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Sen. Don Coram: Exhausted yet happy with Assembly progress

We are halfway through the legislative session and it seems like we are rushing to the finish. The session started Jan. 13 and adjourned Jan. 16. Then we took a 30-day leave to t...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Bus service should get more funding, support for drivers

I want to give a great shout-out to our local bus service. I ran out of my house just as the bus was heading to my stop. I forgot my mask, but was able to pull up my T-shirt and sh...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Our View: Lodgers tax vote sends signals on tourism marketing

Durango City Council election results and the approval of an increased lodgers tax, based on preliminary results tallied earlier this week, affirmed the community’s concern for a healthy bus...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Ten-year-old proposes solution for hungry, homeless

Hello, I am Arthur Dillman, and I am 10. In class I have learned about an issue in our town that has existed for a while: homeless hunger. Many homeless people have mental and he...

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Apr 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Mike Littwin: Thanks, Trump, for All-Star game

Even though Coloradans overwhelmingly rejected Donald Trump on the 2020 ballot — he lost by the greatest margin in the state since Reagan crushed Mondale in 1984 — we should offer him a bela...

DATE: Apr 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Rep. Joe Neguse, Sen. Ron Wyden: Why American needs a new Civilian Conservation Corps

The 2020 wildfires brought America to a once-in-a-generation moment. For years, most Americans have viewed forestry policy as reserved only for rural areas. Now, as the climate cr...

DATE: Apr 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our View: FLC’s Grub Hub models how to help others

Students helping students at FLC

DATE: Apr 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Durango Mesa Park will enhance business, town as a whole

I am writing to express my full and complete support for the newly proposed bicycle/multiuse facility to be located at Ewing Mesa, now Durango Mesa Park. I was fortunate to...

DATE: Apr 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Return train departures to downtown Durango

For anyone who participated in the April 2 meeting with the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNGR) representatives, La Plata County Manager Chuck Stevens, Colorado Department of ...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Wildfire fund will help mitigate the inevitable

Thank you for your story about the Southwest Wildfire Impact Fund (SWIF) (March 25,”Durango, La Plata County look to new funding model for fire mitigation”). In 2020, Colorado bro...

DATE: Apr 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor