16°
Name:
Screen name:
Email:
Durango lost one of its most visionary community organizers Tuesday morning when Bliss Bruen died after a brief fight with aggressive cancer. The suddenness of her passing has us collectively...
DATE: Sept. 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Tiny homes are big right now. Not just in Colorado but all around the West. And while affordability and necessity are two big reasons for their popularity, they are also attracting great interest...
DATE: Sept. 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
BP, the worldwide energy company that has been such a large player in the two-state San Juan Basin’s natural gas field, has announced it sees better opportunities elsewhere. To pay for that...
DATE: Sept. 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
If you’ve been seeing the tinge of yellow on trees, signaling the end of summer, and wondering how the season escaped you, we have some news: It’s not just you. Fall color is coming on sooner this...
DATE: Sept. 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
When The New York Times published an anonymous opinion piece Wednesday purporting to be written by a senior member of the Donald Trump administration and claiming that the author and others were...
DATE: Sept. 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Aesop gets the credit for telling us that “appearances are often deceiving.” That he said it over 2,500 years ago should have left plenty of time for the lesson to sink in. The results of a...
DATE: Sept. 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
John McCain’s years of captivity in Hanoi, held by the North Vietnamese after his plane was hit by a missile, rightly became one of the centerpieces of his life. His resistance to his captors as he...
DATE: Sept. 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
In 2012, under President Barack Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency set out to promulgate new and more ambitious standards for vehicle emissions. Written under the 1990 Clean Air Act, the...
DATE: Sept. 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Tomorrow is Sept. 1, and in a little more than six weeks, ballots for this November’s election will be mailed by county clerks. While Colorado is a leader among the states in voter participation...
DATE: Aug. 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
It amazes us that the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a bedrock of our country’s dedication to acquiring and preserving public lands for more than 50 years, faces extinction at the end of...
DATE: Aug. 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Durango City Council made a significant effort this summer to understand the issues that involve the homeless and to aid in their overnight sleeping conditions. Time was spent learning what was...
DATE: Aug. 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
We’ve been thinking lately that we have underestimated Gov. John Hickenlooper, and that our “purple” Colorado – balanced between red and blue – could be wishing for his steady hand again one day...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Editorials
