Opinion

Colorado legislature defends public lands’ values

On Thursday, Mar. 13, the Colorado General Assembly passed a bipartisan resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 25-009, “Protection of Colorado’s Public Lands,” that opposes any federal efforts ...

Our view: Rep. Hurd Tele-Town Hall is progress, more needed

After a few early misses and much constituent consternation about the accessibility of U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, the freshman congressman (R-Colo.) held his first Tele-Town Hall on Tuesday night ...

Our view: Vote Elias, Gonzales, Koso, a new slate

Three seats are being contested in Durango’s City Council’s April 1 municipal election, with five hopefuls. As they appear on the ballot, here are thumbnails: Shirley Gonzales purchased ...

Our view: Community, economic growth benefits from housing, child care focus

We are fortunate to live in a community and region dedicated to fostering community and economic well-being, one that looks at problems holistically and develops solutions systematically. A ...

Our view: ‘FOR’ 2A, invest in Efficiency, Safety, Parks and ‘AGAINST’ misinformation

Before we get into the Herald editorial board’s full support of Ballot Issue 2A, the city of Durango’s referred measure asking voters to reauthorize and extend for 30 years the city’s one ha...

Our view: Not shovel-ready yet, but a good plan

La Plata County’s fairgrounds was originally agricultural property separating Durango and Animas City. In the late 1940s, when infrastructure improvements were more than Animas City could fu...

Our view: Celebrating and defending public media

The Herald’s editorial board would like to call readers’ attention to tomorrow’s “Protect My Public Media Day,” (visit protectmypublicmedia.org), a day our public media colleagues are workin...

Our view: Durango Film celebrates 20 years

We couldn’t talk about the threat to public media funding without also mentioning Rocky Mountain PBS and the important role it plays in southwest Colorado, through partnerships with so many ...

Our view: Reproductive health, abortion care needed now

In mid-February, The New York Times reported on a national crisis at Planned Parenthood that has resulted in the closing of one-third of its clinics in the past 30-plus years, the aftersh...

Our view: Ukrainians do not deserve what is coming

Three years ago, Americans were cheering on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian military, for very good reason. Imaginative defensive tactics were thwarting what the Russians thought would...

Our view: Honoring Native American military service, sacrifice and patriotism

Colorado Rep. Larry Don Suckla (R-Cortez), our newest House District 58 representative to the Colorado General Assembly, has gotten off to an impactful start. He recently cosponsored House J...

Our view: In it for the heart of it - Maria’s celebrates 40 years

Maria’s Bookshop celebrates 40 years of creating community connections through books
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