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Rest of state must see our region’s needs

One of the first things I learned when joining the Legislature in 2017 was that the two committees I was most passionate to join, Education and Agriculture, met at the same time. ...

DATE: Jan 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State House

Editorial cartoon

DATE: Jan 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Furloughed workers show integrity

I was not looking forward to a flight to Denver because I was embarrassed to make the TSA work for me while they weren’t getting paid. I thanked each one of them in Durango. On my...

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

Racists to the right and anti-Semites to the left

The last five years in Western politics has seen a repeated failure of the barriers that political establishments have tried to throw up against both radical ideas and xenophobic sentiments....

DATE: Jan 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Forecast cloudy: Shutdown makes predictions worse

Government is so good at weather, one agency head doesn’t want you to know

DATE: Jan 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Justifying Farrakhan is just bad judgment

If I can quote Will Rogers, “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” After reading Carol Cure’s letter (“Farrakhan has done good things, too,” Jan. 15), I think she shoul...

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

Cut Herald instead of Pine River Times

And another one bites the dust! According to your article, The Pine River Times will no longer be a newspaper we can actually hold in our hands, read at leisure and enjoy the repo...

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

Truly local food leads to a better economic truth

The local foods movement of the last decade or so is evolving in interesting ways. Nationally, farms and food hub (alternative distribution) organizations are surviving and thrivi...

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Build the new police HQ in Three Springs

There is a Durango Police substation and adjoining property on Wilson Gulch Boulevard in Three Springs. Why not expand this substation to become the main Durango police station and make the ...

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

Snowberger stuff makes us look stupid

We all take our lumps over failed attempts or misdirected actions, but none of us deserve the “dumping” that Superintendent Dan Snowberger has gotten. I am tired of the harassment...

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

Don’t even: Lessons need to be learned from 2A defeat

City leaders are eying another tax-hike request, in April – they shouldn’t

DATE: Jan 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Inexcusable act in the funeral industry

In response to the article “Woman’s lawsuit accuses funeral home of illegally harvesting mother’s body parts” (Jan. 7), I would like to express my abhorrence with the alleged actions of the ...

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