Harrop: Seven habits of highly effective resisters

Cleaning up the cultural and civic debris left by Donald Trump and his right-wing helpers will require concerted effort. The “resistance” is determined to do that, but to succeed, its member...

Brooks: Praise for those who ‘move in traffic with prudence’

Over the past several years we have done an outstanding job of putting total sleazoids at the top of our society: Trump, Bannon, Ailes, Weinstein, Cosby, etc. So it was good to g...

Brooks: The retreat to tribalism

Imagine three kids running around a maypole, forming a chain with their arms. The innermost kid is holding the pole with one hand. The faster they run, the more centrifugal force...

Cooking again: The return of a culinary program proves popular with all kinds of DHS students

The return of a culinary program proves popular with all kinds of DHS students

Linnett: Hemp replaces uranium in rural western Colorado

When locals in western Colorado’s old uranium mining towns of Naturita and Nucla get word that a journalist is coming to town, they reach for their guns. Not to shoot the “fake n...

Siggins: Embark up 2018 with intention

It’s hard to believe that another year is in the books; 2017 flew by and it will go down as one of the most intense years in history. Despite what it may seem, there are more goo...

Westendorff: A new year, a new land use code and time to shape it

Happy New Year! I hope 2018 is off to a great start for you and that this is a great year for each of you and for La Plata County. We have already hit the ground running, deliver...

2018: Slow and significant progress expected, with revenue a continued uncertainty

If there is one thing we know to be true about any new year, it is that there is no shortage of issues to address. With as active and engaged a community as ours, one has reason t...

Schultz: Button, button, who’s got the button?

In the early evening of Jan. 2, the president of the United States tweeted this boast: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all ...

Editorial cartoon

Letter did not honestly address situation

Responding to the letter by Michael Berry and Berit Palmer, ( According to Durango Police Department transcripts, an officer spoke with Tom Petit in the afternoon on that fateful day. Tom e...

Durango Chamber: Chamber should be a role model, add housing, or better yet, locate elsewhere

Durango’s Chamber of Commerce has begun the planning for a new location and building between 22th and 24nd streets on Main Avenue, adjacent to Brookside Park across from the high school. The...