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Closure at U.S. 491 the wrong solution

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), it seems, has convinced our “local officials” that County Road BB, in Pleasant View, needs to be closed where it stops at Highway 491 because there...

DATE: Dec. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks to all for the Parade of Lights

I would like to take this time to thank everyone who was involved with the Parade of Lights, and a special thanks to the many organizations that took the time to build floats and make this event...

DATE: Dec. 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tweets entertain, but Congress is the main event

WASHINGTON — The most amusing part of the Trump transition has been watching its effortless confounding of the media, often in fewer than 140 characters. One morning, after a Fox News report on...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Putting the 2016 race into perspective

By the healthy margin of 2.5 million votes the American people chose Hillary Clinton as their president. And yet, Donald Trump is our president-elect, all because our democracy continues to be...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We get horrible trash service in Dolores

I am writing about the horrible service from Waste Management. One inch of snow, and Waste Management refuses to pick up our garbage due to weather conditions. They want us to drag our can one...

DATE: Dec. 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump’s nationalism could risk U.S. role in world

WASHINGTON ­– Donald Trump is an avowed economic nationalist. He promises to put American interests “first” in fashioning trade policy and negotiations. If he fulfills these pledges – and the...

DATE: Dec. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Democratic Party needs to remember how to connect with the voters at the gut level

NEW YORK – As Democrats contemplate their losses in November’s election, most have settled on a solution. They believe that the party needs more economically populist policies. But this misses an...

DATE: Dec. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Can conservation really be legislated?

Ironically, Fort Lewis College passed a resolution in 2015 to support the Bears Ears National Monument in an effort to “protect” this important Utah area; yet students in 2016 obviously have not...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

After only 25 years, triumph of West is over

WASHINGTON — Twenty-five years ago — December 1991 — communism died, the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union disappeared. It was the largest breakup of an empire in modern history and not a shot...

DATE: Dec. 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks for supporting Mancos library

A huge thank you and shout out to all who supported, and passed by a remarkable margin, Ballot Issue 5A for the Mancos Public Library! Thanks to all who lent their support by way of public...

DATE: Dec. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I am grateful to live in Colorado right now

I’m grateful to live in a state that voted for equality and justice for all, and environmental protections, for health and public land, and that supports our booming tourist industry. ...

DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks to an outstanding local citizen

I want to thank Mr. Tim Hunter for his dedication to the improvement of our community and beyond. Every year he rafts down the San Juan and collects tons of debris and waste he finds there. He...

DATE: Nov. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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