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Opinion/Editorials

Leasing plan: DOI is ‘streamlining’ regulations, straight past local input

Late last month, the Department of the Interior released a report titled “Review of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic Energy.” That’s a fair ...

DATE: Nov 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Mill levy vote: Across Colorado, communities like ours voted to provide for needed services

Such a nice surprise, waking up on Wednesday to learn that Ballot Question 2A/4A – a mill levy increase to support the Durango Fire Protection District – was handily passed by both city and ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Honoring veterans: Repaying our debt with quality care, not mere words

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to ...

DATE: Nov 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

FLC enrollment: New leaders, data, geography and brand identity must drive enrollment strategy

Student enrollment at Fort Lewis College dropped 6.6 percent this fall to 3,356 students, a decline of 239 from a year ago, and 709 since 2013. Freshmen enrollment fell by an even larger per...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Arctic refuge: With no good reason to drill, Gardner should oppose oil lease sales in ANWR

President Donald Trump and many of his colleagues in Washington seem to have no affinity for landscapes any wilder than the rough on a golf course. Colo. Sen. Cory Gardner knows b...

DATE: Nov 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Vote! – Durango Fire Protection District and school board decisions await your ballot

T o reiterate the 2017 Coordinated Election recommendations of The Durango Herald editorial board: On Ballot Question 2A/4A, asking both Durango residents (2A) and La Plata Cou...

DATE: Nov 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Native American Heritage Week: Be sure to attend FLC presentations featuring Native authors and artists

Locals looking to make more of a connection with our true Four Corners neighbors will appreciate next week’s focus at Fort Lewis College. Native American Heritage Week, five days...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Open enrollment: Though embattled, the ACA stands and residents should access it starting today

It’s complicated. In his late February comments describing the complexity of health care, President Trump got it right. But that’s about the only time. Prior to being sworn in as president, ...

DATE: Nov 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Random acts: Anonymous donor pays it forward for veterans to ride public transit for free

Anonymous donor pays it forward for veterans to ride public transit for free

DATE: Oct 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Fake news: Thirsty for the truth, the Herald partners to inform, educate, entertain

Matthew McConaughey is not moving to Durango and Pope Francis did not endorse Donald Trump for president. No matter how much you wished these statements to be true, or if confirm...

DATE: Oct 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Offline October: Student-led social media blackout tells teens ‘Don’t post a story, live one’

What started as an inspired response to tragedy by some Littleton middle and high school students – after two student suicides in just two days at the beginning of the school year – has grow...

DATE: Oct 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Election integrity: Above all, the Presidential Advisory Commission must protect the right to vote

Among the benefits of U.S. citizenship, the right to vote is one of the least tangible, but arguably the most precious. Colorado’s Sen. Michael Bennet is concerned that the new Pr...

DATE: Oct 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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