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9-R made big mistake in deal with fire district

The biggest mistake in Durango’s recent history took place Tuesday. The 9-R School Board voted unanimously to sell the Administration Building to the Durango Fire District. The decision is s...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Community garden enriches family’s life

The Riverview garden (Ohama Kuleana Communityh Garden) enriches my life and my children’s lives. We walk there a few nights a week, frolic in the sunflowers, taste the herbs, and pick the st...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Student appreciates Ohana Kuleana garden

I have been a student at Riverview Elementary School since kindergarten. And the school garden (Ohana Kuleana Community Garden) has been a part of my experience for a long time. I have lea...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Benefits of garden are beyond measure

I want to dispel the the myth that the Ohana Kuleana Community Garden serves a narrow band of community members. As a teacher at Riverview Elementary School, I have worked with over a thous...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Afghan women need support as Taliban takes over again

Anyone who in the past five years has bought an RBG poster or wore an “I'm with her” shirt or supported the #Metoo movement or gave more than two thoughts to the plight of women needs to st...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Smedley takes stand on funding Brewfest

I want to take a moment to recognize and thank Mike Smedley of Bank of the San Juans. This year, San Juan Brewfest will be mandating “proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or proof of a negativ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Boebert cares only about gun rights

Somewhere God said, “Let there be guns,” and Lauren Boebert is for being able to carry her gun into the House chamber. That’s all she’s for. However, one of the many things she is against is...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Keep Buckley Park for the people

What is the city and 9R thinking? Buckley Park is the gem of downtown. To sell the Buckley Park parcel and see it become another hotel (we already have too many) or condo unit is unthinkable...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We need to fix our broken tax system

I am now 75, looking back on my life and forward at my country’s future. Sadly, I see a country that loves its billionaires but not its ordinary families, nor its children, nor its elderly. ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Congress must work to lower drug prices

Everyone should be able to access and afford the medication they need in order to live the healthiest life possible. As drug prices have risen, insurers are shifting costs to consumers, and...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Yes to trees, no to underpass

The underpass to be constructed at East 32nd and Fourth streets is just another sign that the Durango city government is out of touch and wastes too much of our tax money on unproven, unnece...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Arctic Refuge needs support in 2021 budget bill

Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., has an important opportunity to show he stands with the values of his fellow Coloradans by supporting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.   The massive budg...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor