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Letter: Manna expansion not appropriate for neighborhood

Manna has been an asset in addressing food insecurity in our community, but many Durango residents do not support the plan Manna has proposed to expand its building in the middle of a reside...

DATE: Feb 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: Two health care proposals get our support

Coloradans have shown themselves to be solidly progressive on numerous fronts, nowhere more so than on the issue of abortion and reproductive rights. Last year, a ballot measure that would h...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

How to make the rest of this school year worthwhile? Skip it.

I never did fifth grade. The summer after I finished fourth, my family moved to Vienna. When my parents called to enroll me in the a local school, the principal said the fifth-gr...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: LPEA should take the reins on broadband expansion

High quality Internet access is sorely lacking in many rural regions across America. However, few have taken notice or appreciated the fiber optic networks expanding rapidly across rural Ame...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Rhyming with ancient Rome is unsettling

Around 160 A.D., Marcus Aurelius, the last of the so-called “good emperors,” wrote: “We were born to work together like feet, hands and eyes, like the two rows of teeth, upper and lower. To ...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Democratic Party needs to engage its own voters

I’m terrified that, during this impeachment process (not trial!), the Democrats are once again going to fall short. Why? Because a democracy depends upon a well-informed and engaged public! ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: 30x30 campaign helps protect nature for future generations

I rounded the hill to see what was awaiting my arrival: expansive granite cliffs with tremendous amounts of water falling over the tops of them into the oblivion below. A sea of spruce and f...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our View: How the newspapers’ editorial pages work

As you may have read on this page a few months ago, the Durango Herald and The Cortez Journal have a new editorial page editor. This seems like a good time to re-acquaint our readership with...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Wind turbines are low on the list of bird threats

With no context, the letter to the editor It alarmed me, so I went to the fws.gov “Threats to Birds” web page for more information. I discovered that wind turbines (which kill up to 328,00...

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Lizzie Kost: Welcome to Durango’s Professional Porch Sitters Union, Chapter 42

One must only enjoy the art of porch sitting to have the authority to create a chapter of the Professional Porch Sitters Union. I am thus authorized. I picked 42 as the chapter’s designation...

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Letter: Spend lodgers tax on housing, parking, transit

The recent Letter to the Editor of Jan. 4, “We’ve got enough tourists already,” hits the nail squarely on the head. Tourism and second-home owners may benefit segments of our eco...

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: City’s support of nonprofits helps them do the ‘heavy lifting’

The Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado appreciates the City of Durango’s support of the nonprofit sector (Jan. 26, “City of Durango awards more than $172,000 in Durango Relief F...

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor