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Letters: Vote Yes on Prop 113 to be heard

I admire Sidny Zink as an intelligent business person, but her Oct. 25 letter is stunningly wrong (“ Vote Yes on 113 to make your vote count. Trish Pegram Durango The au...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Diane Mitsch Bush is a pragmatic leader

We hear it every two years: this will be the most important election ever. This time, I actually think that’s true – especially in CD 3. Diane Mitsch Bush is the clear choice. As an unaffili...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Our view: What makes a leader?

If it’s examples, not politicians, we seek, look no further than George C. Marshall

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letters: Local school bond measure good for all

The local 4A school bond measure will raise $90 million for capital projects and maintenance with no increase in current property taxes. School buildings are used as gathering places for man...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mitsch Bush will fight for rural health care

Diane Mitsch Bush is the only candidate talking about our collapsing rural health care systems. Sheâ€™s running to represent CD 3 in Congress, and I plan to vote for her. She will...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Pleased to vote for an independent

As an independent voter, I am pleased that those of us who are unaffiliated are able to have a nonpartisan choice in the election for La Plata County commissioner. I have studied all of the ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Boebert will end these far-left ideologies

If you are tired of your freedoms trampled, your Second Amendment and free speech threatened, and are concerned about what kind of revisionist history your children may learn in school, a vo...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Porter-Norton is ready for commission

Marsha Porter-Norton has been a dear and trusted friend of mine for 45 years. I can assure you that she is the county commission candidate who is prepared, qualified and committed to her pur...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Only Mitsch Bush will fight for all of us

So many of us have experienced the hardships of Colorado’s shifting climate. Solving these problems will require flexibility and collaboration. Diane Mitsch Bush understands that. Diane’s op...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: We need all the wolves, and your vote

Please vote in favor of Proposition 114, the restoration of wolves to Colorado. Prey populations like elk and deer can actually be made healthier by the presence of wolves. By targeting dise...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Raise the taxes for children, our future

Children have had their education disrupted this year, and thousands in Colorado have limited or no access to child care and preschool. Currently, the Colorado Preschool Program can only ser...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letters: Not flashy, but she gets the job done

The Western Slope of Colorado as always made its way through a strong, no-frills work ethic. We should ask the same of our elected representative. Diane Mitsch Bush carries that ethic and is...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.