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DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Letter: ‘Dreamers’ are essential, need permanent protection

The pandemic has made clear that Coloradans rely on each other. This reality extends to our economic future and the work that Colorado’s immigrant community is doing to keep our state open a...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Massage chairs for deputies’ health?

So, no doubt, after consultation with medical professionals, the sheriff determined the best way to spend $20,000 toward overall employee wellness was to purchase three massage chairs (March...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Wendt, Buell, Youssef are the right trio

How’s this ol’ Durangatang/mountain athlete/yogi voting this April? • Wendt (Young, struggling to stay Here Now, open-minded but with a guarded edge toward the Californification ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Democrats want to remove voter fraud safeguards

Democrats seem to be under the impression that minorities (although their focus is on Blacks) do not drive; don’t have jobs; do not rent apartments or own houses; don’t have bank accounts; n...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Drug sales, use at Rim Drive parking lot must stop

Since the beginning of the pandemic there has been an increasing number of school-aged kids that have started using Rim Drive parking areas to sell and use drugs and party. They ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Purgatory is offering less for more money

After skiing 30-plus years at Purgatory, I believe they continue to charge more and offer less. The season pass “partner” locations have been cut to areas currently owned by the ...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: Vote Youssef, Bosmans, Furtney for City Council

Voters in the Durango City Council election that ends at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, have time to drop their ballots in the drop boxes around town, but they should not put them in the mail betw...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Southwest Wildfire Impact Fund has the right idea

Timber Age Systems Inc., a local wood products manufacturing company, is writing in support of the Southwest Wildfire Impact Fund (SWIF). The projects proposed by SWIF will do mu...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Rockwood has been railroaded by D&SNGR

We have been coming to Durango for well over thirty years, owning property in the Tamarron area, and now in Rockwood Estates. We come here to enjoy all of what Durango has to off...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lodgers tax proposal is a win-win for Durango

Vote for ballot initiative 1-AA to support local businesses. The negative letter writers probably came here as tourists. So when they claim Durango was overrun by tourists I say ask the Pala...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Sen. Don Coram confuses on Colorado Water Plan

I was completely confused by Sen. Donr Coram’s long editorial on March 27, in which he says, “Despite all the information gathered, the Colorado Water Plan has never been really implemented....

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor