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Letters: Fight for more equitable health care

An article in the The article goes on to add that “Although Congress mandated free coronavirus testing for uninsured persons, the order has not extended health coverage to those requiring t...

DATE: Jul 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Masks and social distancing are working

If some people find it annoying to wear masks, I’d like to point out a clear example why we do. I recently came from Santa Cruz County, Arizona, population 46,000, mostly rural wi...

DATE: Jul 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Denise Fort: Babbitt’s plan for the river doesn’t go far enough

Each spring, the acequias in New Mexico carry cold, clear snowmelt to freshly furrowed fields on small farms. The centuries-old irrigation culture is recognized in state law and supported by...

DATE: Jul 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: The bears come out and get in the trash

OK, County Road 203 residents! The bears are out and into trash. That’s right, the bears are in the trash. Please place your trash cans out on the morning ...

DATE: Jul 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Michael Fields: State government needs to get out of the way

In the middle of a recession, the Legislature wants to raise your property taxes. State Sens. Jack Tate and Chris Hansen, along with Reps. Matt Soper and Dayena Esgar, led an eff...

DATE: Jul 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Extending mask order was a good move

Thank you to City Council for its courage and common sense for extending the mandatory mask order within Durango city limits. That is a great relief to many, who feel safer going ...

DATE: Jul 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: How about the face of a real ‘chief’?

Regarding the controversy over the “Chief” sign at Toh-Atin Gallery, why not have one of the Native American artists represented by the gallery repaint its face with a portrait of a real Nat...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Racist stereotypes need to go bye-bye

May a neighbor and My memories of The Chief diner and its iconic sign are less than happy. In the mid-1950s, my entire family came down with food poisoning after eating at there. The diner...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Vandalism is not the American way

I am prompted to write in response to my friend, Jackson Clark, and the “Chief” sign by Toh-Atin Gallery; and by President Trump’s executive order to implement the federal law I wrote, The V...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trump has his knee on Republicans’ necks

My father, a 100%-disabled veteran among 23 generations of veterans in the Quintana family, used to constantly say to me, “Be patient son, right will prevail.” I say to the patrio...

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

The Declaration of Independence was a perfect beacon put up by imperfect men

DATE: Jul 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Whose Columbus is it?

Pueblo sadly torn over Columbus statue

DATE: Jul 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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