Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Put local people before foreign profits

Since moving to Hesperus in the spring of 2013, I have read about the increasing number of trucks the company…

February 3, 2016

Editorials

Kindergarten

Full-day kindergarten is not a luxury but the beginning of a full education

February 1, 2016

Letters to the Editor

DGO column would mortify Ballantines

But while reading through the publication I came upon a column by Dan Savage. The topics he covered were, to…

February 1, 2016

Editorials

Wolf Creek

FOIA fight marks another chapter in a generation-long battle

February 1, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Return schools to their historical role

So, with all due respect, cut the following: Eliminate the clinic in the schools. Return that health care responsibility to…

February 1, 2016

Editorials

Employment picture

Increase in numbers since recession belies a troubling environment for many

January 31, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Failed summit would raise terror threat

It’s no surprise that the talks will be rendered futile due to lack of representation by Syrian rebel groups who…

January 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

What about the airport and its name?

The airport terminal idiots are still at it. The citizens haven’t voted but they want to go ahead with the…

January 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Soaring airfare defies logic

So my letter is about the why! What happened to our happy little world here that now we have to…

January 30, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Good Samaritan needed with Superfund

It’s encouraging that Rep. Scott Tipton and Sens. Bennet and Gardner have brought forward a discussion draft of a bipartisan…

January 30, 2016

Editorials

Equal pay

Colorado lawmakers should take a bipartisan stand for basic fairness

January 30, 2016

Editorials

Planned Parenthood

Attempted end run around women’s rights did not fool Texas grand jury

January 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Learn the real rules of Durango traffic

There seems to be a new set of “Rules of the Road in Durango”: Lights: Red means go, Green means…

January 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Flag is a symbol of heritage, not racism

It is a symbol of our heritage. I, being a “flag flyer,” would enjoy sitting and talking with critics over…

January 28, 2016

Letters to the Editor

AHS uses a helpful approach to learning

I’m an Animas High School graduate currently attending college out of state as a freshman. Animas High School uses a…

January 27, 2016

Editorials

Getting it right

requesting Superfund listing, officials seek warranted assurances

January 27, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Misinformation putting museum at risk

The Southern Ute Tribal Council has made the decision to discontinue financial support and declared that the SUCCM board of…

January 27, 2016

Editorials

Snowdown

dreams are made of this: It’s back to the eighties for winter fun

January 26, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Socialism or how it was in Reagan years?

I attribute this inflation to the state of Colorado divesting from higher education. Colorado ranks 49th in state spending per…

January 25, 2016

Letters to the Editor

How your property tax bill was calculated

This was a reappraisal year where Colorado Assessor’ brought every real estate property from the 2012 level of market value…

January 25, 2016

Editorials

Methane

of Land Management rules model Colorado’s effective plan

January 25, 2016

Editorials

Child care

would expand a pilot program to let counties experiment with ‘cliff effect’

January 23, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Why did Mancos schools not honor King?

One has to wonder what message the Mancos School District was trying to convey by non-observance? Was it saying that…

January 23, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Coloradans support our public lands

Almost 85 percent of Coloradans support future presidents’ ability to designate national monuments like Chimney Rock and Canyons of the…

January 23, 2016