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Letters: Keep Rachel Landis on LPEA board

A co-op is designed to be for the people, by the people. The entire reason rural electric co-ops were originally created was to give communities like ours the power to access reliable electr...

DATE: Apr 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: LPEA needs more extremist directors

I have a viable idea to help out all the disappointed Bernie Sanders fans. Why not invite Sanders to pretend to live in La Plata County and run for the LPEA board of directors? ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Democrats, socialists, are power-drunk

Every day we see power-drunk Democratic governors issuing arbitrary, self-serving commands to keep people isolated, to prevent folks from reopening businesses and of course the almost maniac...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Hillcrest golf safer than other places

This week I played golf at Hillcrest, walked on the river trail, went to City Market and had a lab test done at Mercy. By far the safest place to be was on the golf course. ...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Scott Tipton: Democrats held up pandemic relief

The COVID-19 outbreak is unlike any other crisis we’ve faced, and it is testing the resiliency of communities across the nation. In Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, like in...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our view: LPEA endorsements

In this year’s LPEA board elections, we recommend sticking with what works

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: I will surely miss Mike Smedley’s column

Well, I see the squeaky wheels finally got their oil. I would like to tell Mike Smedley how much I have enjoyed his Saturday Action Line column. It brought me smiles and sometimes...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: So disappointed it’s sprayed in Durango

While walking along the Animas River bike trail in Durango recently I noticed the city was spraying weed and feed on the park grounds close to the river’s edge. Initially, I inqu...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Itâ€™s scary that people like CNN and NPR

It is disheartening and frankly scary that so many believe what they watch every night on networks such as CNN. As a proud Colorado independent who tries to carefully weigh the is...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Doug Fults is the one for the LPEA board

Doug Fults is a new name in the renewable energy world but he is determined and focused to make a change. LPEA is having an election and we hope to receive your vote so that Mr. F...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Scott Tipton to the rescue for Alzheimer’s

One in 10 Americans age 65 and older has Alzheimer’s dementia today. Colorado is home to 75,000 of them. Additionally, 256,000 Coloradans are caring for at least one loved one with the disea...

DATE: Apr 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor