Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Right-to-lifers should pledge support

My suggestion is for everyone who is so concerned for the unborn sign a pledge to assume responsibility for the…

August 21, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Trump’s off the rails; give Johnson a look

Your boy Donnie-small-hands (my nickname for Trump – he’s needed one for a while) has seriously gone off the rails…

August 21, 2016

Editorials

Southwest Colorado benefits from unique program to help promising startups

Five of the most promising business ideas made presentations Thursday at the Southwest Colorado Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs gathering at…

August 21, 2016

Editorials

Colorado Trail is a fitting monument to the woman who built it

Gudrun Timmerhaus Gaskill was known as the “Mother of the Colorado Trail,” but that title almost fails to describe the…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Lachelt shows how government can work

In the spring of this year, a county maintainer inadvertently damaged our irrigation pipeline. We didnâ€™t discover the damage until…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Do not make tourists pay for recycling

The lovely home we rented was outside the city limits so there was no recycling pickup. Undeterred, we made the…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Redeveloping Camino del Rio needed

Traffic on this thoroughfare is a fact of life because it is the only road through town. Unless a bypass…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Letter writer wrong on county spending

Fox attempts to create a scenario in which the current county commissioners are seen as having been unthinkingly profligate in…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Thanks to BID for bolstering downtown

Few amenities make visitors feel more welcome than smiling faces! This summer, BID’s new Downtown Ambassador Program placed seven smiling…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Stapleton wrong about Colorado PERA

Colorado PERA remains Colorado’s best investment by delivering a dignified and stable earned pension to 92,000 Colorado resident retirees. In…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

J. Paul Brown ridiculing serious science

I looked up Brown’s official blog to read details of his reasoning. I find not a word about global warming,…

August 20, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Tax burden should be equally shared

Property and business owners are already helping to pay for schools, cemeteries, libraries, fire departments, human services, water, etc. We…

August 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Keep the Arc; it has become part of us

Over time and getting over my naming issues, I became very fond of the Arc. It has a clean dramatic…

August 18, 2016

Editorials

From foodies to the hungry: We have many ways to connect with our local food system

On the heels of the 2016 La Plata County Fair that celebrates our agricultural heritage, and as the growing season…

August 18, 2016

Letters to the Editor

GOP showing antipathy to common good

The other, from U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, is an attack on a government agency that was sent in to…

August 17, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Not the teams, but imagery must change

Chiefs, warriors and a long list of words from Native American life made their way into sports. To someone living…

August 17, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Remember abortion when casting ballot

If this nation were to grant to our own God-given children the same protection that we give to convicted criminals…

August 17, 2016

Editorials

Industry right that more should be known, but NASA gas findings are call to action

In response to the NASA study, a press release from local gas industry groups said it was “a good first…

August 17, 2016

Editorials

Master Leasing Plan: S.W. Colorado’s jewels deserve highest possible protections

Animas City Mountain is mostly under the ownership of the Bureau of Land Management. The city of Durango has invested…

August 16, 2016

Letters to the Editor

With Trump the truth is simply irrelevant

Actually, it’s Donald Trump who “cannot tell a lie.” Huh? To better understand this claim, track down a 2005 monograph,…

August 16, 2016

Letters to the Editor

County’s tax study for airport incomplete

The survey only covered businesses – not the impact on all of the area’s property owners. I would bet the…

August 16, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Check your receipts carefully for errors

I peruse mine very carefully and find so many mistakes on a regular basis (average three out of four shopping…

August 15, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Is airport priority over roads, schools?

Lockwood quotes an unsubstantiated assertion that 100,000 additional people could choose to use the airport, but don’t. He blames it…

August 15, 2016

Editorials

Lack of funding puts lakes and reservoirs at risk from invasive species

It is ironic, then, to see a frustrating funding situation unfold in Colorado involving other unwanted species, only this time…

August 15, 2016