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Chase LaCroix: Our business advocates for social justice

When my wife, Jen, and I opened Durango Outdoor Exchange, we focused on providing access to adventure to people from all walks of life. To us, this meant offering quality outdoor gear and ap...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: We can get a better person than a Texan

As I looked at the finalists under consideration for Durango city manager, I remembered Steve Ilg’s eloquently crafted endorsement of Amber Blake for the position, and I re-read it (“ Steve...

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

Letters: From a peace walker to a freedom rider

I have heard you yelling your obscenities, breathed in the black smoke of your truck exhaust, felt my nerves perk as your barking dogs lunge at me, heard the heavy-handed honking of your hor...

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

Our view: It’s a man-eater

Things to do when Shark Weekoverlaps with a pandemic

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: All should have followed the guidelines

As anyone having served in the military knows, the effectiveness of a unit depends on “One for all, all for one” or “no man left behind.” Without this commitment, cohesiveness and effectiven...

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

Letters: Trump is turning the U.S. into Venezuela

Our stable genius president is putting his ghost battalion troops into Chicago and Albuquerque in order to save them from their Democratic selves. But if the governors are Republican, their ...

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

Our view: Michael Phelps was golden

Sometimes, a child takes to the water so naturally he never wants to get out. He just swims away. On Aug. 10, 2008, Michael Phelps, 23, stepped up to his block at the pool at the ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Troops sent to cities good for economy?

The president’s move to put Homeland Security battlefield forces into our cities to quell rioting Democrats bent on destroying America will have a hugely positive effect on the economy. ...

DATE: Aug 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Montezuma officials are endangering us

Reading about baseball I was sickened to learn of a complete disregard by Montezuma County officials to follow COVID-19 guidelines. No fans or vendors were seen following guidelines. ...

DATE: Aug 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Don’t be confused by commission voting

I believe the District 2 and District 3 have a race for those two seats. What most people are unaware of is that they can vote for both districts even if they don’t live in that district. ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

W.S. Robinson: Climbing walls in the West while sitting in a chair

Reclining in my favorite chair recently in vanishingly small Inez, Wyoming, I found myself close to tears. My wife, Maria, sat beside me to ask what was troubling me. ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Should editorial be different than news?

I am curious why The July 23 editorial was a classic example (“Colorado Democrats throw a little ... mud: QAnon-curious candidate Lauren Boebert gets slammed by national media”). ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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