Editorials
Pine River Times opinion
Friends won’t forget anniversary of Dylan Redwine disappearance
Boy vanished at Vallecito in 2012
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City takes hard line on parking law
My mother had forgotten to put her handicap permit in the window of her vehicle. She has been handicapped and had a permit for it for 5 years). She immediately…
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Education system aims to close minds
It seems that intolerance and closed minds are the aim and end product of our education system. This mindset is now so pervasive I am not sure it is reversible.…
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Conservatives won’t be confused by facts
Specifically, the ongoing witch hunt against Planned Parenthood. Don’t just take my word, do your own research. Google “what is Planned Parenthood guilty of” and then follow and read the…
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Opposition to sewer plant over the top
On Nov. 5 the Durango Herald printed its third editorial in opposition to rebuilding the sewer plant at Santa Rita Park. It sounded like a spoiled child that didn’t get…
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Shootings underlie art show theme
Another black kid mistaken for a black man gunned down and mom cries Michael Brieger Durango
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Tricking Starbucks is not Christ-like
To call Christians to join in a nationwide campaign promoting animosity, trickery and deliberate provocation in the name of Jesus is heartbreaking and totally misrepresentative of who Jesus is, what…
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Add a new stop sign to sidewalk repairs
Living in the area, I have to believe that it is one of the most densely packed neighborhoods in the city with the Arroyo apartments and trailer park, the Forest…
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Reauthorize highly successful program
The LWCF is funded by offshore oil drilling royalties, not taxpayers, and is the country’s best tool for increasing recreational opportunities for communities. Despite overwhelming bipartisan support for continuing the…
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Clean power should not be about politics
Colorado is known for its outdoor recreation and its pristine air and water. In light of the recent Gold King Mine spill in the Animas River, Durango especially should be…
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Colorado can lead the Clean Power Plan
I know that Colorado has the opportunity to be a front-runner in this movement and be a leader to other states, especially in the Southwest. I think that Colorado needs…
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Keystone would move worse than crude
In fact, the pipeline will carry tar sands, diluted with a variety of chemicals harmful to humans and the environment. People who support the pipeline call this substance “dilbit,” or…
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Apply our ‘can-do’ spirit to clean power
Distributed generation means buy local, more jobs and more local economic-development opportunities. When it comes to energy generation, we should not fight progress and support doing nothing; we should embrace…
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Colorado should gain from power plan
I attended the recent public meeting at Fort Lewis College, where the CDPHE took comments from the public about what to include within a state plan. I was pleased to…
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Session wrong to exclude landlords
If the attorney had taken the time to know me, she would have found out, as a rental manager for almost 20 years, the number of free months of rent…
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Students should have Veterans Day off
Veterans Day is a day for remembrance of fallen heroes and wounded heroes. There are people in the schools who might have had a relative in the military, and even…
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Honoring heroes from DHS Class of ’66
In no particular order: Mike Valdez: Quiet, never bragged, a hero in Vietnam, he is still strong enough to handle a Harley hog. Billy Higgins was a star athlete at…
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Clean Power Plan will benefit Latinos
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment – an arm of Gov. Hickenlooper’s administration – will be creating our state plan to meet the Clean Power Plan and reduce…
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Do not scoff at religious liberty
Religious liberty should be scoffed at? Really? Marilyn Collett Durango
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Gold King Mine is Hennis’ legacy, too
Second, the idea that my rights, as an individual, trump the rights of everyone else – that my individuality is somehow sacred – that died with the frontier, too. Todd…
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Red Mountain proposal bad for area
This de-facto sub-division (resort?) will forever change the McMillan and U.S. Basin recreational resource. Furthermore, the surface disturbance in the construction of five dwellings (i.e. roads, drives, septic systems, and…
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Power plan an opportunity for Colorado
Just a few months ago, the Clean Power Plan – our nation’s first-ever efforts to cut down pollution from power plants – was finalized. Now it’s up to Colorado to…
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Listening session
State GOP lawmakers use congressional tactics to excoriate Planned Parenthood