Next Step is a step in the wrong direction for our downtown. Surely, you all remember the city’s last great project idea, an unsightly overpass over the Animas River and…
Just wondering when the city is going to decide there needs to be some monitoring on the river trail. For the umpteenth time this week (it’s only Wednesday), a helmetless…
As a mother raising my children in La Plata County, I care deeply about the future of our community. I want my kids to grow up in a place where…
As the daughter of a career Air Force officer, and the proud grandmother of an active duty airman, I will never understand how any current member of the military, any…
La Plata Electric Association is in the beginning of a historic period that will shape the future of energy in our region. On April 1, 2026, LPEA will exit its…
I would like to take a moment to emphasize the importance of attending the upcoming Alliance Summit focused on “People, Place, and Purpose.” As has traditionally been the case, this…
How much time should students spend in the classroom each week? And each day? We are among those who believe that the four-day week creates a larger teacher and administrator…
Durango School District 9-R is asking taxpayers for another $150 million bond, even though we still haven’t paid off the $90 million from 2020. The school board seems comfortable spending…
Working two to three jobs in the 1990s-into the 21st century, I secured home mortgages on the south side of East Third Avenue that couldn’t be done in 2024, by…
The 2024 presidential election is just around the corner, and the survival of our democracy is on the ballot. The threat is not an external one such as a foreign…
In addition to football season and election season, it soon will be open season for Medicare and we’ll be bombarded with ads for Medicare Advantage from private insurance companies. If…
Hunter Lopez. Rylee McCullum. Humberto Sanchez. Kareem Nikoui. Nicole Gee. Taylor Hoover. These were kids serving their country in Afghanistan. On Aug. 26, 2021, parents and relatives of these kids…
This week’s gathering of about 100 that included numerous downtown business owners, almost all in person, to hear advocates for one side and the other and to question city staff…
Great rhetoric and great leadership often go hand in hand. “ … and that a government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the…
Jan. 6 will rival the Fourth of July for Trump supporters. Trump wants to honor the traitorous scum that tried to end our democracy. Do Republicans really believe that the…
Some people support Donald Trump because they remember prices for gas and food were lower four years ago. They were. But so were wages. Then COVID-19 happened; the economy collapsed.…
While there is excitement about the candidacy of Kamala Harris, Democrats and independent voters in Southwest Colorado need to remember the must-win 3rd Congressional race. Adam Frisch is running for…
Voters will see two fewer questions on November’s ballot as a result of the Legislature’s special session this week. The two were extreme reactions to the higher property taxes property…
“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” – Louis D. Brandeis The League of Women Voters of La Plata County is an organization dedicated to educating…
I am writing this on behalf of the Board of the La Plata County Historical Society. As an organization and as individuals, we are deeply invested in the preservation of…
Tim Wheeler has lived in Durango for 30 years as a resident and business owner. During this time, he has been actively involved in community supporting endeavors, be this the…
From a childless dog lady and proud of it! Although I am a little miffed that Sen. Vance didn’t call me out as “anti-family.” Does that mean I’m better than…
In the late ’40s-early ’50s, a small boy could deliver newspapers a half mile from home with his little red wagon, alone and safe. Your home did not have to…
I have nothing but respect and admiration for the Animas Valley Institute, the organization that guides people into the wilderness to discover their deeper selves. They were the group responsible…
Thoughts about Labor Day, now 130 years since its naming. Workers in 1894 had a need for a day that proclaimed their contribution to the increasingly industrialized American economy where…
Rep. Barbara McLachlandu1-i-syn As a former educator, I ran for office in 2016 with the priority of passing legislation to increase funding for our public schools and support the needs…
The person disparaging Durango’s land acknowledgment because it “focuses on the distant past and the despair and hurt that have occurred” comically misses the entire point of such acknowledgments, while…
As part of a $400,000 effort to “test” the viability of the city’s plan to redo Historic Downtown Durango into an outdoor dining mall, the city has installed fake sidewalks,…
It’s been a record-breaking summer – and not in a good way. About 100 cities across the U.S. are reportedly on track for their hottest summer ever recorded. As heat…
Andrew Gulliforddu1-i-syn OK. OK. I know presidential candidate Donald Trump has his faults. Sure, he’s been impeached twice, divorced twice, convicted of sexual assault, charged with stealing government documents, forced…
