to the state of Colorado divesting from higher education. Colorado ranks 49th in state spending per student and from 1980 to 2011 cut funding by almost…
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How your property tax bill was calculated
This was a reappraisal year where Colorado Assessor’ brought every real estate property from the 2012 level of market value to the 2014 market value. This means the actual value…
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Why did Mancos schools not honor King?
One has to wonder what message the Mancos School District was trying to convey by non-observance? Was it saying that history and progress serve no value and, therefore, deserve no…
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Coloradans support our public lands
Almost 85 percent of Coloradans support future presidents’ ability to designate national monuments like Chimney Rock and Canyons of the Ancients, local and national treasures. Coloradans understand that our unique…
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The quality of driving is visibly declining
I witnessed a monster truck run a red light that had changed one minute earlier. This T-bone collision would have killed all aboard. I have never seen so many red…
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Seeking treasure in the General Palmer
He would tell me about his work there, it seemed to captivate his imagination. He came into possession of some items after his Aunt Kathy passed away. He was the…
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Sitting senators are not beyond reproach
I applaud U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, for disagreeing with Obama’s attack on coal; it produces more of the energy we use than any other method. Both it and natural…
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Running to reverse America’s dissolution
I have no political experience, nor do I want to be a politician, but I can no longer stand by and witness the dissolution of our great state and country.…
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Mesa Verde horses are feral, not wild
Let’s get the facts straight. The horses at Mesa Verde are not romantic wild mustangs. They are feral horses that have been abandoned. Like Russian thistles, they are invasive and…
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Does Tipton fear loss of coal support?
Could it be that is what he really cares about? He obviously doesn’t care about pollution and the environment. Karen Skelly Bayfield
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History does not support ‘hate America’
First, let’s say that historically the term “Native Americans” is an open question. It appears that there were other people (perhaps proto-Melanesians) living in some parts of the Americas before…