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Thanks, CDOT, for crushing snow hills

A big thanks goes out to CDOT for knocking down the snow hills that obstructed our view while attempting to enter the 60-mph Highway 140 in Hesperus and southward. We had huge con...

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Netflix is a portal to Earth

The internet might bring the world together after all

DATE: Mar 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

City’s April sales-tax question must be defeated

Durango city government’s failure to disclose important facts to the public at a critical time, mishandling of city budgets, disregard of citizen input and loss of voter trust explains why t...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Winter for the ages leaves county residents buried

The last 10 days have been nothing short of epic in La Plata County as far as winter goes, with some locations seeing 80 inches of snowfall over the course of the last storm that closed scho...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chair

Why I was a no vote on that bill

It was the unintended consequences question that affected my vote this week. As one of the most difficult, but researched, votes I have taken this year, I voted no on the National...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State House

In bed with Fred: A long-departed dog could tell you about dissent

E.B. White has much to teach us still about dachshunds and convictions

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Would you say a male councilor ‘hissed’?

An unfortunate behavior in dialogue about public policy has emerged in Durango. Especially troubling is that this sometimes seeps into news coverage. Increasingly, argumentation i...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Without tax hike, city could fall apart

My family has resided in Durango since the 1930s. Durango has gone through many changes over the years, but none more important than what we are facing right now. I will be the fi...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

We can work together on climate change

Letter writer Gary L. Boyd (“This isn’t warming, it’s global cooling,” Feb. 24) is correct in that the sun does power a planet’s climate system. However, its atmosphere also has a profound i...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A better way to plow Durango streets?

Durango has been doing snow removal the same way for a long time and, by golly, it’s not going to try any newfangled way of doing it any time soon. Durango’s snow removal plan (o...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorials don’t seem current, intelligent

Two recent editorials, “ It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent thought. Corey Sue Hutchins...

DATE: Feb 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor