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Our view: Art for all

Support those who bring creativity to our communities If you are in the mood or market for art, be sure to attend Durango’s First Fridays this Friday, June 6 in downtown Durango and in the S...

DATE: Jun 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

For waste and inefficiency, you really can’t beat corn ethanol

Corn ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, has been burned in gasoline engines and human stomachs since before Henry Ford was born. It’s hard on both, so until 35 years ago it never caught o...

DATE: May 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: GOP budget -Trillions in the dark

There are only days remaining in the House Republicans’ pledge to submit the coming year’s federal budget. While the larger components in play today are known, their fates and sizes are not....

DATE: May 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view – Motorcycle safety: Riders wear a helmet, drivers slow down

Motorcycle riding has its risks, and here is the largest risk, with numbers: during 2024, 165 riders were killed in Colorado, which was about 25% of all vehicle-involved fatalities. What per...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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DATE: May 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Rep. Hurd fights to protect national forests, advances bill to fix them before they burn again

Our forests are burning. And Washington can’t keep standing by, stuck in process and politics, while homes go up in smoke. Over the past decade, we’ve watched catastrophic wildfires sweep ac...

DATE: May 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: 50 years later

Vietnam still lingers At the end of World War II, the fear was that Communism was becoming a worldwide threat shaped and mostly controlled by the Soviet Union, and to some extent by China. ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

To protect Colorado families, Congress must protect clean energy credits

Costs are high everywhere these days, and skyrocketing energy bills are throwing a wrench in the finances of too many families in Colorado. We’re caught in the crosshairs of economic breakdo...

DATE: Apr 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Bluegrass Rules!

The initiated will know the headline refers to a 1997 Grammy award winning album of the same name by Ricky Skaggs, an American new traditional country and bluegrass musician, singer, compose...

DATE: Apr 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Public lands shape our humanity, shared destiny and are not for sale

Amid Colorado’s complex history, a unifying thread emerges: a deep, abiding love and reverence for our public lands. Whether it’s the rancher tending his cattle, Native communities practicin...

DATE: Apr 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

A retreat from Democratic values: Vice President JD Vance’s Munich disgrace

In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s chief propagandist, wrote a newspaper essay addressing the question of why the National Socialists, despite being an “anti-parliamenta...

DATE: Apr 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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DATE: Mar 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

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Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.