Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Donald Trump is no Abraham Lincoln

A Republican leader says: “But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate – we can not consecrate – we…

April 17, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: The time has come to sacrifice beards

So I researched such a question on Google and, sure enough, full beards can be the forgotten source of hidden…

April 17, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Criticism of LPEA board is in bad faith

Sue McWilliams’ letter (“It’s time to really grill La Plata Electric,” March 13) asserts the LPEA board is not transparent…

April 17, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t let this area reopen without tests

As of April 10, La Plata County and Archuleta County had performed less than 200 tests with a population of…

April 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I am very disappointed with our Walmart

Two other employees (no masks) stood chatting within two feet of each other for an extended period of time. The…

April 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Now’s the time to rescue our restaurants

Roughly 30,000 restaurants have already closed for good across the country, with more than 110,000 expected to shutter in the…

April 16, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Letter writer misunderstands LPEA

She compares farm co-ops to LPEA. Farm co-ops are venerable businesses but bear little resemblance to LPEA, which provides essential…

April 16, 2020

Editorials

Our view: How free are we now?

pandemic could soon test the value of safety versus civil liberty

April 16, 2020

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

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April 15, 2020

Editorials

Plague Journal: A Fifth Great Awakening?

we use this time of isolation to become more mindful? Yes, indeed

April 15, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Thanks for seeing Albanians’ generosity

Our daughter joined the Peace Corps in 2007 and spent two years living in a small Albanian mountain community. We…

April 15, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Durango should let us into Nighthorse

On the Durangogov.org website, I see residents are encouraged to continue hiking, biking and running but to maintain the legally…

April 15, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trust Unger and science for LPEA board

Many believe that renewable energy is available only if the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. Wrong, both…

April 15, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mike Smedley’s no model citizen himself

New Mexicans support Colorado’s economy by purchasing second homes, supporting ski areas, restaurants, retail businesses, grocery stores and The Durango…

April 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Maybe city should make us wear masks

Especially in grocery stores, where it seems that most of the employees are not wearing masks and they are the…

April 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Which idiots opened the golf courses?

Honestly, our family walked the river trail Saturday and a group of older women refused to social distance, walking three…

April 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Cleaned bicycle lanes bring me peace

Most of the dangerous street debris ends up in the bicycle lanes, which forces me to cycle very close to…

April 14, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: I want justice for cyclist Ben Sonntag!

According to the district attorney, he is waiting for reports from the Colorado State Patrol. Somebody is not doing their…

April 14, 2020

Editorials

Our view: School’s out … forever?

some places, it may not come back in as classrooms are reborn with distance

April 14, 2020

Editorials

Our view: The master retires for good

magazine artist Mort Drucker loved what he skewered

April 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Donâ€™t relax these laws for pandemic

When the health of everyone is threatened by a pandemic, having clean air, water and public land is essential to…

April 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: We are calling the president ‘it’ now

If only our supreme leader was around years ago, “it” would have predicted the recession and saved all of us…

April 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Re-elect Guinn Unger to the LPEA board

All of us LPEA members have been incredibly lucky to have someone of Guinn’s intelligence and experience on the board…

April 13, 2020

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Fults is a green choice for LPEA board

In 2017, I ran with Guinn and Rachel for a very different LPEA board. Back then, there was no discussion…

April 13, 2020