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Conservatives right on homeless, but...

As a flaming ultra-liberal Durango resident, I would like to take a moment and agree with the conservative letter writers who have recently pointed out that throwing money at the homeless pr...

DATE: Jul 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Front range hail due to climate change?

As a mother, I am concerned about the future of our planet. When a hail storm like the one we had last month wakes us all up in the night, it is a strong reminder that this is very real and ...

DATE: Jul 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The smoke from the train is authentic

In response to the letter to the editor, “ Our little town is one of living history in nature and demeanor. We are not and hopefully never will be an ersatz “historic” Western town. We’re t...

DATE: Jul 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This gentleman is my house-less hero

Last Saturday, my backpack was stolen from me. Later that morning, a gentleman, Dean, returned it to me. He is a self-identified “veteran who is not homeless, just without a house...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

County should tax users, not property

I was glad to see our county officials back down on their latest taxing attack on La Plata county property owners. I think that instead of always going after property owners, they...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This July 4th is the time to go meatless

What ever happened to the good old days when the worst things we had to fear on the 4th of July were traffic jams and wayward fireworks? According to the USDA’s Meat & Poultry Hot...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pardoning war criminals is demeaning

On the 4th of July, we celebrate our military veterans with parades, fireworks, patriotic speeches and, especially, honor the fallen who gave their lives to defend our freedom. Ye...

DATE: Jul 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

What’s the deal with this judge again?

Let’s see, Ashleigh Noland stabs another woman in the neck and, after pleading guilty, gets four years probation for a major felony (“ Tyler Smith pleads guilty for felony evading for his 2...

DATE: Jul 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Recall socialist governor while we can

Governor Polis’ governing is following a bad direction for many Coloradans. Legislation passed to end the Electoral College in Colorado deprives voters of their rights and should ...

DATE: Jul 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why do you have this belching train?

We are visiting Durango for the local events, the outdoor activities and clean mountain air. Our family also planned to ride the train to Silverton and back, but we changed our minds when we...

DATE: Jun 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Youth sports just as rowdy in Durango

After the disgusting display of Adults fighting over a 13-year-old umpire’s call in a 7-year-olds’ baseball league game in Lakewood (“ I had the not-so-great pleasure of officiating Adult ...

DATE: Jun 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter got Mueller statement wrong

In a recent letter to the editor (“ In his May 29 statement, Mueller indicated that the investigation did in fact find that Russian intelligence officers had launched an attack on our polit...

DATE: Jun 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor