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Opinion

Obamacare well-meaning, but it fails to contain costs

The Affordable Care Act is turning out to be clearly anything but affordable. With premiums increasing by double-digit percentages, forcing the insured – and their employers – to adopt highe...

Local plan to generate electricity and soil amendment deserves a chance

Biochar may be an unfamiliar term to Durango denizens, but maybe not for long. It is the generic term for charcoal that is used as a soil amendment, and is commonly made from woo...

Plan and proposed improvements are a benefit for the Animas, all watersheds

Mountains are the water towers of the world. The mountains in the Animas River watershed supply our communities with water for drinking, irrigation, industry, and food and energy production....

Sugar and hearts

Story released this week could change how we eat and how we see research

Hunting season should also be a welcome season for all

It is true. Southwest Colorado is beautiful all year. But perhaps we need a new adjective to describe the glory of autumn? It is hard to mention it – from the Animas headwaters t...

Craft beer: A sure sign a city like ours will succeed

There is a reason Durango continues to make top 10 lists. Our natural beauty, great climate, and friendly people come to mind. So does good beer. It is one of many things that make our commu...

Recreating a generous national ethos need not be built on a tragedy

A nonprofit effort to encourage volunteer activities in response to the loss of life which occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, with the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the cr...

Election season a reminder of importance, value of letters to the editor

As much as we enjoy the erudite work of syndicated columnists and the wit of political cartoonists, and for as much as we enjoy our own standing to comment on current affairs, the fact is th...

Business response to panhandling problems should continue next summer

Fall is officially two weeks away, but Labor Day traditionally closes the “summer” season in Durango. The holiday also ended the Business Improvement District’s first summer effor...

Education and enforcement are key to what is really a human, rather than bear, problem

The clever motto of the local fruit gleaning program says, “No apple left behind.” In its third year in Durango, fruit gleaning is an age-old practice to collect crops from farmers’ fields l...

In light of historic problems, it is good to see Carbon Junction mine reclamation succeed

That the reclamation of the Carbon Junction coal mine site on Ewing Mesa is complete is certainly good news. Even more so is knowing that the 160-acre parcel of land with a stunning view of ...

Twenty-first century news and opinion requires hashtags, 140 characters

From the Editorial Board: Digital disruption. Simply, it is a term used to describe the internet’s impact on most industries. The popularity of Airbnb and Uber, whic...
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