Letters to the Editor

Thank Polis for more electric vehicles

Those suffocating black exhaust clouds from diesel engines will soon be shrinking, and we will be able to enjoy time…

January 22, 2019

Progressives, fat cats want open borders

The influx of illegal, low-skilled workers depresses the wages of other workers, shifting money from local working families to business…

January 22, 2019

Colorado hunters, please take the survey

That time is now, and for the first time in a long time, CPW seems to want to do the…

January 21, 2019

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,…

January 21, 2019

Furloughed workers show integrity

On my return from Denver, I dreaded going through the seemingly endless sea of people awaiting security clearance. But all…

January 18, 2019

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

January 15, 2019

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…

January 15, 2019

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

January 11, 2019

Homeless, immigration debates similar

There are many similarities. Both groups stir up quite a debate. Supporters of either feel an obligation to help. Opponents…

January 10, 2019

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…

January 10, 2019

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…

January 9, 2019

City does great with code enforcement

I spent my career managing construction and infrastructure, and have lived in small, medium and large cities; Iâ€™ve seen the…

January 9, 2019

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…

January 9, 2019