Editorials

Our View: Lodgers tax vote sends signals on tourism marketing

Yet the lodgers tax increase passed by only a very slim margin. Durangoans supported the increase from 2% to 5.25%…

April 9, 2021

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Our View: FLC’s Grub Hub models how to help others

Students helping students at FLC

April 7, 2021

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Our View: In wake of shootings, grief

‘It could have been me’

April 3, 2021

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Our View: Jail inmate is grateful for vaccine

But it’s not unusual for incarcerated people to write journalists about their plights, hoping to find a sympathetic ear. Many…

April 1, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Vote Youssef, Bosmans, Furtney for City Council

The Herald’s editorial board made its recommendations two weeks ago, before ballots were available, and a reminder may be worthwhile.…

March 31, 2021

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Our View: City, county move in the right direction on homelessness

City of Durango, La Plata County explore new direction for unsheletered

March 27, 2021

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Our View: Sorrow and celebration

Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims, and to all those traumatized in past mass…

March 25, 2021

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Our View: Solution to loneliness is connection

Human connection is important to all

March 23, 2021

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Our View: Furtney’s potential outweighs fence-cutting

Potential outweighs fence-cutting

March 20, 2021

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Our View: Governor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’ proclamation

MeatOuGovernor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’

March 19, 2021

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Our View: Bill to phase out single-use plastic is timely, wise

In a nutshell, House Bill 21-1162 will ban the use of single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam by retail stores and…

March 17, 2021

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Our View: Herald endorses Bosmans, Furtney and Youssef

Herald endorses Bosmans, Furtney, Youssef

March 12, 2021

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Our View: Thanks to Bennet, American children win

The new and improved Child Tax Credit included in the stimulus package will increase tax credits already offered to American…

March 12, 2021

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Our View: Vote ‘Yes’ on lodgers tax ballot question

The current tax of 2% does not go as far as it did when it was instituted in 1980. In…

March 10, 2021

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Our View: Let’s practice civil discourse

It’s bipartisan behavior

March 6, 2021

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Our View: Assembly needs to step up on redistricting conundrum

Assembly needs to help resolve problem

March 4, 2021

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Our View: Hang on for a mask-free future

You can almost feel it in the air, as more and more Southwest Colorado residents get vaccinated for COVID-19. Soon,…

March 3, 2021

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Our View: Motel conversions could help ease housing shortage

Motel conversion may be the quickest, most affordable way to add housing units to ease Durango’s housing deficit. It’s been…

February 27, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Balance judicial leniency with wisdom

Along with many readers, we winced when reading in the Herald’s Feb. 20 front-page article, “An agent for change,” that…

February 25, 2021

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Our View: Congress should pass Colorado conservation bills

Wilderness, CORE acts will preserve Colorado for future generations

February 22, 2021

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Our View: Let’s abandon our silos for connection

More than 300 people attended the one-hour talk on Monday. The foundation also hosted a discussion with Brooks for its…

February 19, 2021

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Our View: ‘Caste’ provides lesson in Black history

One of us remembers a college political science lecture on the Civil War in which the professor claimed, “The Civil…

February 16, 2021

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Our View: MidTown Renewal Area holds promise for redevelopment, housing

MidTown renewalInitiative poised to boost housing

February 13, 2021

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Our View: Two health care proposals get our support

Yet a woman’s right to make her own decisions about pregnancy is in peril, primarily from the U.S. Supreme Court.…

February 11, 2021