Opinion

Don’t confuse deniers with climate facts

Ironically, this letter was placed directly above and adjacent to a column by Robert Samuelson discussing the recent international conference…

Farmington should annex city of Aztec

On Dec. 21, Aztec approved a new electrical contract during a little known special session. The real winners of this…

Affiliation

away from parties understandable, but caucusing requires choosing sides

Pot and banking

Allowing legal marijuana sellers to use banks should be a priority for Congress

Republicans can support carbon tax

To offset these slightly higher energy costs, half the proceeds could be refunded to low- and middle-income households. A border…

Airport terminal is not the problem

In the past five years, I’ve been embarrassed to call that airport home, and you should be too! The person…

Is ISIL a problem with no solution?

These days, from our president and from Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton, we hear that our effort to defeat ISIL…

Opinion piece was not well researched

We are taught today that the word regulated means controlled by legal process. Well, even today, that is not the…

SAT

mid-year switch forces bothschools and students to scramble

Scientists grab at global warming straws

The reasoning is that ice melting at high latitudes results in the meltwater moving to lower latitudes, which increases the…

Who stole Xmas this year?

Cyclists, pedestrians must share road

I see signs and hear people say that you must share the road. What I do not understand is why…

Register by Jan. 4 to be part of caucus

One area of confusion seems to be the difference between caucuses and primaries. Colorado no longer has a presidential primary;…

Commissioners need to earn voters’ trust

Could it be, instead, that voters simply do not trust the county enough to give $50 million, especially in light…

Prosecute NRA for abetting gun violence

Toward this end, the NRA disingenuously conflates “regulation” with “abridgement of the right to bear” and has used this obfuscation…

2015

Durango, La Plata County took on enduring issues and conversations

Merry Christmas!

time to share, to remember, to give and to enjoy the holiday

The beauty of Christmas and mountains

Piercing cobalt Christmas skies, Envelopes me in quiet peace, No city folk would recognize. For here, in silence Christmas speaks…

Redistricting

Minority stakeholders wrongly overlooked, but group can correct the oversight

Reckless teen drivers should fix damage

On all occasions, the police responded to the accident. Fortunately, there were no physical injuries; people, horses and pets were…

County roads

Commissioners would be right to try again to increase property tax

Watch out for inconsiderate dog owners

A large dog came at the window with a roar (not a bark) at my eye level only a few…

City’s glass move a big step backward

But to now remove all glass recycling sites and make everyone drive out to the Durango Recycle Center? What is…

Pot and power

Growing marijuana uses huge amounts of electricity and produces pollution