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Wes Rowell: Dr. Fauci says goodbye

DATE: Aug 27, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: 4-day school weeks poised to be Southwest standard

Historians are at odds over why school calendars begin in the fall and summer is the season for breaks. Some say children helped on farms in summer. Others says cities were sweltering in Jun...

DATE: Aug 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Report card

DATE: Aug 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Leo’s character pillar of his life’s work’

What is broadly known about Leo Lloyd’s tragically condensed life are his heroic and legendary international level mountaineering search, and rescue skills and saves. What I hope to add – i...

DATE: Aug 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Homeownership: ‘We feel like our dreams are slipping away’

Roberta Villalobos and her husband, whose real names I’m concealing for questions of privacy, began looking for a house to buy in Durango over two years ago. But so far, they’ve struck out. ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Trump’s mementos

DATE: Aug 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Bill Roberts: Lack of home does not justify parks, alleys as toilets

It speaks well of Durango and La Plata County that people here recognize both the rights and the humanity of the homeless. But there are limits to everything. And it seems clear that if aske...

DATE: Aug 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon: A peek at Giuliani’s future

DATE: Aug 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Nuclear secrets

DATE: Aug 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Lower Dolores River group rare, special

It’s been a long time coming, these extraordinary bipartisan Senate and House bills that propose additional protections for the Lower Dolores River corridor. Equally impressive are stakehold...

DATE: Aug 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Party sans moral core ‘self-destructs’

Calling all conservatives. The real ones. Not the phonies. Ones whose cornerstone values are the Constitution, the rule of law and institutions that make those possible. When are you going t...

DATE: Aug 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Bill Roberts: Dolphin program brings new perception

For more than 60 years, the U.S. Navy has used dolphins to detect underwater mines. It is a successful and cost-effective program that is now threatened by budget cuts. It is a threat made a...

DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion