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Opinion/Editorials

Our view: Flag locks not Durango

The end of last week, the Thursday through Sunday that bracketed the 4th of July, American flags lined Main Avenue between 5th and 13th streets. About 45 of them. Secured by a cable loop thr...

DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Small acts

Pennies and shoes, no tax on tips, don’t add up

DATE: Jul 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Speed Management on East 7th Street

City’s Multimodal Department is barking up the wrong street Sometimes, you have to give up the ghost. Abandoning a long-planned effort can be hard, especially for those most intimately invol...

DATE: Jul 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Mesa Verde Conference and Literary Festival

Celebrating writing as an art form in the Four Corners “We wouldn’t have writers if we didn’t have readers,” says Russ Taylor, one of the directors, with wife and writer Lisa, and Mark Steve...

DATE: Jul 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Transparency

‘Behind closed doors’ not uncommon, or illegal, but the public deserves to know of settlements

DATE: Jul 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: In George’s shadow

Selections from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, which listed the inimical actions of the King of Great Britain – today, replicated by another king: – He has refused his Assent...

DATE: Jul 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Parks are not partisan

Trump is politicizing a system that was never political President Donald Trump’s March 2025 Executive Order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” hit home last week with signs po...

DATE: Jul 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: No Republican now; rewrite to include any party?

Friday’s editorial in this space urged the Democratic Party to name, for the sake of adding different values and perspectives to the La County Commission, a Republican to succeed Clyde Churc...

DATE: Jun 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Iran is within reach, but for others

One thing is very clear about the attack a week ago by large U.S. bombers on the three Iranian nuclear processing sites: that one-third of the way around the world, from Missouri to Iran and...

DATE: Jun 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Appoint a Republican

Values and perspectives from the right will serve La Plata County La Plata County’s Democratic Party leadership has announced its three favorites to succeed county Commissioner Clyde Church,...

DATE: Jun 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Hail the Parliamentarian

Hurd is helping but Elizabeth MacDonough is our hero In January, Rep. Jeff Hurd said that he is “cautiously optimistic that there’s a lot of good that we can do in this next Congress with th...

DATE: Jun 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Political violence

We protect ourselves by protecting the dignity and humanity of everyone in our community The Durango-based Western Leaders Network issued a press release on Monday standing with the Minnesot...

DATE: Jun 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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