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Opinion/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

Summer festivals

Southwest Colorado’s outdoor music scene leaves a lasting mark on summer

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Antiquities Act: Museums without walls preserving our nation’s cultural and natural heritage for over 100 years

The Antiquities Act of 1906 celebrates its 111th birthday today. The title itself feels ancient and calls up images of dusty artifacts, ruins, dwellings and landscapes as old as the earth. ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Community newspapers rely on readers for more than revenue

It has been a few months since the Herald reduced its print frequency. The feedback has been mixed. Some readers, in fact, value that they have more time to read the paper or oth...

DATE: Jun 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Trump slump: Uneasy foreigners may spend travel budgets elsewhere

Tourism is an important economic force in Southwest Colorado, and its success depends on multiple factors: weather, wildfires, gas prices, airfares, news coverage, terror threats, violence a...

DATE: Jun 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Classic Iron Horse: The 46th version of our iconic event was exciting innovative and fun as ever

Organizers of this year’s Iron Horse Bicycle Classic events have shown again that success lies in providing fresh additions to what is at its core a celebration of bicycles. There...

DATE: Jun 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

America last: Trump’s actions leave U.S. behind, dismiss input and risk public resources

It is all quite shocking. By withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, President Trump dismissed the advice of his daughter Ivanka, Secretary of State Tillerson and business lead...

DATE: Jun 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Summer streets

There are no simple solutions, or targets to blame, for panhandling problems

DATE: Jun 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Rockies for real? Fast start at home and on the road has baseball buzzing about Colorado’s team

June may signify the halfway point of a year, but in baseball it is still awfully early in a regular season that stretches for 162 games. Still, on Wednesday morning the Rockies h...

DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Leadership: Key posts vacant during a critical time in FLC’s, the community’s development

Dene Thomas, President of Fort Lewis College, in announcing her retirement one year from now, is the most recent in a series of personnel changes that will affect key community institutions ...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

White Mesa: Remote location does not excuse radioactive spills

At least twice over the past two years, radioactive sludge has leaked from a truck traveling between an eastern Wyoming uranium mine and White Mesa, Utah, south of Blanding. En r...

DATE: May 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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