Opinion

Interest-rate hike

Interest-rate hike

Fed’s quarter point increase will add to nation’s economic stability, strength

December 13, 2015

Sanders’ perspectives prompt head nods

Letters to the Editor

Sanders’ perspectives prompt head nods

P.S. We are involved in agriculture. Jim Smith Bayfield

December 12, 2015

Workforce housing keeps spending local

Letters to the Editor

Workforce housing keeps spending local

Workers struggling with high rents can relocate to a different region, creating turnover and instability for local businesses. Or they…

December 12, 2015

Anti-GMO labeling bill a travesty

Letters to the Editor

Anti-GMO labeling bill a travesty

Julie Meadows Durango

December 12, 2015

There should be rules for kids on trolley

Letters to the Editor

There should be rules for kids on trolley

They were going around the entire loop, all the way from the Transit Center back to the Transit Center, apparently…

December 12, 2015

LPEA base rate eclipses similar towns’

Letters to the Editor

LPEA base rate eclipses similar towns’

Anne Markward Durango

December 12, 2015

City reaped ticket money on Noel Night

Letters to the Editor

City reaped ticket money on Noel Night

I saw vehicles being towed. Traffic was horrible because the police and tow trucks had the streets blocked. The city…

December 12, 2015

Choose ‘R’ or ‘D’ to vote in primary

Letters to the Editor

Choose ‘R’ or ‘D’ to vote in primary

I hope everyone who thinks similarly that this great man would do our country a lot of good knows that…

December 12, 2015

Register Democrat and vote for Bernie

Letters to the Editor

Register Democrat and vote for Bernie

I am part of the future generation, and I want to tell my peers that we will all be affected…

December 12, 2015

Juniper School

Sustainable funding plan a first step

December 12, 2015

Who would Jesus shoot?

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Who would Jesus shoot?

Now comes the president of Liberty University to declare that “more good people with concealed-carry permits … could end those…

December 10, 2015

Money influences climate change divide

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Money influences climate change divide

Why? Vested interests. Koch Industries, Exxon and other corporations want to continue polluting. The foundations advocate free market enterprise, and…

December 10, 2015

Climate notes

from Reagan, first Bush eras show how U.S. politics have veered

December 10, 2015

Elderly especially must prepare for cold

Letters to the Editor

Elderly especially must prepare for cold

In the event of massive snowstorms, will you have the resources needed to sustain at home for long periods of…

December 9, 2015

Story diminished value of murder victims

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Story diminished value of murder victims

One of those cases is that of Dennis Sleater. I want you to know that I think you have done…

December 9, 2015

ESS Act

Long-needed education update enacted with emphasis on decentralization

December 9, 2015

Word choice poor in seeking quiet

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Word choice poor in seeking quiet

I raised my voice at a table near theirs to urge its occupants to be quiet, but unfortunately, my choice…

December 9, 2015

Those on watch list should not get guns

Letters to the Editor

Those on watch list should not get guns

John Hopkins Durango

December 8, 2015

Vote for candidates concerned for future

Letters to the Editor

Vote for candidates concerned for future

Too many elected officials continue to both fight off gun control and ignore the fact that we have passed the…

December 8, 2015

Women in combat

Women in combat

Secretary of Defense’s announcement simply codified reality of modern war

December 8, 2015

City wrong to subsidize nonresident rates

Letters to the Editor

City wrong to subsidize nonresident rates

A few months later, the Council suddenly reversed course, deciding instead that nonresidents should pay the same water rates that…

December 7, 2015

Give $20 to a struggling individual

Letters to the Editor

Give $20 to a struggling individual

Merry Christmas and happy all the other holidays, too. You’ve got to love living in this place, right? Sue Petranek…

December 7, 2015

Fund LARC

Program providing long-acting reversible contraceptives is proven, cost-effective

December 7, 2015

Netanyahu is short on real substance

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Netanyahu is short on real substance

That there is rich irony in this pair of opposed objectives is evident in Netanyahu’s primary interest in increased military…

December 6, 2015

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