Our View: Students carrying Narcan makes sense
We hope school districts can find legal solutions
DATE: Feb 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Examine process, rules before dissolving city boards
Durango City Council gave city staff members the green light to move forward with a reorganization plan that whittles 23 boards and commissions to 15. Working from Council’s directive in 201...
DATE: Feb 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: First-responders of compassion, support
Victim Resource Team brings elevated level of care to those who lost loved ones
DATE: Feb 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Let Indigenous people decide Far View Center’s use
Last week, the Far View Center in Mesa Verde National Park landed on Colorado Preservation Inc.’s most endangered places list and we’re delighted. This designation elevates awareness to the ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Canceled Taste of Durango sign of times
Nothing like a festival in May to kick off summer.
Crowds strolling Main Avenue, rather than winter’s hurry-up-and-get-there dashing through town. Freed from hibernation, we’re wearing our s...
DATE: Feb 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Hermosa to Durango Bike Trail way to go
We’re a multimodal trail-loving bunch in the Southwest. It’s in our collective DNA. On Thursday, Durango resident Bob Wolff made a great gain toward a Hermosa to Durango Bike Trail becoming ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Misinformation on Senior Center does damage
When did unsubstantiated rumors become more reliable than readily available sourced information?
We are thrown by the story last week of newsletters with Volunteers of America letterhead in ...
DATE: Feb 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: It’s justice if family’s feelings came first
Last Friday, we did a double-take over The Durango Herald headline, “Driver who fell asleep causing head-on crash sentenced to probation.”
Probation?
The deckhead below made the reason more ...
DATE: Feb 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: DeSantis’ education ideology suits him, not public students
Fla. governor forced changes at college to become “Hillsdale of the South”
DATE: Feb 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Tyre Nichols: His death changes policing
We’ve had parents of young Black men tell us they’ve had “the talk,” offering advice if pulled over by police. Don’t argue. Don’t fight. Keep your hands where officers can see them. Don’t ru...
DATE: Feb 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Defunding Planned Parenthood does not serve CD-3
We were disappointed to learn that right out of the gate, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s first introduced legislation was the Defund Planned Parenthood Act, which prohibits federal tax money fro...
DATE: Jan 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
Our View: Snowdown: ‘Be not afraid of greatness’
One of Shakespeare’s enduring quotes, “Be not afraid of greatness,” is a fine setting of expectations for all that Snowdown has to offer this year. The Bard’s vast body of work will offer mu...
DATE: Jan 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion
