Opinion

Action needed on Browns Canyon

Browns Canyon on the Arkansas River is another rafting mecca. Like Durango, nearby Colorado communities benefit from visitors who are…

Sheriff debate showed striking differences

Sheriff Duke Schirard spent more than 30 minutes complaining about not having enough budget to work with, despite having a…

VA problems hint at larger issue

Dave Semadeni Hesperus

Remove green paint before tragedy strikes

The city is really asking for a big lawsuit by putting cyclists out there in this suicide zone and is…

Global warming is about taxing industries

By the left attacking our energy sector, costs for power go up, and thus manufacturers ship jobs to China, where…

Primary election

Republicans should pick Tipton, Neal and Beauprez; for others there are no races

Opinion

PTSA selling school supply kits

The Bayfield Parent Teacher Student Association has been working with the BEPS teachers to provide you with supply kits for…

Opinion

Memorial Day service was lovely in Allison

Jimmy Sutton and Lynn Swanemyr raised the flag as the Durango Acapella Quartet sang the national anthem. Pastor Al TeBrink…

Opinion

League of Women Voters releases views on federal agriculture policies

Earlier this year the League of Women Voters of La Plata County, along with 242 other state and local LWVs,…

D-Day

Marking the 70th anniversary of a decisive step in a historic triumph over tyranny

Sheriff should be able to handle scheduling

A basic skill for any manager is know how to properly schedule employees and allow for emergencies. Schirard has access…

Keep farmers market vendors varied

The board seems to be comprised only of agricultural vendors and one token nonag individual with no voting power. As…

Colorado and EPA

is well-poised to adapt to new greenhouse-gas regulations

Dividers create snow problem

Eleanor Miller Durango

Past time to demand rational gun control

As reported in The New York Times, the grief-stricken father of Christopher Martinez, one of the students killed in the…

Give veterans a choice for health care

Even though I am a vet, I have never used the VA system – first, because I am not a…

Prisoner swap

U.S. does not abandon military members

Sewer customers paid for lavish party

At the April 15 City Council meeting, City Manager Ron LeBlanc said they needed the 127 residents’ money to pay…

Help stop modern slave trade

There are 27 million slaves in the world today, and their only hope is a few organizations, which are scattered…

All should know the rules for service dogs

First, the motel was wrong for flatly denying them a room. They simply can’t do that. As the article says,…

Sheriff Duke Schirard right to drop ICE holds

Together with CIRC, Compañeros is presenting a policy of RESPECT, or reinforcing effective, safe policing and enhancing community trust. Schirard’s…

June 1, 2014

Some climate change facts are indisputable

With all this conflicting “scientific” information, just how does one come to a proper conclusion about climate change, especially if…

June 1, 2014