Columnists

Living situations can be as diverse as we are

There are so many things to consider: health, strength, independence, driving abilities, proximity to services and public transportation, family and…

April 2, 2017

The Travel Troubleshooter

Tools, tricks to help you sleep on your next flight

Pamela Wagner falls somewhere in the middle. Though not a white-knuckled flier, she says the noise makes rest impossible. “I’m…

April 2, 2017

Money Savvy

Grocery shopping doesn’t have to kill a budget

How I calculated our savings You can use the U.S. Agriculture Department’s cost of food at home chart http://bit.ly/CostofFoodAtHomeChart to…

April 1, 2017

Neighbors

Neighbors: Honoring nurses who make a difference

Neighbors Columnist Nurses in their modern incarnation work in such a diversity of occupations and touch so many lives in…

April 1, 2017

From our Congressman

Opinion pieces on grazing are misleading

Our business and livelihood depend on responsible shepherding

April 1, 2017

From our Congressman

Michael Gerson: This presidency is failing – and stunningly

Michael Gersondu1-i-syn Since the rise of the tea party, there have been perhaps 30 members of the House – the…

April 1, 2017

From our Congressman

Efforts to end grazing are shortsighted

Bonnie Brown, Executive Director, Colorado Wool Growers Associationdu1-i-syn The symposium was sponsored by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Montana…

April 1, 2017

From our Congressman

Gail Collins: Trump remembers the ladies

Gail Collins (CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times)du1-i-syn “… the White House has been hosting events all throughout March,” press secretary…

April 1, 2017

From the State House

Keeping water policy flowing the right way

State Representative Barabara McLachlandu1-i-syn We continually encourage urban areas to start conserving more and using less; we hope they make…

April 1, 2017

From our Congressman

State grant funds plan for Ewing Mesa event center

Julie Westendorff, Chair, La Plata County Board of Commissionersdu1-i-syn We do this all the time: Energy impact grants from the…

April 1, 2017

Coroner's Report

Deaths from police restraint present complex forensic, legal issues

According to news reports, Anderson suffered from bipolar disorder and psychotic episodes. On Nov. 13, 2014, her family summoned police…

April 1, 2017

From our Congressman

Charles Krauthammer: The road to single-payer health care has been paved

Charles Krauthammerdu1-i-syn Neither condition needs to be permanent. There are ideological differences between the various GOP factions, but what’s overlooked…

March 31, 2017

Froma Harrop

Froma Harrop: There is little dignity left in coal

Froma Harropdu1-i-syn This event, held tragically at the Environmental Protection Agency, was almost as celebratory as the one in which…

March 31, 2017

Neighbors

A golden approach to raising scholarship funds

Neighbors columnist I go to the Durango Branch of the American Association of University Women’s Book & Author Luncheon to…

March 30, 2017

From the Extension Office

Don’t allow ‘dirty,’ ‘clean’ produce lists to lead you astray

The Environmental Working Group’s new Dirty Dozen list moved spinach higher because of an increase in the amount of pesticide…

March 30, 2017

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman: Trump is a Chinese agent

Thomas L. Friedman, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for The New York Times, became the paper's foreign-affairs columnist in 1995…Previously,…

March 30, 2017

From our Congressman

Frank Bruni: Devin Nunes is dangerous

Frank Bruni (CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times)du1-i-syn But Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., looks at him and sees a different character.…

March 30, 2017

From our Congressman

David Brooks: Can elephants learn from failure?

David Brooksdu1-i-syn When Republicans turn to tax reform, they will start on much stronger ground. The Republican plans, at least…

March 29, 2017

From our Congressman

Donald, this I will tell you

Maureen Dowd (CREDIT: Fred R. Conrad / The New York Times)du1-i-syn You know how you said at campaign rallies that you…

March 29, 2017

Neighbors

Residents enjoy spring birthdays and anniversaries

Neighbors columnist It’s winter in the mountains and spring down below for the birthdays of: Samuel Brown, Virginia Rohr, Shirley…

March 28, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Did a foreign power collude with a presidential campaign?

du1-i-syn Nixon’s initiative, long rumored but confirmed only a few months ago, was meant to improve his election chances that…

March 28, 2017

Robert Samuelson

The federal budget is a massive national slush fund

du1-i-syn Outrageous, screamed critics. Good programs are being gutted. Surely true. But some ineffective or unimportant programs would also be…

March 28, 2017

Neighbors

Music in the Mountains offers fun fundraisers

Neighbors columnist I know spring just started, but summer will be here before you know it. And one of the…

March 27, 2017

Action Line

When is it time to replace the city’s asphalt?

Allow Action Line to make a blanket statement: The woebegone pavement bears a clear resemblance to a crocheted throw. Could…

March 26, 2017