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Story released this week could change how we eat and how we see research

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Hunting season should also be a welcome season for all

It is true. Southwest Colorado is beautiful all year. But perhaps we need a new adjective to describe the glory of autumn? It is hard to mention it – from the Animas headwaters t...

DATE: Sep 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Craft beer: A sure sign a city like ours will succeed

There is a reason Durango continues to make top 10 lists. Our natural beauty, great climate, and friendly people come to mind. So does good beer. It is one of many things that make our commu...

DATE: Sep 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Recreating a generous national ethos need not be built on a tragedy

A nonprofit effort to encourage volunteer activities in response to the loss of life which occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, with the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the cr...

DATE: Sep 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Election season a reminder of importance, value of letters to the editor

As much as we enjoy the erudite work of syndicated columnists and the wit of political cartoonists, and for as much as we enjoy our own standing to comment on current affairs, the fact is th...

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Business response to panhandling problems should continue next summer

Fall is officially two weeks away, but Labor Day traditionally closes the “summer” season in Durango. The holiday also ended the Business Improvement District’s first summer effor...

DATE: Sep 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Education and enforcement are key to what is really a human, rather than bear, problem

The clever motto of the local fruit gleaning program says, “No apple left behind.” In its third year in Durango, fruit gleaning is an age-old practice to collect crops from farmers’ fields l...

DATE: Sep 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

In light of historic problems, it is good to see Carbon Junction mine reclamation succeed

That the reclamation of the Carbon Junction coal mine site on Ewing Mesa is complete is certainly good news. Even more so is knowing that the 160-acre parcel of land with a stunning view of ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Twenty-first century news and opinion requires hashtags, 140 characters

From the Editorial Board: Digital disruption. Simply, it is a term used to describe the internetâ€™s impact on most industries. The popularity of Airbnb and Uber, whic...

DATE: Sep 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Labor Day: Education offers workers path toward improved job opportunities

Labor Day had its origins in the Pullman strike of 1894, when railroad workers in Chicago and several other cities pushed back against owner-mandated wage cuts. In the violence, many died. O...

DATE: Sep 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Freedom, choice in modern elections again has Colorado leading the nation

Bernie Sanders, Ralph Nader and the Colorado County Clerks Association make strange bedfellows. What could a Democratic Socialist, Green/Independent, and majority Republican organization pos...

DATE: Sep 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials