Opinion

Listen to young visionaries about Next Steps

That downtown Durango’s youngest business owners favor exploring the city’s Next Steps proposal for a more pedestrian friendly, walkable city is telling. This fits with the idea of urban des...

It’s still about Uncle Micky

According to Lindsey Graham, Don Trump is “Bat (dung) crazy.” But that was then, before the wholesale of souls who made a bargain with the devil that Trump’s fascism is the route to make Ame...

Next Step is the wrong step

Next Step is a step in the wrong direction for our downtown. Surely, you all remember the city’s last great project idea, an unsightly overpass over the Animas River and 32nd Street to exten...

Safety on the river trail? Anyone?

Just wondering when the city is going to decide there needs to be some monitoring on the river trail. For the umpteenth time this week (it’s only Wednesday), a helmetless nitwit flew past me...

A mom’s endorsement for Matt Salka

As a mother raising my children in La Plata County, I care deeply about the future of our community. I want my kids to grow up in a place where their voices are heard, and their needs are me...

Extinction crisis, climate change and upcoming election

Planet Earth is in an extinction crisis, and climate change is affecting us and all species on Earth now and in the future. No mention of this from the presidential candidates. This is cruci...

Trump ‘belittled and demeaned those who served’

As the daughter of a career Air Force officer, and the proud grandmother of an active duty airman, I will never understand how any current member of the military, any veteran, or any family ...

Reelect Tim Wheeler to another LPEA term

La Plata Electric Association is in the beginning of a historic period that will shape the future of energy in our region. On April 1, 2026, LPEA will exit its restrictive contract with Tri-...

2024 Alliance Summit is a must-attend event

I would like to take a moment to emphasize the importance of attending the upcoming Alliance Summit focused on “People, Place, and Purpose.” As has traditionally been the case, this year’s S...

Vote ‘no’ on 9-R bond

Durango School District 9-R is asking taxpayers for another $150 million bond, even though we still haven’t paid off the $90 million from 2020. The school board seems comfortable spending mo...

Government needs to tighten its belt

Working two to three jobs in the 1990s-into the 21st century, I secured home mortgages on the south side of East Third Avenue that couldn’t be done in 2024, by working around the clock on wh...

Saving our democracy and freedoms

The 2024 presidential election is just around the corner, and the survival of our democracy is on the ballot. The threat is not an external one such as a foreign adversary but an internal on...
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