Opinion

Remove ‘Scenic Overlay District’ from code

Under the proposed land use code my neighbors could well lose this opportunity. In the “Scenic Overlay District,” farming, farmers…

Good to see LPEA members so involved

Transparency about issues, information, and options;Member interests made primary by the board;All options explored – not just one;Information about risks,…

Wheeled threat to wilderness returns

They’re back! With all the hubbub nonsense about important national priorities going on in the Capitol, Republican representative Tom McClintock…

Tipton does average Coloradans no favors

Are you a teacher? Tipton’s House version eliminated deductions for classroom supplies. The Senate did add back $250. Need to…

Editorial on code erred on many points

You claim the code “incorporates input from multiple working groups.” Who are these groups? Did they include the chambers of…

Rep. Tipton, give back your shutdown pay

That wasn’t the case for Rep. Tipton. While the rest of us struggled at home, he continued to receive his…

Headline prompts some soul searching

My baser farting, burping, good-ol’-boy instinct has me laughing as the dirty, tattered exodus goes slouching toward Bethlehem, up the…

LUC Redux: Met by heavy criticism, land use code proposal has sparked healthy debates

Durango- From left, Joanne Spina, La Plata County Manager, and county commissioners, Brad Blake, Gwen Lachelt and Julie Westendorff, lead…

FLC can rebound if it shakes old practices

Even as we have faced declining enrollment, we have added an associate V.P. of Academic Affairs and an Assistant V.P.…

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Combine the themes for even more fun

The Snowdown themes are chosen two years ahead from a pool of suggestions that the public submits. This allows event…

SOTU: Trump’s first state of the union full of proposals, but short on specifics

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in…

Remembering the Snowdown founders

I kept score at the first Snowdown softball game. I kept the stats for the first Snowdown Gelande jump. I…

The story behind the Snowdown slogan

In 1990, I had 2-year-old twin boys and was pregnant with our daughter. I read a story on old-time patent…

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Nofles: Congress should act so seniors get the care they need

A failure by Congress to repeal a harsh limit on therapy treatments poses very real financial and medical threats to…

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Will farming be prevented under code?

Nearly all the small lots along County Road 203 on the west side of the valley, and along CR 250…

A Black Tie Affair: Durango pulls together again for Snowdown, the best party of the year

There are so many things that make Snowdown special. That this year marks 40 (!) years of fun and frivolity…

Important information on property taxes

After printing, our software vendor informed all Colorado treasurers that there was a bug in the system that used the…

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Pitts: NEPA modernitzation is long overdue

That is why the U.S. Forest Service is currently seeking to modernize their NEPA regulations for the first time in…

Not impressed with police after robbery

I’m writing here to touch on the lack of support we received from the Durango Police Department upon filing a…

Advertisement was deeply offensive

Why? Because it’s not life this group is supporting, it’s birth. If groups like this truly supported life, the Children’s…