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Clean Water Durango to hold film screening
Local News

Clean Water Durango to hold film screening

March 27, 2017

Clean Water Durango will host a screening of “Our Daily Dose,” a documentary about water fluoridation and health risks associated with fluoride, from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the…

Photo: Getting out the vote
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Photo: Getting out the vote

March 22, 2017

Voicing their opposition on Wednesday to Ballot Measure 1A at College Drive and Camino del Rio are, from left, Sunie Silva, Amanda Mulkey, Autumn Scholl and Nancy Scribner. Voters are…

Photo: Whistlestopping
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Photo: Whistlestopping

March 9, 2017

Chris Bettin, a candidate for Durango City Council, speaks from the back of a Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train to about 50 people gathered Thursday near College Drive for…

Campaign group forms to support fluoridation
Local News

Campaign group forms to support fluoridation

March 6, 2017

Several Durangoans have formed Healthy Kids, Healthy Durango, a campaign group to oppose Question 1A, the measure to remove fluoride from the city’s drinking water.Associated Press file The Question 1A…

City Council election Q&A invites public attendance
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City Council election Q&A invites public attendance

February 28, 2017

The Boulevard Neighborhood Association will hold a potluck and question-and-answer educational forum with the candidates up for Durango City Council at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, at First Presbyterian Church, 1159 East…

Election Day blog
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Election Day blog

November 8, 2016

Durango residents vote Tuesday on Election Day.du1-i-syn 11:34 p.m. Archuleta County election results (unofficial) Presidential: Hillary Clinton with 2,489 votes, Donald Trump with 4,234 votes. U.S. Senator: Michael Bennet with…

Election campaign sparks chatter, anger in workplaces
Business

Election campaign sparks chatter, anger in workplaces

November 1, 2016

The presidential race between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has gotten heated, and some of that heat is spilling over into the workplace. But…

They say all politics is local. Then export it.
Policy and Politics Digest

They say all politics is local. Then export it.

October 30, 2016

The result, as Mann depressingly points out, is that government does not get much done — at least at the national level. And the media does a weak job pointing…

‘Yes’ on Amdts. T and U
Editorials

‘Yes’ on Amdts. T and U

October 10, 2016

Amendment T would remove an unnecessary reference to slavery in the state Constitution. Amendment U would eliminate an esoteric tax in minor cases in which collection costs often exceed the…

Pro & Con: Amendment 70:  raising the minimum wage
From our Congressman

Pro & Con: Amendment 70: raising the minimum wage

October 10, 2016

If passed, Amendment 70 will increase the Colorado minimum wage from the current $8.31 per hour to $12 per hour by 2020. One of the most common concerns is that…