Kim Martincca I had been noticing something was different about me when I, a lifelong reader, started avoiding reading instructions – recipes, manuals, long emails. I figured I was getting…
Tami GrahamChristopher Marona Southern Ute Tribal Radio station manager Sheila Nanaeto is interviewed in Durango filmmaker Sean Owens documentary “Tribal Radio.”Courtesy of Sean Owen KSUT is grateful for the opportunity…
I have been a public school educator – with the Department of Defense and in two Colorado towns – for 25 years. Mostly, I’ve taught math, but I know a…
Before you vote on Nov. 8, don’t be side-tracked and misled by false and distorted statements promoted by the radical far left and the fake news media against the Republican’s…
Editorial cartoons, especially from the left, are easy to ignore. However, the cartoon on Saturday showing three elephants identified as being from Texas, Arizona and Florida toppling the Statue of…
I recently read a letter to the editor lauding the accomplishments of Barbara McLachlan and pleading to support her reelection. Though a laundry list of McLachlan’s sponsored bills was provided,…
If you ask any longtime boater in Southwest Colorado their favorite local river, chances are they will tell you the Dolores River. With soaring terracotta sandstone cliffs and towering old-growth…
It’s time to end the bump-outs. Permanently. There is no intrinsic, historic sense to the collection of DIY’er looking country-fare stalls along Main Avenue. It’s a visual mess. Many are…
Do you prefer candidates who, in order to advance their personal political ambitions, promote or refuse to disavow Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen? Do you…
With today’s deadline to vacate Purple Cliffs, we’re thinking about artist Wendy Abrams’ stirring exhibit, “Invisible Words,” a curation of signs held by unhoused people in Washington, D.C. Abrams intended…
Election season gives the editorial board a front-row seat in meeting and getting to know candidates, whether it’s in person or on Zoom. The way it usually goes is candidates…
Lonely people are less likely to vote. This is proven. Alexander Langenkamp’s study “Lonely Hearts, Empty Booths?: The Relationship between Loneliness, Reported Voting Behavior and Voting as Civic Duty,” published…
It’s election season, a time to reflect on what we’ve accomplished together and anticipate what’s ahead. For six years, I have represented House District 59, proud to serve alongside my…
My name is Shelli Shaw and I am not a politician. Like you, I’ve been watching our nation and our beautiful state go in a direction that breaks my heart.…
Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range, which produced the 10th Mountain Division with alpine soldiers who busted through German lines and changed the course of World War II, are in…
Texas is attempting to export its unrepresentative and repressive government into Colorado. Do we want doctors to risk jail for saving the life of a pregnant woman? Vote for reproductive…
It’s quite entertaining to watch Lauren Boebert’s opponent Adam Frisch try so hard to be a moderate conservative, especially since his worldview is shaped by his time in Boulder, New…
The local Solar Home Tour on Sat. Oct. 1, will be a great opportunity to see energy-efficient homes designed to showcase the clean energy of our amazing solar resource here…
The conservation easements currently administered by the City of Durango were implemented with the intent of protecting the “natural, wildlife, open space and recreational values” of the land. Durango’s easements…
Barb McLachlan is the type of legislative candidate we can all support. McLachlan is experienced. She works hard and listens well. She works well with her colleagues in the Colorado…
The expression “don’t change horses in the middle of the stream” applies to this year’s U.S. Senate race. The horse is the highly capable Michael Bennet, whose values align with…
One strength that I admire in people is self-awareness of what they know, and what they still need to understand as it motivates them to continue to seek information. This…
Driving down Main Avenue in beautiful Durango, the “bump-outs” reminded me of a construction zone, in a flea market, surrounded by a homeless encampment. I wonder if all the other…
On June 24, 2022, the Republican-packed Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Republican Party proving the GOP is no friend of women’s rights. Republicans are not now and have…
