Editorials - The Durango Herald

Our View: Jeff Hurd, a good fit for CD3

Adam Frisch, a former Aspen city councilor who has spent two years getting to better know the expansive 3rd Congressional District, and Jeff Hurd, a Grand Junction attorney who has represent...

DATE: Oct 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Harris for the sake of the country

Kamala Harris will be a strong and determined leader as president. She has been as close to the White House as you can be for four years, has led her own initiatives and spent an inordinate ...

DATE: Oct 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: 9-R, with second action, got it right

With the student walkout and peaceful protest Tuesday at Buckley Park and the evening meeting at Durango High School, many overturned the opposition of one. Students were the many, a parent ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Reelect Matt Salka for La Plata County commissioner

Paul Black has been a member of several critical organizations that make a community function safely and efficiently, the fire district probably the most significant. But there are water and...

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Vote ‘no’ on Prop. 128 increasing time served for parole eligibility

Proposition 128 is a citizens initiative that aims to reduce crime and ensure justice is served by proposing a change concerning when a person convicted of a violent crime is eligible for pa...

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Cleave Simpson for Senate District 6

Cleave Simpson, the fourth generation San Luis Valley farmer who has represented counties from the Valley west to the Utah state line in the Colorado Senate for two years, began as an unknow...

DATE: Oct 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Clark Craig for House District 59

Clark Craig has held a seat on all or almost all of the boards that shape Ignacio’s current and future activities, library, planning and town council, as well as La Plata County’s planning c...

DATE: Oct 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: 9-R needs the additional mill levy, more specifics as desired

Durango School District 9-R is asking property owners to approve a new bond of $150 million. It would pay for a new elementary school at Three Springs, to replace and likely repurpose the ag...

DATE: Oct 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our view: Durango Literary Festival underway; locals to shine

The Durango Public Library presents for the 13th year, the 2024 Durango Literary Festival that kicked off Saturday and runs through Oct. 19. The festival is sponsored by the Friends of the D...

DATE: Oct 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Let Treasurer Grushkin continue

In November 2023, the La Plata County commissioners appointed Ann “Moni” Grushkin to serve as La Plata County treasurer to succeed Alison Aichele, who resigned in July 2023. This election, v...

DATE: Oct 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Vote ‘no’ on increasing time served for parole eligibility

Proposition 128 is a citizens initiative that aims to reduce crime and ensure justice is served by proposing a change concerning when a person convicted of a violent crime is eligible for pa...

DATE: Oct 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: ‘Yes’ to restore judges’ ability to deny bail

Amendment I to the state’s constitution is a measure referred to voters by Colorado’s General Assembly (state Legislature). Amendment I, if passed with a “yes” vote, would restore judges’ ab...

DATE: Oct 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Editorials