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Letters: Grocery workers should wear masks

I think someone should advise the management of all grocery stores to have people working in the checkout areas wear some sort of face protection. Now that we have our first case ...

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

Letters: State should end Durango price-gouging

Around the country, gas prices have been dropping to sub-$2 per gallon. Yet here in Durango, prices have maintained at the $2.30 level for a long time. Why arenâ€™t our...

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

David Leonhardt: How Trump is making the coronavirus worse now

At a private New York meeting in October 1940, William Knudsen made a desperate plea to the automobile industry’s top executives. Knudsen himself had been the president of General Motors unt...

DATE: Mar 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: David Leonhardt

Letters: We specialize in frozen, to-go entrees

Regarding the letter March 27 from Louis Fontana, “ I own Mountain Meals, which specializes in frozen entrees and has been operating since 2019. We would like to open early on Th...

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

Letters: Take heart, we’re getting ready for this virus

I was relieved and proud as I observed the dedication and expertise exhibited by the San Juan Basin Health Department and the sheriff’s department at the COVID-19 mobile testing unit. ...

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

Letters: Clean has won, fossil fuels are doomed

“ To say that “Climate nonsense is dreamed up by profs” is to say that they’ve willingly committed career suicide for no reason. But soon these skeptics will fall silent. That’s because sol...

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

Letters: Could restaurants make frozen meals?

As seniors who don’t live in the Durango city limits, we are trying to find a way to support our Durango restaurants. After taking advantage of senior hours at Albertsons and seei...

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

Barbara McLachlan: Area businesses adjust to try to survive pandemic

The joy of eating out after a long day, the fun of meeting friends for a drink or the convenience of buying a cup of coffee on the way to work have disappeared from our lives for a while. ...

DATE: Mar 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Clyde Church: We are committed to continuing our county work

There is one topic dominating our minds, families, schools, businesses, community, state, nation and world today as we all shift our practices to slow the spread of coronavirus and the disea...

DATE: Mar 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letters: Landis, Unger and Fults are my choices

As we respond to the COVID-19 situation, I feel proud to live in La Plata County. Our neighbors have stepped up to care for each other, providing soup, supplies and emotional comf...

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

Letters: Hickenlooper’s green, bipartisan and real

In her March 4 letter, Kathy Fackler calls Sen. Cory Gardner “ According to 538.com, Gardner has voted with Trump 90% of the time. His voting record includes exposing waterways to invasive ...

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