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Love and courage at the Rec Center

I was swimming laps at the Durango Recreation Center when the noise grew to a dull roar – the whole 6th grade class of Bayfield Middle School descended. As I gathered my things, my attention...

Take an hour Monday to honor soldiers

Memorial Day is Monday. For one hour, leave your spring cleaning, spring planting, discount shopping, picnic fixings, baseball mitt, suntan lotion, bicycle races, vintage autos, dog walking,...

Who needs China? Trade wars are wrong.

The Trump administration is focused on appropriation of intellectual property if a product is manufactured in China and on the huge trade deficit with China. If U.S. companies tha...

Stop supporting panhandlers, disrespect

The definition of a job is “a task or piece of work, especially one that is paid.” Thus, panhandling is a job. Homeless people accomplish the task of panhandling and are paid. So, why can pa...

Story on caring for mentally ill resonates

Thank you for bringing awareness to a subject that has very little fanfare (“ The most recent article about the frustrations the Middleton family experiences is one of hundreds in this nati...

Ballot wrong place for Electoral College

The petition currently in circulation to force a statewide vote on the National Popular Vote bill would almost certainly be ruled to be unconstitutional by the current Supreme Court. ...

Carbon dividend bill is what’s needed

Appreciation to all who have made changes to reduce their carbon footprint, addressing climate change. Problem is, individual actions are not enough. We need industry a...

Welcome to logic in the age of Trump

The Trump/Barr/Republican leadership position is that: A president cannot be indicted while he’s in office; The attorney general’s decision to exonerate the president i...

There are no conspiracies in this county!

I would like to respond to the letter from Ms. Yarina (“ Colorado requires all county assessors to re-value the property in their county every two years. For tax years 2020 and 2021, values...

The citizens are letting the county down

A letter to the editor accuses our elected county commission and employees of the county of hoodwinks and high jinks with regard to property tax assessments (“ The citizens of La Plata Coun...

We cannot just let wilderness run wild

The recent Forest Service announcement that chain saws will be allowed very sparingly to help clear trails within the South San Juan and Weminuche wildernesses has been met with both praise ...

We have got to stop scaring our children

A photo in the Colorado Independent about the Highlands Ranch STEM school shooting shows a young girl, maybe a first-grader, approaching security personnel with her hands over her head. Are ...
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