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Steve Mandell: Western Slope Democrats shouldn’t assume GOP losses are their gains

Three recent events say a lot about where the 3rd Congressional District is heading: Republicans embarrass themselves and shed supporters. Changes in voter registration since the...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Barbara McLachlan: Civics must be taught more thoroughly

If you watch enough national news, it’s easy to think that Democrats and Republicans rarely speak, always argue, refuse to compromise and have nothing in common. Fortunately, in C...

DATE: Apr 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Don’t be a health follower

I remember being a health follower, blindly following vaccine mandates without questioning. Our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave me affordable vaccines completely r...

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: D&SNGR, Rockwood residents should jointly resolve issues

Work together to solve Rockwood issues

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Susan Atkinson: Carbon pricing is key to halting climate change

It’s easy to feel helpless, depressed and overwhelmed about the recent news of climate-related disasters affecting Colorado. Increased temperatures and drought intensify our vulnerability to...

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Support victims of child sexual abuse

On behalf of Durango’s sexual assault survivors, Sexual Assault Services Organization (SASO) must thank our state legislators who voted “yes” on Senate Bill 73 to eliminate the civil statute...

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Apr 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letter: Join our Zoom to talk about FOCUS 2021 topics

If you are interested in talking about issues of importance to Durango that we’ve been discussing in the FOCUS 2021 series, please join our regular monthly Zoom conversations. Join ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Denise Fort: Water can be wrung out too much

Santa Fe, New Mexico, once was sustained by the waters of the Santa Fe River, which begins in the high country of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, flows through the city and then onward to th...

DATE: Apr 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Charles Blow: White supremacists fear “white replacement”

Last week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson caused an uproar by promoting the racist, anti-Semitic, patriarchal and conspiratorial “white replacement theory.” Also known as the “great replacemen...

DATE: Apr 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: We should take responsibility for our health

What if “we, the people” were in charge of our own personal and collective lives? What if when falling ill we would confine ourselves as we know to do even with a cold? What if while we are ...

DATE: Apr 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor