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Letters: My opponent’s claim is disrespectful

The only debt I owe to campaign supporters as an independent candidate for La Plata County commission is respect, gratitude and fair treatment. It should be unnecessary to state, but my oppo...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: When the news ignored the Wright Brothers

When the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane, the press said, ‘Impossible’

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: District deserves better than Boebert

We have two individuals running to represent us in Congress. One has a slogan of freedom. Could it be the freedom of not showing up in court after a subpoena, or allowing underage employees ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vote Yes on $90 million for our schools

I am the co-chairman of Durango Citizens for Great Schools, supporting initiative 4A on the November ballot. It will authorize $90 million in bonds for capital improvements with no increase ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: For once, president got something right

According to President Trump, Portland (Oregon) has been burning for decades. I never knew that. But for once, he got it right. Just look back at pictures from the early 1990s of ...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton ready to serve on Day One

There are good and decent individuals running for La Plata County commissioner this year. And there is an exemplary candidate seeking the office in the second district. That is Marsha Porter...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

On this day: Henry Ford outdoes himself

In all the history of America, there has scarcely been as towering a figure as Henry Ford, and in the world’s history there may never be a greater industrialist. These are not small things a...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Donâ€™t be hoaxed, vote for Mitsch Bush

Diane Mitsch Bush is focused on health care, COVID-19, global warming, jobs and other critical issues. Her opponent for Congress, Lauren Boebert, thinks Medicare should be abolished and the ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Please vote Yes for Los Pinos fire district

The Los Pinos Fire Protection District needs your help on Ballot Issue 7A. To cover a large, mostly rural district and to respond to a 400% increase in calls for service, more funds are urge...

DATE: Oct 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton is a leader for a crisis

Successful leaders work for solutions that are inclusive and that come from the people, not from their ego. Marsha Porter-Norton, who is running for La Plata County commission, is...

DATE: Oct 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t be fooled, vote for Hickenlooper

There are over 300,000 Coloradans with pre-existing conditions whose ability to buy insurance without the ACA would be endangered. Yet Sen. Cory Gardner has voted to repeal or defund the law...

DATE: Oct 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Time to vote No, again, on abortion ban

Coloradans will be asked to vote on yet another abortion ban, despite having weighed in on this issue already. Proposition 115 is a one-size-fits-all mandate. We don’t allow politicians to t...

DATE: Oct 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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.