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The season to thank locals on 416 Fire

As my wife Ellen and I reflect on 2018, we are so thankful for those in this community who – day in and day out – place others before themselves. They are the professionals (caree...

DATE: Dec 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Skyridge must be made safe from fire

As a resident of Skyridge, I am very concerned about the fire danger threatening the inhabitants. Skyridge residents live at the interface of open land with dense oak brush forest...

DATE: Dec 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

These stupid, reckless, selfish drivers

Stupid reckless selfish drivers Recently, within three days, I was almost involved in two different automobile accidents as a result of two stupid, impatient drivers, by their imp...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tax credits can help with insurance cost

Thank you for the recent article on the cost of health insurance which pointed out the acute challenge of high premiums in rural areas of our state (“High health insurance prices mean ill wi...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Winston, the British lion, is still roaring

Thank you for publishing the review of the excellent biography of Churchill, by Andrew Roberts (“An antidote to idiocy in new Churchill biography,’ Dec. 20). I was one of the esti...

DATE: Dec 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Where is all this water coming from?

I found myself thirsty after reading “ There’s a 400-home subdivision planned for east of Bayfield. At Three Springs, they’re talking 2,300 homes, and in Twin Buttes, up to 655. In Edgemon...

DATE: Dec 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

You look just like an ostrich on climate

In response to Robert Goodrich’s letter, “ I realize head-in-the-sand denialism is one way to deal with the realization that we are all responsible. But to dream up the conspiracy that “eli...

DATE: Dec 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Math shows that Council is reasonable

In this weekend edition there was Actually, an increase of 159 percent in 16 years is about an annual increase of 3 percent; an annual increase of 10 percent per year for 16 years would be...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Media is deceiving public on sandwiches

Merriam-Webster defines a sandwich as “two or more slices of bread or a split roll having a filling in between.” The definition clearly states “bread,” which would seemingly disqualify the n...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Let’s end domestic and sexual violence

In 2017 alone, Sexual Assault Services Organization responded to 173 individuals who called the sexual assault hotline. Alternative Horizons responded to 539 individuals experienc...

DATE: Dec 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pssst: Free advice, Mister President

How to build and fund a border wall: First, deal with prison reform, making it possible to use prison labor to build the wall. Then pull troops out of Syria and use that unnecessa...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make Durango safe, secure for everyone

Homelessness was identified as one of the top three issues for our city over the next five years by city residents in Durangoâ€™s Community Satisfaction Survey. The City needs to ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor