Opinion

Give jobs to Americans, not foreigners

To further add to the stew, some members of the ERM project team had previously worked with the corporation that…

March 8, 2014

Gun ranges

of public property should not be tied to support for a political advocacy group

March 8, 2014

Charge lost skier for search, rescue costs

Lorna Waddington Durango

Paint stewardship is wave of the future

Manufacturers make and sell paint. I choose to buy paint. Together, we should be responsible for the cost of proper…

Ban smoking at Durango apartment house

Itâ€™s a fact that some people residing or visiting have taken to communal spaces and caused everyone else to breathe…

Backcountry errors

Man’s rescue was fortunate, though the ordeal he suffered was wholly avoidable

CDOT seems committed to confusing drivers

The only thing more alarming than having 30,000 to 45,000 cars pass through the DoubleTree intersection every day is the…

March 4, 2014

Local mogul events were wins for all

Coming from a state with quite a few mountain options to ski/board, ironically, we don’t have the mogul training opportunities/competitions…

March 4, 2014

Shutdown costs

puts partisanship in perspective

March 4, 2014

Tipton’s bill

Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act deserves swift subcommittee approval

March 3, 2014

Newsroom monitors step toward takeover

We should remember these words of Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas: “As nightfall does not come at once, neither…

FLC could be interesting learning place

Jim Fitzgerald Bayfield

Printing global-warming lies damages society

At some point, the media figured out that these articles were destructive lies and decided to stop printing them. Folks…

Negative factor

Funding would support K-12 education

Tax reform

Proposal is a good start, despite carping

Some taxpayers mad about lack of discipline

Janet Hardy Durango

More information needed about FLC credits

Burke indicated this decision flies in the face of “shared governance.” My question is: If faculty voted to decrease their…

Install carbon-monoxide detector to be safe

Carbon monoxide is produced when a fossil-fueled appliance does not achieve complete combustion. These gases are normally removed by way…

Chapman Hill, an excellent community asset

I have three kids who spent on average five days a week at Chapman Hill, either after school or after…

Roberts’ water bill shows political courage

So, who will be today’s heroes and lead the current conversations? Who can we go to today if we want…

Parents: Brush your kids’ teeth

What’s most disturbing about childhood dental disease is it is pervasive despite being nearly 100 percent preventable. The truth is…

Gun club’s rules take a right turn

Steve Doob Durango

Suing Animas High School is appalling

As a senior at Animas High School and the daughter of a founder, I have witnessed AHS grow from an…