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Summer on hold: Raging wildfires, and a forest closure, define the summer of 2018

du1-i-syn They may have seen the highlight of the summer of 2018. That’s a pessimistic prediction, and we hope we…

June 11, 2018

Charles Krauthammer

Krauthammer: Fate has decided for me

du1-i-syn In August of last year, I underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in my abdomen. That operation was…

June 11, 2018

Editorials

Funding PERA: Legislature steps in again to fund the program

du1-i-syn Indeed, the announcements of the measure to clear the unfunded balance of $50 billion, as cited in the bill,…

June 7, 2018

Editorials

The right move

Emily Rice/The Journal<br><br>About 100 staff, students, parents and community members attended a Dolores School District board in April.du1-i-syn The raise…

June 4, 2018

Guest Columns

Parker: Roseanne’s ouster shows times are changing

Parkerdu1-i-syn It seems too facile to call her merely racist, which her recent tweet about former White House adviser Valerie…

June 4, 2018

Editorials

Class of 2018

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>Fort Lewis College graduates throw their mortarboards after recieving their diplomas in Whalen Gym.du1-i-syn We applaud those young…

May 31, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: The threat from Italy’s economic turmoil

Samuelsondu1-i-syn Another debacle may be on its way. Its epicenter would be Italy, which may threaten the rest of the…

May 31, 2018

Letters to the Editor

Setting things straight on Rosa Sabido

The gentleman was not happy with the answer I gave, that Rosa has been trying to become a citizen of…

May 31, 2018

Parker: Philadelphia’s unnecessary war on Catholics

Parkerdu1-i-syn On the surface, one might say this is a classic case of state vs. church: The city must uphold…

May 29, 2018

Letters to the Editor

The Bridge needs your support now

The shelter now provides seasonal shelter, breakfast and dinner for approximately 40 homeless men and women a night. Last year,…

May 25, 2018

Editorials

Remember Me: Veteran Bob Harms commemorates the Memorial Day holiday in verse

Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald – John Jarrett, Chaplian at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 reflected in the Veterans Memorial…

May 25, 2018

Guest Columns

The globalization of threats is an unavoidable fact

du1-i-syn This week could well prove decisive in Congo’s current Ebola outbreak, which started in April and, at this writing,…

May 25, 2018

Editorials

Time for Tipton and Gardner to support local leaders, public lands

du1-i-syn The bill now heads for a vote by the full Senate. A companion bill, introduced by Rep. Scott Tipton,…

May 21, 2018

Robert Samuelson

Our new capitalism strikingly resembles the old

That has been true for most of our history. To be sure, economic change now abounds: The internet; vast U.S.…

May 21, 2018

Editorials

Chilcoat and Franklin: Don’t prosecute identity politics

Prosecute criminal acts, if necessary, but not identity politics

May 17, 2018

Guest Columns

Singletary: Speedy credit card transactions dangerous for consumers

MIchelle Singletarydu1-i-syn Three seconds. That’s all it takes for the actor to pay for a hat that flies off the…

May 17, 2018

Joyce Rankin

Rankin: Colorado’s charter schools outperformed all public schools nationally

Joyce Rankindu1-i-syn There is a nationally recognized test given every other year to fourth and eighth-graders that has been around…

May 14, 2018

Editorials

Energy leases: Let’s hold back some of our last best places

Let’s hold back some of our last, best places

May 14, 2018

From the Mayor

Sheek: Maintaining the beautiful landscape of Cortez

Karen Sheekdu1-i-syn Mark heads a crew of two full-time and seven part-time employees whose job it is to maintain the…

May 14, 2018

Editorials

Voting by district: For better government, avoiding further divisiveness, the legislature voted right

Legislature voted right to build a better government for entire county

May 9, 2018

Kathleen Parker

Paul Ryan tries – and fails – at a House exorcism

Kathleen Parker But these days, the Hill is buzzing as people absorb the odd goings-on between House Speaker Paul Ryan,…

May 7, 2018

Editorials

Public notices: SB 156 is another attack on the public’s right to know

156: another attack on the public’s right to know government’s business

May 7, 2018

Letters to the Editor

BOCC meeting is not a candidate forum

It is not a place a candidate for that office to talk about their policies and what they would do.…

May 7, 2018

Guest Columns

Brown: Access to international trade critical for Colorado ranchers and farmers

Don Brown Colorado farmers and ranchers understand that there are a lot of things like weather and market price fluctuations…

May 3, 2018