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Walsworth will reconcile county’s books

Do your part to help La Plata County reconcile the books. I’ve been told they’re a mess. Here’s the solution: Vote for Tim Walsworth for treasurer in the upcoming primary election on June 26...

Living ‘South Park’s’ homeless episode

Believe it or not, “South Park” was and still is my “go to” for some moral issues. And if you think it’s a moral sewer, it’s definitely one I’m proud to swim in. They did a spectacular job e...

Involuntary poisoning of Three Springs?

The Florida Mosquito Control District plans to spray Three Springs with a highly toxic product: Aqua Perm 30-30, a known carcinogen and neurotoxin. In addition to the health ris...

Make switch from coal-fired trains

As of the writing of this letter, the U.S. Forest Service has not released a finding as to the cause of this fire. According to reports in this newspaper, hot coal cinders from the train app...

The NRA versus the Founding Fathers

With all these mass shootings at concert venues, schools (yes, I said schools), playgrounds and churches, perhaps a discussion is in order about what is in the Second Amend­ment of the U.S. ...

Join us to support our firefighting crews

Please come out and join us to show your support for the amazing job these firefighting teams are doing for our community. Evacuees and Durango residents are meeting every morning by Miller ...

Tipton failed Coloradans on health care

In January, I was laid off due to restructuring, and for the past six months I’ve been without health insurance. I’m 40 and in good health, but the vulnerability of living without health ins...

City Council wastes money, seeks more

Durango is a tourist mecca, which means far greater hotel/motel, restaurant and shopping tax revenues than most other cities receive. Yet the city of 18,000 to 19,000 people is now told by t...

Visitors should treat town as their own

As the fire rages on, so does the debate about tourists and tourism, i.e., do we need/want them or not? I say it depends. Today, while on the river trail by the recre...

Radioactive sites and civic decline

This spring, while our mountains are being torched before our eyes, behind closed doors in Durango our civil liberties and the future of our town’s prosperity are quietly being consumed by o...

Karl Hanlon is leader we need in Congress

Climate change is real and is a threat to our economy and our way of life. It’s time we had a member of Congress who not only believes that climate change is real, but who will DO something ...

Keep Allison Aichele working for you

I just retired from the (La Plata County) Treasurer’s Office after 21 years of service. During the last 3½ years, I have worked for Allison Aichele, La Plata County treasurer. She has been t...
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