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Letters: Save our teachers by taking the survey

The 9-R school district is deciding to cut approximately 20% of our teachers. Please help to support teachers by taking a free, anonymous survey on their website at www.durangoschools.org. C...

DATE: May 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Clyde Church: We’re excited about the new county land use code

Now that we have celebrated Memorial Day, summer has unofficially arrived here in La Plata County and with it comes the official kickoff for public review and input on the draft Land Use Cod...

DATE: May 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Trump is behind lack of a virus plan

We must do what we can to wisely revive our economy in these difficult times. At bare at minimum, we need some plan to do this. At a recent presidential task force press conferenc...

DATE: May 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Scott Tipton: I’m marshaling support for farmers and ranchers

Over the past several weeks, many of us have noticed some of our favorite foods missing or in short supply at grocery stores and have even seen signs posted limiting the number of certain it...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Porter-Norton – she’ll get things done

I have known Marsha Porter-Norton for 22 years. I’ve seen her facilitate meetings of large groups with diverse opinions. She’s a fourth-generation Southwest Coloradan who understands the nee...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: A constitutionally obedient candidate

Does anyone else out there get sick and tired of the election year lies of incumbent politicians by both major parties in the far-off distant land of Washington, D.C.? For the pas...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Bringing wolves back is democratic

Colorado State Universityâ€™s Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources in Fort Collins published the results of its August 2019 polling about Colorado voter attitudes toward wolf ...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Such uninformed rants are not productive

A recent letter decries the “fact” that stimulus money is being used for drugs (“ The stimulus check and the additional unemployment benefits are intended to stimulate an economy, thus the ...

DATE: May 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Let’s do this mall

Council should push ahead quickly with more outdoor dining for Main Avenue

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Ending abortion could be key to virus

The loss of nearly 100,000 lives over a five-month period, about 658 per day, due to the invisible enemy COVID-19, is indeed a real tragedy! Terminating 63 million human lives in ...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mike Kopp: Polis’ executive order opens way to electoral fraud

Like most Coloradans, I’m proud of the way our state is handling the COVID-19 crisis, and for this Gov. Jared Polis deserves real credit. He rallied the people of our state to flatten the cu...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Marijuana pays trillions, but not for me

I wish I never voted for legal marijuana! They give nothing back. No real health care. Just smoke yourself healthy. Clever. Good idea, hypocrites. I’m starving, I can’t...

DATE: May 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor