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Opinion/Editorials

Our view: EPA

Protecting public health and the environment, but will it last? Last week, the City of Cortez was one of seven recipients to learn that on May 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aw...

DATE: May 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: In remembrance

We must double down on supporting, not abandoning our veterans

DATE: May 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Blake, Lewandowski, Witchel to lead LPEA

Voters in this year’s La Plata Electric Association board election, concluding on Wednesday, retained two incumbents and added a former county commissioner for the seats representing La Plat...

DATE: May 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: 53rd Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

Durango’s version of the running of the Pamplona bulls kicks off today as 1,800 riders and racers get ready to mount their trusty steeds Saturday morning for the 53rd Iron Horse Bicycle Clas...

DATE: May 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: GOP budget -Trillions in the dark

There are only days remaining in the House Republicans’ pledge to submit the coming year’s federal budget. While the larger components in play today are known, their fates and sizes are not....

DATE: May 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: American sell out

There is little ‘big and beautiful’ about the Republicans’ budget, especially for public lands The president’s “big, beautiful” tax, defense, energy and immigration bill crashed and burned o...

DATE: May 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Capital projects

Community connectivity and the promise of two trails “We’re all waiting for that trail to be completed,” said a participant to the City of Durango’s inaugural Parade of Projects held on Tues...

DATE: May 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: LPEA Elections

Three candidates best positioned to continue progress Nine candidates are vying for three seats on the La Plata Electric Association board (a fourth race in Archuleta County we did not endor...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view – Motorcycle safety: Riders wear a helmet, drivers slow down

Motorcycle riding has its risks, and here is the largest risk, with numbers: during 2024, 165 riders were killed in Colorado, which was about 25% of all vehicle-involved fatalities. What per...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Mother’s Day

It’s hard work and no surprise birthrates continue to fall Today we recognize the 85 million women in the U.S. and 2 billion worldwide who have given birth to at least one child. Mothers are...

DATE: May 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Peters and the president

Causing immeasurable damage to local elections and trust in the electoral process Tina Peters is not a hero nor a heroine. The onetime former Mesa County Clerk and far-right conspiracy theor...

DATE: May 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Thanks for the poetry, it’s always welcome

Two hundred fifty words are not needed When feelings are over flowing Add a rhyme or two will do Points made And shared Brevity of sentence but not of message rare and worthy April subm...

DATE: May 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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