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Crews complete burn operations at Rim Fire south of Colorado state line

Wildfire crews battling the Rim Fire at the Colorado-New Mexico state line on Friday completed containment burn operations and secured lines, according to Teresa Rigby of the Bureau of Land Management...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Local News

Editorial cartoon: Wes Rowell

DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

Core values: ‘Something has gone terribly wrong’

The city of Cortez’s Comprehensive Plan outlines directives for every government official to follow, clearly stating that all city government officials are to “be proactive in the prevention of proble...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: 1984’s Mountain Gravel v. City of Cortez reinforces ‘no’ to industrial rezone

Residents in north Cortez’s Montview neighborhood remembered hearing about a lawsuit won in the early 1980s in a fight against nearby industrial activity, similar to their quest to stop Independent Lo...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

When loved one becomes ‘someone I never knew’

Kim Martin and Chuck Carson described their experiences as caregiver and patient living with Alzheimer’s or related dementias on Aug. 13 in The Durango Herald. Every one of the 6 million Americans liv...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Deeply saddened racist sign/statue still standing’

Dear people of the Southwest, I recently moved back to Durango after several years, and was deeply saddened and shocked to learn that the racist sign/statue by the Toh-Atin Gallery in the heart of Dur...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

Industrial rezone: ‘Natural treasures over profit’

I urge the Cortez City Council to be more responsive to your community concerns and not change the zoning to industrial right next to the Carpenter Natural Area. Many people in this community, as well...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Positive history of success’ at Carpenter Natural Area

Thirty-one years ago, my family and I led the initiative that resulted in Catharine Carpenter donating 80 acres to the city of Cortez for a natural area. From the beginning, our goals were to encourag...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

Rezoning ILC ‘against will of outspoken community’

Concerning the Carpenter Natural Area, I’ve been watching the steady influx of materials and equipment line the borders of the west entrance. It seems the rate and volume of occupancy at Independent L...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

What’s next? ‘Ouray’ Casino in Vegas?

In the recent article concerning the new Durango Casino in Las Vegas, I kind of had to chuckle. I was just talking with someone about this. Also, what others may not know is that in Las Vegas, there i...
DATE: Aug 20, 2023 CATEGORY: Opinion

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