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Letters: Virus has been blown out of proportion

Why am I not wearing a mask? (Letters, April 29: “ Because I believe this whole thing is blown way out of proportion to its reality. It is a flu that affects at most 5% to 10% of...

DATE: May 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: And also, this is a bad allergy season

On top of everything else, this has been a bad allergy season! Juniper pollen counts exceeded 2,000 grains per cubic meter of air on April 25 in Durango. We have not seen this level since 20...

DATE: May 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: This is no time to relax our guard

Despite confusion and mixed messages, we’re ready to start back – slowly

DATE: May 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: You can find the world in a puddle

Often at dawn and in the evenings, we walk with a border collie in Three Springs on the paved path below Wilson Gulch Drive and Three Springs Boulevard, beside the marshland and a series of ...

DATE: May 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Now is just the time for Medicare for All

At the exact time that people need health care the most – during a global pandemic – millions are not only losing their paychecks but their health insurance. This is a result of our employer...

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

Letters: Please be honest and turn in the money

I withdrew money with groceries on April 27 at Walmart. I forgot to take the money and left the store. When I went back, the money was gone and the self-service cashier said no one had turne...

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

Letters: Stimulus payments support drug habits

Unfortunately, it took a deadly virus to turn our world upside down – and for La Plata and Montezuma counties to finally get Colorado TV news stations! We’ve been here over 20 yea...

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

Letters: I’m proud of our wildlife when it’s alive

This is a message for my Vallecito neighbors: Please do not tell news outlets or others about the “beautiful wildlife” which crosses your yards. If you do that, hunters...

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

Letters: Forest Service is ignoring our health

To the benefit of our health, since the ’60s we have been told by the surgeon general, doctors, nurses, advertisers, teachers, the government and the media that smoking is bad for our health...

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

Letters: I’ll be voting for Marsha Porter-Norton

If ever there was a time when competent leadership was needed, it is now, and it will be needed for the foreseeable future as a result of the pandemic. For this reason, I will be voting for ...

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

Letters: Please give a thought to the dandelions

I’m the president of the Colorado State Beekeepers Association. Did you know that tiny bursts of sunshine are emerging from our lawns, ranch lands and public places, announcing th...

DATE: May 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Jonathan Thompson: COVID kills oil industry – and it may not return

In early January – which seems like a lifetime ago in the age of COVID-19 – President Donald J. Trump crowed about the United States’ new status as a net-exporter of petroleum. He...

DATE: May 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns