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Our View: Towers of classified documents just might crash onto Trump

Even when we close our eyes, we see those images of boxes with highly sensitive documents – many critical to national security – stacked high in Donald Trump’s bathroom. The story of how the...

DATE: Jun 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Stolen election backers take show on the road

In Buena Vista in central Colorado, colorful flyers with artful graphic design hang in shop windows, advertising summer festivals. Alongside, a smaller one promoted an event on Friday to “el...

DATE: Jun 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Durango composting success depends on economy of scale

Buy-in from most residents would be needed

DATE: Jun 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Debt debacle came too close to losing too much

Thank goodness, the debt ceiling debacle is over with the passing of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. We appreciate the delegates who worked toward compromise to avert this crisis. A s...

DATE: Jun 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Proposed civic center would be labor of love

It’s easier to lose history rather than hold onto it. So we’re especially pleased that the city of Durango is willing to realize its vision of a Civic Center Complex for the Durango School D...

DATE: Jun 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Need the best minds on ‘malfunction junction’

Conflict point in the world of transportation is defined as one where “intersecting traffic merges, diverges or crosses.” We’ll venture to guess the Durango intersection of 14th Street, Main...

DATE: Jun 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Thank you, doctors, who spoke about tubal surgery

There’s risk in speaking out. We journalists knew this when we signed up for this profession. We also have the First Amendment as backup to protect our free speech. But obstetricians, gyneco...

DATE: Jun 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Lower basin states’ water reduction agreement a substantial start

Critics quickly dismissed the Colorado River’s lower basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada’s agreement to reduce water consumption by 3 million acre-feet – enough to supply about 6 ...

DATE: May 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Proposed BLM rule conservation timestamp in history

Expect better outcomes with balanced decision-making

DATE: May 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Treat Dolores parents as school stakeholders

Distrust remains after Boebert’s assembly, lack of transparency

DATE: May 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Boebert’s assembly, funding request timeline

October 21, 2022 Following a phone call, Dolores Secondary School Social Studies teacher Edward Miller asks U.S. Rep. Boebert’s office if she could “make a quick stop before the midterm...

DATE: May 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Don’t fear indoctrination – just be the parent

2022 may go down as the year of momentum to ban books, with conservative groups Moms for Liberty, Daughters of the Confederacy and Utah Parents United better networked, better funded and suc...

DATE: May 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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