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Our View: Uncle right to call out lawmaker on gun tweet

The most biting criticism oftentimes comes from family members. And Uncle Chris Soper did not hold back in saying, “Shame on you!” to his nephew Republican Rep. Matt Soper of Delta over a tw...

Our View: Pat Schroeder: A woman for all times

Congresswoman did meaningful work, while being an attentive parent

Our View: For the love of Southwest trees

Trees aren’t as nurtured as much as they once were. They’re even disappearing and inadvertently losing some popularity as we move away from that water-sucking monocrop, formerly called a law...

Our View: Fox News carries on despite journalistic failures

Fox News Channel is its own exotic animal in the world of journalism. When network commentators didn’t adhere to standards as revealed in the Dominion Voting Systems $1.6 billion defamation ...

Our View: Boebert waded into politics at Dolores school

We strongly support students engaging in civic matters. But we’re uncomfortable with U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s visit on Wednesday to Dolores High School because her talk ventured beyond gov...

Our View: Unhoused camping along Animas River

They remind us, we have more immediate work ahead

Our View: Dave Woodruff for City Council

Dave Woodruff easily answered our questions about Durango’s most pressing issues – housing, business, transportation, taxes, recreation and more. But, mostly, Woodruff impressed us with the...

Our View: Harrison Wendt for City Council

Harrison Wendt was nothing less than a reality check for us. In a meeting with him, Wendt was candid in pointing out the need for full representation on City Council from all of Durango’s re...

Our View: Confusion about Bayfield schools health, sex ed

Black horizontal lines strike through the word “comprehensive” in every reference in Bayfield School District’s new Health and Family Life/Sex Eduction or IHAM policy for seventh grade, appr...

Our View: RV park not popular but a contender

Readers have shared their opinions about the proposed 306-stall luxury RV park in the Animas Valley, particularly after the La Plata County Planning Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve the pr...

Our View: Editor’s note

Dear readers, We asked Durango City Council candidates to write directly to readers, saying what they would bring to the two open seats if elected on Tuesday, April 4. We followed the city’s...

Our View: Ditching Dilbert a no-brainer

The decision to can the Dilbert comic strip after cartoonist Scott Adams’ racist rant on YouTube was an easy one. We joined hundreds of other newspapers, a testament to Adams’ extraordinary ...
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