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‘All think we are on good side’

A letter to the editor in February had the following comment about flying American and Trump flags together: “Therefore, any expression of support for that person is not a patriot and does n...

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Designate Dolores Canyons National Monument’

As someone deeply invested in our local outdoor recreation community through my retail business, I wholeheartedly support the proposed Dolores Canyons National Monument. This is not just a b...

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Primergy may have ‘back door’ for solar facility approval

Under a proposed state bill, Primergy of California may have found a back door for approval to construct its massive industrial solar facility near Hesperus. The permit application to constr...

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Hurkle-durkling not a sin. Give yourself gift to lounge’

One of the latest TikTok crazes/wellness trends is hurkle-durkling (TikTok user Kira Kosarin). I am proudly not a TikToker. However, this term caught my eye. The Scots have some wonderfully ...

DATE: Mar 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: SCOTUS went too far with federal legislation in Trump ballot ruling

Longtime Republican politician Norma Anderson, lead plaintiff in the case to remove Donald Trump from the Colorado primary ballot based on the 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause, told ...

DATE: Mar 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Wes Rowell

DATE: Mar 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon

DATE: Mar 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

San Juan River’s ‘ever-moving pile of sediment’ requires new vigilance

When the San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, it contributes 15% of Lake Powell’s water. But there’s a problem: The river carries a hefty 55% of the s...

DATE: Mar 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Native Lens a catalyst for young Indigenous filmmakers

There are moments when we know we’re witnessing something that changes what comes afterward. That was the feeling, sitting in the dark at the Durango Independent Film Festival on Saturday af...

DATE: Mar 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

On water compact: ‘Colorado will never get a better deal’

I’ve been a water engineer in Southwest Colorado for 50 years and watched the importance of the Colorado River Compact increase from a background document to front and center as the current ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

$60B ‘chump change’ with Putin war

First, I must applaud a Durango letter writer for her well-written contribution, suggesting $60 billion in Department of Defense funding go toward aid for Ukraine. It is irrefutable, Russian...

DATE: Mar 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘GOP plans no different than Iran’s Sharia law’

On Feb. 6, in Owasso, Oklahoma, a 16-year-old nonbinary, sophomore was beaten by a gang of girls in a school bathroom and died the next day. Who is to blame? The girls? Yes. The Oklahoma edu...

DATE: Mar 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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