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Our view: Pre K-12 could be a Colorado budget target

Work has been underway at the state Capitol since the beginning days of the legislative session to tackle the sizable shortfall in the state’s fiscal year, which begins in July. Costs, tied ...

Our view: ‘The gut’ does the military no good

There are several images in President Donald Trump’s two terms in office, the second just a week old, that will remain in the public’s mind: his escalator descent smearing all Mexican immigr...

Our view: 9-R, Durango, a community of acceptance and support

Welcome to February, and Black History Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness of African Americans’ struggle for freedom and equal opportunity, and celebrating the accomplishments of B...

Our view: Keep public lands in public hands, a refrain

The U.S. currently holds $36.22 trillion in debt. That is a staggering figure creating rightful concern among Americans. It is also set to increase under President Donald Trump’s promise to...

Our view: Southwest Colorado drought projects must be funded

Exactly one week ago, the Southwestern Water Conservation District, the Southwestern Water Conservation and Infrastructure Partnership and its 37 regional partners celebrated a $25.6 million...

Call to readers re: freeze on federal funding

A memo from the White House budget office on Monday placed a freeze on all federal government grant and loan disbursements, and other financial assistance, effective Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 5 p....

Our view: Happy Snowdown

Game on, Durango. It’s SNOWtime! The 46th annual running of Snowdown, Durango’s midwinter festival, filled with fun and games (real ones this year), is off to another great start with a clev...

Our view: In darkness and light, choose the light

It’s been a roller coaster of a week for women’s and civil rights. Last Friday, in the ninth inning of his presidency, Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment law. “It’s the 28th Amend...

Our View: Trump pardons gross miscarriage of justice

Found guilty, pleaded so or charged, 1,600 individuals who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 are free, or will be within hours or days. For most, there was no doubt as to the extent of the...

Our View: President Joe Biden

A day before his final day in office, the world is considering Joe Biden’s performance as president. Historians might say that’s too close up, that six months from now that assessment will b...

Our View: Celebrating Duane A. Smith

Duane A. Smith radiated history, delivering his lectures in a full voice, always in motion. He drew his listeners into events that took place 150 years ago as though they were immediate, set...

Our View: Affordable health care for Southwest Colorado, deadline 11:59 p.m.

Health care has become a deadly business. Last month’s murder of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, has become a symbol of the illness long plaguing America’s health care industry: The ...
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