Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters: Marsha Porter-Norton, for housing
Marsha Porter-Norton is getting my vote for county commissioner because she will step into leadership with the power of experience and knowledge. She knows what has already been done and…
Letters: Why people celebrate President Trump
But it was unclear why Trump was being celebrated. Was it for his bold stance against climate change, one of the greatest threats to our well-being? Or was it for…
Letters: Vote Yes on Prop 113 to be heard
Vote Yes on 113 to make your vote count. Trish PegramDurangoThe author is a member of the board of directors of the League of Women Voters of La Plata County.…
Our view: What makes a leader?
If it’s examples, not politicians, we seek, look no further than George C. Marshall
Letters: Mitsch Bush will fight for rural health care
She will get funding to rural hospitals so they can keep their doors open for thousands of Coloradans and help address the higher health insurance rates that those of us…
Letters: Marsha Porter-Norton will get job done
I’ve seen her accomplishments with FireWise and the Hermosa Creek Watershed project, and know that she isn’t just some talker, she’s a doer. Marsha has demonstrable accomplishments and will do…
On this day: A man, a plan, a canal
View east from Lockport, N.Y., on the Erie Canal, engraved after a picture by W.H. Bartlett, 1839.du1-i-syn Two hundred years ago, the biggest initiative any American could imagine – the…
Letters: What if we listened instead of talking?
Intense partisanship causes conflict and tears us further apart. Can we find common ground with people we disagree with? We can when we listen to each other attentively and seek…