Editorials

Our View: Hurd out to ‘make local – not national – headlines’

Hurdcca Former Aspen city councilor Adam Frisch, whom we endorsed in the 2022 3rd Congressional District race narrowly won by…

June 12, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Visit Durango’s accounting needs serious transparency

Tourism organization’s invoices much too vague

June 7, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Trump supporters know better – invoices, signed checks prove guilt

Despite the sizzle and spectacle that was the People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump, the…

June 5, 2024

Opinion

My View: What person spreads tacks to take out Iron Horse riders?

SwanJerry McBride What kind of person (or persons) would spread industrial-duty tacks to take out riders of Memorial Day weekend’s…

June 2, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Time for permanent Southern Ute flags at Ignacio schools

As flags represent identities, values, cultural heritage and aspirations, it makes good sense that Southern Ute Indian Tribe students attending…

May 31, 2024

Opinion

Our view: Next Step worth a test

Planters, plastic and paint on their way

May 25, 2024

Opinion

Remembering veterans

This weekend, reflect on those who gave their life in service

May 24, 2024

Opinion

Memorial Day weekend

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, concert at Durango Mesa Park just two events planned

May 23, 2024

Opinion

Culture welcome in commencement regalia

Farmington High School administration erred in denying student beaded, feathered mortarboard

May 21, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Seed, plant exchanges share much wisdom

As we stuff our Opinion section with commentaries of the day – our own editorial pages inside news pages crowded…

May 8, 2024

Opinion

Thank you, poets

We appreciate all that readers shared on their minds in April for National Poetry Month, which honors and celebrates poets…

May 8, 2024

Opinion

‘Herald missed story’ on Bayfield election

That MAGA-type politics have seeped into local nonpartisan elections is alarming. Apparently, in some people’s minds, the Bayfield Town Board…

May 5, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Share what’s appropriate in hiring public health director

On Monday, the Board of Health, which oversees the new La Plata County Public Health, exited an hourlong executive session…

May 5, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Southwest residents too vulnerable in Anthem, CommonSpirit impasse

A news story on Wednesday in The Durango Herald captured the plight of a Durango family, the Hunters, snagged between…

May 3, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Unsure whether student demonstrations will be historical markers in Gaza War

There’s an old joke that makes room for college students to try on and explore who they are. Oftentimes, that…

May 1, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Clarification first on 1984 Act in annexation talks

Tribe, city reference same legislation

April 26, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Secretary Griswold can show more restraint

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold has not held back comments about Donald Trump, calling him an insurrectionist in tweets,…

April 24, 2024

Opinion

My View: Notes from Rocky’s newsroom during Columbine

SwanJerry McBride I worked at the former Rocky Mountain News in Denver when on April 20, 1999, at 11:23 a.m.,…

April 21, 2024

Opinion

Our View: What will it take to fund La Plata’s roads and bridges?

If cultural references give perspective to when La Plata County’s 8.5 mill levy was approved in 1991, the movies “The…

April 19, 2024

Opinion

Our View: 420 events mark evolution of marijuana movement

Before Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana on Jan. 1, 2014, cannabis enthusiasts’ annual, iconic holiday on April 20, to ritualistically…

April 17, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Kim Martin’s columns touch those affected by Alzheimer’s

Some of the most frequent comments we receive have to do with relating to local Kim Martin’s guest columns about…

April 14, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Sun reporter booted from state GOP assembly for doing the right thing

The Colorado Sun reporter Sandra Fish, who was kicked out of the state GOP assembly in Pueblo on Saturday, excels…

April 12, 2024

Opinion

Boomer strikes back: ‘OK, Zoomers. I get it.’

Cross “OK, Boomer” is the sarcastic retort to those of us born in the Baby Boomer era. It is a…

April 12, 2024

Opinion

Our View: Thank you, Tom Stritikus

With his team, Fort Lewis College president made enduring gains

April 10, 2024