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Trump must hold Russia accountable

During the recent summit between President Trump and President Putin, President Trump demonstrated by word and deed what many of us have long feared: He simply does not care that a foreign p...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Railroad leaves disgusting mess behind

I lived up in North Hermosa years ago, and walked my dog along train tracks daily. There were always hundreds of plastic cocktail straws, bar napkins, beer bottles, human feces, used tampons...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Help Central Americans to stay home

I make a trip to Central America about six times a year and I have been going there for many years; so I am pretty familiar with their problems and understand why so many are trying to immig...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Congress needs to pass an inclusive paid leave bill

Congress is finally discussing paid leave. That’s great, but there are good and bad proposals. Family caregivers like me will be excluded if a bill provides only parental, not full family an...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Are people who fault train blameless?

The people who blame the train for the fire may be the same people who threw a burning cigarette out the window from the train here or elsewhere on a road or walked along the track or road o...

DATE: Jul 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Building walls only helps to sell ladders

I am afraid that many political leaders today don’t understand the desperate situation the citizens of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador find themselves in. From all reliable sources, thes...

DATE: Jul 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Donâ€™t be piggy with apricots, please

Amazingly enough, there is an apricot crop in this year of drought and early frost. They may not be as excellent as usual, but still an amazing bounty is to be found on many local trees. ...

DATE: Jul 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Something to think about

With the recent hullabaloo going on about diversity, division and separating the “we” from the “them” in the news lately, I had to ponder about what is right and fair. Are we a nation of imm...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton could lead on renewable energy

I appreciate Rep. Scott Tipton’s concerns for reducing large volumes of pollution throughout the world, recently expressed in his article, “We Must Utilize Western Colorado’s Vast Natural Re...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Fire points to need for climate action

The 416 Fire has affected all of us in some way or another. I’m thinking of all the people and animals whose lives have been displaced by this disaster. Our community, myself inc...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘I don’t want the train to cause fires’

I am Emmett. I am six years old. I live in Durango. I do not like this wildfire. I think they should run the steam trains on electric to heat the water. They can use ...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Time to talk about the train and health

I think it may be past time to evaluate the true benefits and costs of the train to our community, the health of our people and our goals. I realize the economic benefits of the train, and m...

DATE: Jul 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor