Opinion

Plunging stocks, rising unemployment, mounting home foreclosures and a broken credit market have made for the most challenging economic crisis since the Great Depression. A series of costly...

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll on America's military forces, not only in the number of dead and wounded but also in the number of soldiers, both male and female, who found their...

Athletic opportunities for Durango High School students grew this spring, with the addition of boys and girls lacrosse to the list of competitive school sports.The two teams played their first...

The makeup of the Durango City Council is about to change with April's election, and with four candidates vying for three open seats, voters should take advantage of the opportunities over the next...

It is never easy to cut budgets. Although personnel and programs may have been in place for only a short time since revenues increased, decisions to reduce their number or size can be agonizing....

It is impossible to pick up a newspaper, turn on the television or call up the Web without reading or hearing about the nation's economic woes. And much of the talk - and much of the problem -...

The Democratic response to the economic crisis has its problems, but let's face it, the current Republican response is totally misguided.The House minority leader, John Boehner, has called for a...

The Colorado Legislature on Monday passed a measure that will allow young people - who are no longer, by definition, juveniles - convicted of some crimes to serve their sentence in the Youth...

Most citizens of the United States have never heard of the Chapultepec Declaration, and that needs to change. It is a remarkable document, written, adopted and signed by 100 private citizens at the...