The average net pay check actually increased every pay period because less federal tax was withheld. This kind of incomplete investigating and reporting is one of the reasons that people…
On behalf of the Forest Service employees, I want to thank you, our communities, for your outpouring expressions of care and concern for our federal workforce. It is heartwarming and…
I was excited to read news and events from outside Durango’s city limits. When my family moved to the area 42 years ago, Bayfield was commonly referred to as Durango’s…
Recent surveys by Yale University show growing majorities of Coloradans think that global warming is happening and believe that Congress should do something about it. Sen. Gardner has been a…
Wouldn’t it also be a breath of fresh air if the alleged media actually presented the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? But alas, Trump Derangement Syndrome…
New York did pass a late-term abortion law, which allows, and I quote, that “a patient can receive an abortion when, according to the practitioner’s reasonable and good faith professional…
Consider the current moment in American history. Just recently, Americans were divided about climate change, but now 72 percent of Americans say it’s important to them. And everyone wants cheaper…
Under the new calculation,s my taxable income for 2017 (line 43) increased 216.0 percent. My taxes (line 44) increased by 361.9 percent. So much for middle class tax cuts. John…
Supporting the transition to electric vehicles will save Coloradans money and allow us to breathe easier. The lifetime cost of ownership for electric vehicles is already less than that of…
Anyone who attended the Durango Wolf Symposium knows that this scientific meeting was about restoration and stewardship. Extirpation of wolves resulted in near elimination of the most important carnivore in…
The wording of the upcoming April ballot initiative, 1-A, to raise sales tax must be read carefully. The story from City Hall is the new money collected from the tax…
This gentleman seems to believe that broad-based negative labels and attacks are a productive manner in which to effect change in La Plata County and Durango. Promoting an us-versus-them mentality,…
By most accounts, the Electoral College was a political compromise crafted to reject direct democracy and one-person, one-vote. The original design was envisioned as a corrective – through voting by…
The cause of the Camp Fire in California was found immediately and went bankrupt. What about you, Al Harper? What about your coal-burning train that started the fire during extraordinary…
Teens need comprehensive sex ed because most parents aren’t experts and it’s uncomfortable for them to answer our questions. And we have questions that we don’t want to try to…
My recollection is he cost the Durango area several million dollars in the 2013 shutdown. Think about that. Our congressman votes to intentionally hurt his constituents and his district’s economy.…
I would urge all readers to call the White House switchboard and demand all troops be withdrawn from Syria. Call Rep. Tipton, Sen. Gardner, and Sen. Bennet, urging them to…
I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me to mend his clothes, I did it. When his sink stopped up, we found he had been putting cat hair…
And it becomes somebody’s right to dismember that child and sell its body parts. In celebration of the passage of this disgusting law, New York legislators rose to their feet,…
Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles following that driver should not punch the gas and pass a vehicle braking hard on a highway. Maybe it’s for…
I wonder if she stopped to consider that second homeowners pay the same school taxes as locals and never send kids to our schools? These people pay annual property taxes…
As a candidate for City Council, I would suggest the following information be provided, preferably in a public forum that is videotaped and shared on the city’s website. By answering…
Linguists have long known that the best indication of an author attributing inner life to a character is in making them the subject of mental verbs, such as think, know,…
On Jan. 29, I was quoted $2.734 per gallon from “big fish” propane who bought up my former supplier. They own the tank, they call the shots and it is…
I was Snowdown’s webmaster from 1996 through 2005 and I recall getting an email from the Hill Stompers asking if they could be in the 2004 Light Parade. In those…
As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality health care, I champion any efforts to provide more clarity…
This was not a rational letter. It was a hate piece, bashing our president, spewing lies and not worthy of print. I appreciate all opinions, respect First Amendment rights and…
Obviously, Mr. Fredrickson is an anomaly. Evidently, Mr. Fredrickson has never made a mistake. One mistake does not define a man’s career. Having worked with Mr. Snowberger on projects in…
Durango city limits are right at the corner of Three Springs Boulevard and U.S. 160. With the development of Hope Springs across the road and the eventual re-routing of Farmington…
I also find the proposal objectionable because it taxes us just outside the city limits, but we can’t vote on it. The majority of new residents here are retirees buying…
