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Tri-State has dirty coal and no Plan B

La Plate Electric Association’s electricity provider, Tri-State Generation & Transmission, Coal is the most damaging fuel to our environment, climate and health. It’s also too expensive to...

DATE: Jan 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Staggering, stupid

Two Florida men plead guilty to trophy poaching of mule deer and antelope

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

We need to get rid of minimum wage

Every year for the past several years, the minimum wage in Colorado has increased because voters approved the increase, with the goal of reaching $12 per hour. Related costs – food and housi...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our Durango will capture your heart

Happy New Year in 2019! 2018 is now in our rearview mirror. We all may have had difficult days, and now let’s look forward to healthier and happy times. Is your cup half full or h...

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Tipton needs to hear from us on climate

Diane Mitsch Bush supported finding solutions to the climate change issues we are facing in this day and age. Over half of the voters in La Plata County voted for her in the Nov. 6 election....

DATE: Jan 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

It’s the year of the wolf – and not in any good way

In Willa Cather’s novel “My Antonia,” there are two kind Russian farmers named Peter and Pavel who have settled on the Nebraska prairie. On his deathbed, Pavel tells the story of ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Hospitals, insurers are ripping us off

My holiday spirit U-turned when I signed up for 2019 health insurance. The monthly premiums and huge deductible felt like a one-two punch to the gut. Not only do La Plata County residents pa...

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

Thinking green gets it wrong — again

In the current political landscape, the first order of business is to demonize the other side. It appears Mark Pearson is using this same playbook in his rants against Tri-State Generation a...

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

It was just a song

Roots of Islamic fundamentalism ran through blameless Colorado town

DATE: Jan 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Awards for long-form ideas journalism, continued

In her essay “ In one striking part of the essay, which appeared in The Atlantic, Julian shows that fewer young people are having the kind of relationships that lead to sex. In 1995, 74 per...

DATE: Jan 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

President Trump is a very big, big liar

I would like to mention that President Donald Trump has stated he is proud to be American and wants to make America Great Again, whatever that means. America has always been great. Just ask ...

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

Editorial on Mideast is a Trumpian insult

Your editorial of Dec. 28 (“ The Trumpian tantrum headline surely calls to mind Charles Lindbergh’s pro-Nazi isolationism just before World War II. Unless you are attempting to co-opt those...

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