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And it stoned me

Rock-stacking is becoming a popular and peculiar pastime in the wild

DATE: Dec 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Snowberger is great; coverage is poor

Fellow Durangoans, I trust that you agree that we are fortunate to have a great school district in 9-R and an exceptional superintendent in Dan Snowberger. The recent public assau...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Hunting provides economic benefits

Now that hunting season is in full swing in Colorado, I think it is important to highlight hunting and the positive economic benefits it provides our state. In addition to taxes c...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The days of reckless spending are over

It has become increasingly clear that our city administrators don’t consider fiscal responsibility a priority in their decision-making. However, the voters and taxpayers have made it clear w...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Now’s the time for action to restore national parks

As Congress makes its way through the lame duck session, several hot button issues await action. Important legislation will be considered over the next two weeks that, if passed, ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Democrats are usurping county offices

Congratulations to the city of Durango for having captured all three seats on the Board of County Commissioners! Going back 24 years, the Democrat county commissioners representing District ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

These students will be future leaders

On Thursday, Dec. 6 I attended the Animas High exhibition “Willing to be Disturbed.” The semester-long humanities project of Jessica McCallum’s juniors was an invitation to examine a politic...

DATE: Dec 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Can someone please fix these lights?

There are a lot of street lights along the river trail and on Bennett Street that are out. There is also a street light at the 32nd Street boat launch that has been flashing like ...

DATE: Dec 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cats and dogs finally get a break – in the farm bill

WASHINGTON – For people who support the humane treatment of animals, including those that end up on America’s dinner plates, passage this week of the farm bill is a gift befitting the season...

DATE: Dec 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

The face of Michelangelo’s David could guide us

FLORENCE – A tourist in Florentine museums is like a skipping stone above unfathomable depths. Here a Botticelli. There a Donatello. A single room at the Uffizi that would reward ...

DATE: Dec 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

Guys, enough war – or it’s the asteroid

The Gulf War in Iraq, under President George H. W. Bush, in 1991, had about 100 U.S. military casualties. The global community was relieved that this ended in a very short period of time and...

DATE: Dec 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor