Editorials - The Durango Herald

Our view: Silencing Gaza’s journalists silences the world

Nearly two years of war have turned Gaza into a graveyard. More than 60,000 Palestinians are dead, likely more. Two million are displaced. Over a million face famine. Schools, hospitals and ...

DATE: Aug 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: History repeats itself

FEMA’s funding and expertise falter 20 years after Katrina, weakening our ability to prepare for and recover from disasters

DATE: Aug 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Public engagement needs the public

In April 2023, in an audacious move almost no one supported except the councilors themselves – and perhaps overworked staff – Durango City Council voted to consolidate boards and dissolve th...

DATE: Aug 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

How to mix history and art?

A couple of Herald letter writers have said the answer is not what appears on the retaining wall below the Golden Arches at the head of Wilson Gulch east of Durango. A row of methodically pl...

DATE: Aug 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Politics threaten Colorado’s wolf reintroduction

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Keep school board elections focused on students, not politics

The race is on for the Durango School District Board of Education (Herald, Aug. 10). Seats currently held by Erika Brown, Rick Petersen and Andrea Parmenter are up for grabs in the Nov. 4 el...

DATE: Aug 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Water Is Life

Filling a glass from the kitchen tap. Running a hot shower. Flushing the toilet. These are everyday acts that most Americans take for granted. But for more than 2 million people in the Unite...

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Colorado’s new laws

From cellphones to state parks, what they mean for us

DATE: Aug 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Artificial Intelligence

Learning alongside the community, on board with caution and optimism

DATE: Aug 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Growing community

Market on Main a smash hit, SNAP a loss for all

DATE: Aug 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our view: Budgeting by 1,000 cuts only works so long

A yawning gap in the federal budget may sound abstract, but for rural hospitals, tribal radio stations, and food pantries, it’s painfully real. President Trump and Republicans in Congress ha...

DATE: Aug 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Editorials