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Our view: The accidental president

Theodore Roosevelt, force of nature and future president, was the vice president on Sept. 14, 1901, when President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds inflicted by the anarchist assassin...

DATE: Sep 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Send Sen. Cory Gardner back to Yuma

One of the benefits of having access to Denver TV stations is that we get to see political ads for Colorado candidates. I am absolutely appalled that Sen. Cory Gardner seems to be running as...

DATE: Sep 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Many red flags for proposed RV park

Regarding “ Why are rural residents being asked to accommodate an enormous increase in traffic volume and noise? Why does Southwest Land Services owner and president Brian Kimmel decline to...

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

Richard Grossman: ‘Natural’ disasters even more destructive in Africa

When I last wrote about the mega-drought in southwestern North America, we were in “extreme drought.” The rain started toward the end of July, although the drought hasn’t ended. Unfortunatel...

DATE: Sep 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

David Brooks: Seeing what must be done when a heart is empty

On Dec. 26, 2004, French author Emmanuel Carrère and his girlfriend were vacationing at a cliff-top hotel in Sri Lanka. Their relationship was dying, and, feeling out of sorts, th...

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Durango screws up 32nd Street again

Durango city officials have screwed up this 32nd Street property purchase opportunity again (“ This property should have been purchased back in 2009 when the city could have gotten all thre...

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

Dave Marston: If the water disappears, the desert comes back in

Paonia, a small town in western Colorado with mesas rising above it, wouldn’t green-up without water diverted from a river or mountain springs. The lively water travels through irrigation di...

DATE: Sep 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Endorsements: Let towns have their way on gaming

Let towns have their way on gaming

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letters: 9-R gets an ‘F’ in teaching good hygiene

I live on East 2nd Avenue between 32nd and 24th streets. I do a daily loop walk on the Animas River Trail. All has been well with this all summer. Now, school has begun, and suddenly Durango...

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

Endorsements: Amendment B makes sense

Amendment B, the so-called Gallagher Repeal, a sensible approach to taxes

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Wolves are just looking for a fair shake

Marj Perry’s Op-Ed makes a number of unfounded claims about the potential effects of wolves in Colorado (“ Perry also questions whether we should be concerned about the impact of wolves on ...

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

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