Letters to the Editor

Cuts to District 9-R budget are significant

To begin with, gifted educators have now largely been eliminated. These full-time teachers were available to identify gifted students, provide…

April 10, 2014

Opera reviews appreciated from afar

Victoria J. Roberts Gardnerville, Nev.

April 10, 2014

Install ‘Arc of History’ in Lubbock, Texas

Cheryl Gonzales Houston

April 10, 2014

Police are New Mexico’s most violent gang

It seems New Mexico police would rather shoot residents than look at them, and it happens almost every day. They…

NRA requirement far cry from endorsement

There is the NRA that promotes gun safety and offers financial grants to small community gun clubs, and then there…

STEAM park would be a boon for Durango

As a relative newcomer to the area, it has always struck me that the city has not better incorporated the…

Gun club should be last on free-rent list

Jim Shadell Durango

PERA to blame for school-funding shortfall

When I was explained the benefits, I thought this is not possible without somebody drawing the short straw, and as…

Denver TV would connect voters, candidates

Ronald Atkinson Durango

Obama is most clueless, inept president

Sorry, even I cannot continue with this parody any longer. Barack Obama is the most clueless and inept person ever…

Become a Salute to Veterans volunteer

Today, local veterans organizations provide outstanding services, but they are the first to admit that coordination of these services, and…

Clean energy helps fight global warming

The report, Moving America Forward, showed that Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard reduced carbon pollution by 3.7 million metric tons in…

To best coexist, leave wildlife alone

Deer, lions, bear, coyote, fox – all manner of wild animals – travel down from the mountains and along this…

Hermosa bill protects habitat for hunting

Hermosa Creek is Colorado’s largest unprotected roadless area and can be accessed just a few miles from downtown Durango. The…

Hillcrest fees heading through the roof

Consider this: Hillcrest made a substantial profit in 2012 and 2013 when membership fees were $450. The hired architect rated…

Durango took good care of Annie Gates

Sandi Lugiewicz-Kilian Gilbert, Ariz.

Move Hermosa measure quickly into law

Sabrina Ragaller Denver

Horses’ plight at Mesa Verde is sad story

Carol Cure Durango

Local hero unlocks traffic snarl

And for the better-than-you-could-ever-dream rescue, Jim Turner, all-American hero, gentleman, supreme engineer and grid unlocker: All I asked of the…

Durango library coffee is good for the soul

Craig S. Hutton Ignacio

Others helped make Purgatory a success

One was Kathy Butler, who was principal bookkeeper/accountant during the first 15 years or so. She and her assistant, Elaine…

Climate change, global warming are different

Goodrich claims climate scientists had to change the name from “global warming” to “climate change.” What nonsense. Why change the…