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Letters: Landis at LPEA brings hope and drive

As soon as my LPEA member ballot arrives this month, I will be ticking the box for incumbent director Rachel Landis in District 3. In this time of transition from the era of coal and fossil ...

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

Letters: Apply appropriate measures, but reopen!

As of Sunday, La Plata county had 59 cases of the coronavirus with zero deaths. If you include the surrounding counties, including Farmington’s San Juan County, there were 172 cas...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Why cling to the crazy crossing project?

It seems that three of our Durango city councilors are still deaf to the will of the people. A If the council wants to spend $175,000 on such waste, then special order $175,000 worth of toi...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mike Smedley’s apology was enough

I have enjoyed reading Mike Smedley’s Action Line columns for years. I live in New Mexico, near the state line, and I enjoy the symbiotic relationship between northern New Mexico ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Trumpâ€™s pandemic behavior is despicable

There have been numerous times that President Donald Trump has done or said something despicable that has resulted in my thinking that he had reached a new low. Possibly because ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Not the year for state lawmakers and initiatives

We won’t miss a full legislative session – and all those crazy ballot questions

DATE: Apr 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Where is Mercy hospital’s transparency?

Where is our local hospital, Mercy Regional Medical Center, with respect to transparency and sharing information about the current pandemic? Why has it chosen to not comment on no...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Come back, Smedley, we need you now

Mike Smedley, please change your mind. Keep doing your Action Line column. Yes, your second-to-last column went off the rails. That was one out of how many? Nobody bats 1,000. ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: This Trump character wants to rule us all

Some of you might remember the 1995 movie “The Man Who Would Be King,” starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine. It was based on a real-life character and written by Rudyard Kipling. ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Re-elect Unger and Landis to LPEA board

LPEA ballots come around every year, and every year itâ€™s the single biggest environmental impact we can make at our local level. Unlike the county commissioner race, where you c...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: Like peanut butter and chocolate, ‘Lay Down’ just works

How is this for an American story: On the third day of February 1947, auspiciously under the sign of Aquarius, a child, Melanie Anne, was born in Queens, New York, to Freddie Safka, a Ukrain...

DATE: Apr 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Please share to help those who need it

My wife and I got our federal payments today, and I feel a little guilty about it. I’m still working, so we have not been hurt financially by the COVID-19 pandemic, but I know man...

DATE: Apr 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor