Editorials - The Durango Herald

Lightner Creek: Fire agencies, crews deserve thanks; drone ‘pilots’ deserve criminal charges

Last week’s fire in Lightner Creek, just west of downtown, gave us all a front-row seat on the blaze, which started as a structure fire but quickly spread due to gusty winds and dry conditio...

DATE: Jul 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Independents week: A patriotic fourth of July, a great time to celebrate our spirit of entrepreneurism

Most of Tuesday’s Fourth of July activities are unchanged from recent years, but that does not make them less enjoyable, nor less significant. There is a breakfast at the Lions Cl...

DATE: Jul 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Health care 2.0: Real solutions require bi-partisanship and acceptance of a role for government

Republicans in Washington are doing their best to limit the federal government’s responsibility for the nation’s health care needs, placing as much of the cost and the decision-making on the...

DATE: Jul 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Wildlife detection: System a proven failure on U.S. 160, but so is our unwillingness to slow down

System a proven failure on U.S. 160, but so is our unwillingness to slow down

DATE: Jun 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Canyons of the Ancients: Zinke is right, it’s fine the way it is

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke apparently has told members of Colorado’s congressional delegation that he is not inclined to alter or eliminate Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials

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