Editorials

Sentence for role in fatal accident helps us believe in fairness of local courts

To sit high at the bench; to command respect. To have our wisdom and experience, distilled in our judgments, imposed…

September 19, 2016

Roberts was right to object to legislative jiggering of voter information language

Altering the ballot language was a bipartisan effort. But the Legislative Council’s work is supposed to be nonpartisan. And in…

September 18, 2016

Editorials

Obamacare well-meaning, but it fails to contain costs

Healthy individuals, whose participation is needed to cover those who require care, have purchased lower-cost plans, leaving little excess. Families…

September 18, 2016

Editorials

Local plan to generate electricity and soil amendment deserves a chance

It is the generic term for charcoal that is used as a soil amendment, and is commonly made from wood…

September 17, 2016

Editorials

Plan and proposed improvements are a benefit for the Animas, all watersheds

We tend to take water for granted (our food and energy too) and only occasionally think of the journey it…

September 15, 2016

Editorials

Sugar and hearts

Story released this week could change how we eat and how we see research

September 13, 2016

Editorials

Hunting season should also be a welcome season for all

But perhaps we need a new adjective to describe the glory of autumn? It is hard to mention it –…

September 12, 2016

Editorials

Craft beer: A sure sign a city like ours will succeed

The most recent list we have made is not like others to which we are accustomed that compares Durango to…

September 11, 2016

Editorials

Recreating a generous national ethos need not be built on a tragedy

Click on www.911Day.org to “pledge one good deed,” including volunteering for multiple organizations across the country. In Durango, participating organizations…

September 11, 2016

Editorials

Election season a reminder of importance, value of letters to the editor

That makes this an appropriate time to reiterate Herald letters policy and to reinforce the importance of letters to the…

September 10, 2016

Editorials

Business response to panhandling problems should continue next summer

The holiday also ended the Business Improvement District’s first summer effort to reduce panhandling downtown. It may be too soon…

September 8, 2016

Editorials

Education and enforcement are key to what is really a human, rather than bear, problem

Durango’s version, an electronic bulletin board found online at bearsmartdurango.org, was designed to connect residents with fruit trees bearing (excess)…

September 6, 2016

Editorials

In light of historic problems, it is good to see Carbon Junction mine reclamation succeed

It is especially welcome when compared to what looks to be a decade-long Superfund effort to clean up the contamination…

September 6, 2016

Editorials

Twenty-first century news and opinion requires hashtags, 140 characters

Digital disruption. Simply, it is a term used to describe the internetâ€™s impact on most industries. The popularity of Airbnb…

September 5, 2016

Editorials

Labor Day: Education offers workers path toward improved job opportunities

It was a time of growing abhorrence to the six-day-a-week, 10-hour day schedule that industrial workers – men, women and…

September 4, 2016

Editorials

Freedom, choice in modern elections again has Colorado leading the nation

By permitting online voter registration (at govotecolorado.com) and being one of only three states in the nation (Oregon and Washington…

September 3, 2016

Editorials

Grand Canyon

Navajos have a right to benefit from tribal lands, but tramway is a bad idea

September 1, 2016

Editorials

Failure of two initiatives to regulate drilling further is good for Colorado

August 30, 2016

Editorials

State has responsibility to consider local concerns about drilling

This hardly means the debate about community self-determination and ensuring protections for public health and the environment is going away.…

August 30, 2016

Editorials

School security measures were needed, but healthy learning atmosphere is a must

The changes were most visible at Durango’s three elementary schools, where parents accustomed to freely escorting their youngsters into new…

August 28, 2016

Editorials

Finding room at Santa Rita

It’s time to relocate the Durango Chamber of Commerce building

August 28, 2016

Editorials

The road to better mental health requires more options and communication

Got the flu, high blood pressure, an ankle sprain? No problem. Though Southwest Colorado is designated as a health professional…

August 27, 2016

Editorials

Reorganization of CDOT funding should spark statewide discussion

But it should also be seen as an opportunity. Given the broad and serious effect such a cut would have,…

August 24, 2016

Editorials

When role models seem scarce, it is important to recognize our finest

We know them when we see them. We think of people who exemplify the best in all of us, who…

August 23, 2016