Editorials - The Durango Herald

Generosity: Our community responds to help those in need

Our community responds, in good times and after tragedy, to help those in need

DATE: Jun 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Bike to work: Get your ‘passport’ and get involved in a future less dependent on the automobile

This coming Wednesday, June 28, is Bike to Work Day, with morning gatherings at the Durango Coffee Company in the 700 block of Main Avenue and in front of Mercy Medical Center in Three Sprin...

DATE: Jun 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Coal mine proposal preserves local jobs

There is still a place for coal mining, done properly, in our county today

DATE: Jun 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

A trail no more: Forest Service was right to destruct illegal bike trail in Hermosa Watershed

Forest Service was right to destruct illegal bike trail in Hermosa Watershed

DATE: Jun 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Asset forfeiture: Colorado reforms strike a fair balance

Colorado reforms strike a fair balance that better protects individual rights

DATE: Jun 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Station No. 2: Possible locations for new fire station all have promise, but big problems as well

Possible locations for new fire station all have promise, but big problems as well

DATE: Jun 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Waterfall Ranch: Zink family celebrates 100 years on the land

Keeping the ranch whole. That’s what generations of farmers and ranchers have gone to bed and woken up worrying about. Agriculture is tough business. Always has been. Working the...

DATE: Jun 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Immunizations: Most kids received disease-preventing shots, figures show

In mid-June, the World Health Organization verified that Bhutan and Maldives, both developing nations, have eliminated measles, after not having any cases for at least five years. ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

U.S. Hwy 550: Improvements make a big difference, but the danger is still there

Durangoans have easy access to the south. We can travel on U.S. 550 to Bernalillo, and then a short distance on I-25 into Albuquerque and its airport, or to its soccer fields, zo...

DATE: Jun 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Airport subsidies

Essential Air Service program funding offers access, keeps small airports open

DATE: Jun 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Hermosa Creek: Management plan needs input as watershed protection plans take shape

It takes time. In our days of planning and review required by laws and regulations, it can take years to turn good public land-use ideas into reality. It can take a d...

DATE: Jun 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Ride the Rockies: Durango gears up to host 32nd tour

Most anyone can tell you how to get from Alamosa to Salida. The route on Colorado 17 is due north through the heart of the San Luis Valley. Keep the Sangre de Cristos on your righ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials