Editorials
Interest-rate hike
Fed’s quarter point increase will add to nation’s economic stability, strength
Editorials
Letters to the Editor
Sanders’ perspectives prompt head nods
P.S. We are involved in agriculture. Jim Smith Bayfield
Letters to the Editor
Workforce housing keeps spending local
Workers struggling with high rents can relocate to a different region, creating turnover and instability for local businesses. Or they can move further out of town to find cheaper rents.…
Letters to the Editor
There should be rules for kids on trolley
They were going around the entire loop, all the way from the Transit Center back to the Transit Center, apparently just for a joy ride. It seems to me that…
Letters to the Editor
City reaped ticket money on Noel Night
I saw vehicles being towed. Traffic was horrible because the police and tow trucks had the streets blocked. The city is to blame for not making parking free on a…
Letters to the Editor
Choose ‘R’ or ‘D’ to vote in primary
I hope everyone who thinks similarly that this great man would do our country a lot of good knows that the only way to vote in the primary is to…
Letters to the Editor
Register Democrat and vote for Bernie
I am part of the future generation, and I want to tell my peers that we will all be affected by this coming election, and we can determine our future.…
Pine River Times opinion
Knights of Columbus thanks churches, Patio for Thanksgiving donations
We especially thank Emily Meisner, the owner of the Patio Restaurant in Ignacio, for donating the pumpkin pies. The needy families were more than grateful. Jay Glassmaker Grand Knight
Pine River Times opinion
Preschool holding breakfast, fundraisers
BEEP’s popular Bells for BEEP fundraiser is back again with six gift cards to give totaling $1,700. Drawing is held at BEEP’s Holiday Program on Dec. 17. You need not…
Pine River Times opinion
Be FRANK seeks board members
The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, Dec. 14. Applicants will be notified about a follow-up interview. The appointments will be made for a term of up to two…
Letters to the Editor
Who would Jesus shoot?
Now comes the president of Liberty University to declare that “more good people with concealed-carry permits … could end those Muslims…” I am led to wonder, who would Jesus shoot?…
Letters to the Editor
Money influences climate change divide
Why? Vested interests. Koch Industries, Exxon and other corporations want to continue polluting. The foundations advocate free market enterprise, and know that actions taken to reduce air pollution will require…
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Elderly especially must prepare for cold
In the event of massive snowstorms, will you have the resources needed to sustain at home for long periods of time? Often, the elderly are more confined in the winter,…
Letters to the Editor
Story diminished value of murder victims
One of those cases is that of Dennis Sleater. I want you to know that I think you have done a great disservice to the Sleater family in the manner…
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Word choice poor in seeking quiet
I raised my voice at a table near theirs to urge its occupants to be quiet, but unfortunately, my choice of grammar was less than stellar. I ended up being…
Letters to the Editor
Vote for candidates concerned for future
Too many elected officials continue to both fight off gun control and ignore the fact that we have passed the point of no return in areas related to adverse effects…
Editorials
Women in combat
Secretary of Defense’s announcement simply codified reality of modern war
Letters to the Editor
City wrong to subsidize nonresident rates
A few months later, the Council suddenly reversed course, deciding instead that nonresidents should pay the same water rates that residents pay. Although it was told such action would decrease…
Letters to the Editor
Give $20 to a struggling individual
Merry Christmas and happy all the other holidays, too. You’ve got to love living in this place, right? Sue Petranek Durango
Editorials
Fund LARC
Program providing long-acting reversible contraceptives is proven, cost-effective
Letters to the Editor
Netanyahu is short on real substance
That there is rich irony in this pair of opposed objectives is evident in Netanyahu’s primary interest in increased military aid from the U.S. and insistence that an independent Palestinian…
Letters to the Editor
Bloody visuals can inspire copycat killers
Now, a dead Pakistani mother has the stage (as of this writing no photo?) in the most recent San Bernardino attack. An attorney for her family says she did not…
Editorials
Persons or voters?
Supreme Court case outlines the current state of American politics all too well
Letters to the Editor
Giving the homeless homes saves money
Salt Lake City has seen a 70 percent drop in homelessness and has saved major amounts once spent on social services. Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, embraced Housing First and has…