Opinion

Pot downtown

government should not designate any Durango neighborhoods as second class

March 15, 2014

Opinion

Cabin Fever organizers thank supporters

Members and business in our community support the museum. It is an all-volunteer group and we appreciate the public’s interest…

Opinion

Check out our new look!

Today is the new look for your local weekly. Next week, our website, www.pinerivertimes.com, will be updated as well. The…

Maginnis’ dog must have eaten homework

Terry Zink Durango

Boys & Girls Club, NRA do not compare

There are many nonprofits who are worthy of taxpayer support, but the NRA (through subsidized leases with the county and…

Merchants must stop harvesting data

I recently told the Home Depot clerk that I would just throw away the no-stick imported duct tape before submitting…

NRA provides insurance, funds to club

Also, it’s NRA/ILA that is the political part. The branch that the gun club wants us to belong to is…

CIA and Senate intelligence

has earned public flogging

Skier story should have been more serious

It takes a planned effort to ski out-of-bounds at Purgatory, and by Alex Maginnis’ own admission and the gear he…

LPEA’s meter story keeps changing

During LPEA’s original public and private smart meter informative meetings aimed at enticing co-op members to accept the meters, LPEA…

Ethics and politics

Commission should focus on merits of each case

Pot revenue

not treat this as a windfall up for grabs; fully fund the state’s schools first

Rights are meaningless to those in power

No, you have not walked a mile in my shoes or understand what I could possibly be thinking. I joined…

March 10, 2014

Data breaches

Standard needed for notifying customers

March 10, 2014

Give consequences for juvenile ski behavior

While I understand there is a hesitancy to issue bills because La Plata County Search and Rescue does not want…

March 10, 2014

Film left viewer feeling violated

I was shaken to the core by the violence, treatment of women and outright abuse that was displayed in nearly…

Spend war funding on other priorities

I was disturbed to learn that, in his budget request of March 4, President Obama asked Congress for $80 billion…

A Bitcoin caution

suggestion: Shake your head in wonder and stay on sidelines

La Plata County needs to end child abuse

According to the Kempe Foundation, children who experience abuse are three times more likely to abuse drugs, commit three times…

Put Durango families ahead of development

While other Colorado communities work toward preserving limited housing stock for working families, Durango’s recipe for economic development appears to…

Editorial gave wrong impression about Pai

Everyone, please Google “Ajit Pai” and read the whole story. Dan Ammann Durango

There is an answer to the manhole problem

Having spent time putting in manholes and valves for water lines and fire plugs, I know it is possible to…

Beware of Arizona speed traps

Star Valley uses traffic cameras set at the bottom of steep hills entering town with a sudden speed reduction from…