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Our View: One-liners we embrace without 600 words
DATE: Jul 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: ‘Lost sense of safety in numbers’
A reader recently reached out to say the freedom to own assault weapons and recent mass shootings have left him noting the exits while shopping at City Market. Point taken. Lately, we’re fee...
DATE: Jul 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Cheney shines light on the lie
Like a must-see binge-worthy TV series, we’re anxious to tune in to upcoming House Select Committee hearings and hear what former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone has to say about his forme...
DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Dropping f-bombs in testimonies
So much has come out of the Jan. 6 hearings. Shattered White House china. Ketchup splattered on a wall. President Trump lunging for the wheel of a car in motion. The nonchalance of former Ch...
DATE: Jul 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Boebert far off on church, state
In fairness to U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, we imagine she says what people are thinking. Her conservative base, that is. In this case, it was her comment on Sunday to worshippers that she is “...
DATE: Jul 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
High voter turnout answer to troubled times
La Plata County voters are responding to current events in a healthy fashion. Whether the goal is to preserve what is good or to change what is not, the most profound power in this country i...
DATE: Jul 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Roe reversal hard hit to science
It’s open season on fundamental rights, now that the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade and other landmark abortion rights cases, despite more than 60% of Americans saying abortion shoul...
DATE: Jun 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Time for homegrown investments in workforce
People move to a new place for one reason, dig in and stay for another, and leave for something else entirely. It’s painfully clear why our workforce leaves. The Durango-area is unaffordable...
DATE: Jun 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Election deniers threaten democracy
When we think of cringy things our dads do, who could top what it must have been like for Ivanka Trump? She stood near her father while his inner circle repeatedly told the former president ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Primaries: Our Picks
Congressional District 3
Democratic primary ballot
CD-3 is the only contested race on the Democratic primary ballot. That individual would challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Ascent not clear on being equitable
Application didn’t articulate how to include most vulnerable students
DATE: Jun 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion
