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Aspen throws shade on slushy Durango

Does the city of Durango have only one snow plow? What the heck was happening last Thursday during the slush-falling-from-the-sky-storm? Why did a plow not come down the lane for ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trust-bust these health care providers

Recently I received a physical from a doctor who works under Centura Health, which runs Mercy Hospital and several local medical practices. The doctor asked me how I was doing with an issue ...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Greetings from your new county assessor

As your new La Plata County assessor, I wanted to take time to thank my supporters, including the staff of the La Plata County Assessor’s Office. The task of the assessor could no...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Editorial cartoons

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Dry erase: What else will the city remove so it can roust the homeless?

City Council is foolishly angling to remove our downtown signs

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

The Electoral College is now perverted

The Electoral College is not so much an outdated system as a perverted one. There is no reason we shouldn’t elect presidents by a nationwide popular vote. The candidate with the m...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Iran has languished in darkness for 40 long years

From its beginning 40 years ago this week, the Islamic Republic of Iran has enjoyed the generous benefit of the doubt from credulous observers in the West. History hasn’t been kin...

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

CORE act is good for business – and life

As the owner of RIGS Fly Shop & Guide Service, I agree with Osprey Pack’s Layne Rigney that the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act is legislation whose time has come (“ Like...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Abolish billionaires

Eliminating excessive wealth may be an idea<br/>whose time has come for America

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Our bill will keep Colorado waters clean

Growing up, I learned quickly to clean up my room. Or else. It wasn’t always easy. Or pleasant. But I’d made a promise to my parents, and I begrudgingly kept it. And th...

DATE: Feb 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State House

We’ll take Amazon: And we’ll even throw in some tax breaks

Forget all that hassle in New York, Jeff – Durango is calling your name

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

News from the left and right essential

I am responding to Denise Murray’s Feb. 11 letter, “ For example, Democrats supported a wall but don’t support Trump’s wall. They now support more effective and less expensive modern techni...

DATE: Feb 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor