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Letters to the Editor

Saving our democracy and freedoms

The 2024 presidential election is just around the corner, and the survival of our democracy is on the ballot. The…

September 3, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Panel to be held about Medicare, Medicare Advantage

In addition to football season and election season, it soon will be open season for Medicare and we’ll be bombarded…

September 3, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Names we should know

Hunter Lopez. Rylee McCullum. Humberto Sanchez. Kareem Nikoui. Nicole Gee. Taylor Hoover. These were kids serving their country in Afghanistan.…

September 3, 2024

Editorials

Our view: Next Step debate continues; youth weighs in

This week’s gathering of about 100 that included numerous downtown business owners, almost all in person, to hear advocates for…

August 31, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Rhetoric and leadership

Great rhetoric and great leadership often go hand in hand. “ … and that a government of the people, by…

August 30, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Honor our democracy and police

Jan. 6 will rival the Fourth of July for Trump supporters. Trump wants to honor the traitorous scum that tried…

August 30, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Politics based on imaginary history

Some people support Donald Trump because they remember prices for gas and food were lower four years ago. They were.…

August 30, 2024

Editorials

Our view: Legislature, governor provide compromise on tax increase reduction

Voters will see two fewer questions on November’s ballot as a result of the Legislature’s special session this week. The…

August 29, 2024

Guest Columns

Voting is the foundation of our democracy, so make your voice known

“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” – Louis D. Brandeis The League of Women Voters…

August 29, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Vote for Tim Wheeler for the LPEA board

Tim Wheeler has lived in Durango for 30 years as a resident and business owner. During this time, he has…

August 28, 2024

Letters to the Editor

From a childless dog lady

From a childless dog lady and proud of it! Although I am a little miffed that Sen. Vance didn’t call…

August 28, 2024

Letters to the Editor

The times they are a-changing

In the late ’40s-early ’50s, a small boy could deliver newspapers a half mile from home with his little red…

August 28, 2024

Letters to the Editor

‘Respect and admiration’ for Animas Valley Institute

I have nothing but respect and admiration for the Animas Valley Institute, the organization that guides people into the wilderness…

August 28, 2024

Editorials

Our view: Labor Day: Wages up, options many

Thoughts about Labor Day, now 130 years since its naming. Workers in 1894 had a need for a day that…

August 27, 2024

Guest Columns

Legislators work on tax relief, protecting funding during special session

Rep. Barbara McLachlandu1-i-syn As a former educator, I ran for office in 2016 with the priority of passing legislation to…

August 27, 2024

Guest Columns

Beat the heat with clean tech upgrades for your home

It’s been a record-breaking summer – and not in a good way. About 100 cities across the U.S. are reportedly…

August 24, 2024

Guest Columns

Why would Westerners vote for a man without a dog?

Andrew Gulliforddu1-i-syn OK. OK. I know presidential candidate Donald Trump has his faults. Sure, he’s been impeached twice, divorced twice,…

August 24, 2024

Editorials

Our view: City buys time by postponing sales tax ballot question

Wise taxing officials give themselves room when they plan to go to the voters to approve continuing a tax. That’s…

August 24, 2024

Guest Columns

Growth and change: What are we aiming for?

cca As I have talked to people over the last year or so, one topic comes up regularly: As Durango…

August 24, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Ellen Angeles for state school board

It should come as no surprise that the Republicans who voted Rep. Lauren Boebert into office would turn to another…

August 23, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Letter to ed Dennis Pierce 082524

‘Voter’s choice in District 3 is canceled out by Durango Dems’

August 23, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Whip-smart Wheeler deserves another term

In what many view as a difficult election season, one vote is easy. I gladly filled in the circle to…

August 23, 2024

Letters to the Editor

Preserve what you value

I moved to Durango 29 years ago to live with the man I had just married (the love of my…

August 23, 2024

Letters to the Editor

‘Say no to Next Step’

In discussions with residents of La Plata County as well as business and property owners on Main Avenue, very few…

August 23, 2024