Editorials - The Durango Herald

Lifetime parks pass for seniors goes up substantially but is still bargain

Nary a dissenting voice was heard on the floor when Congress passed the National Park Service Centennial Act earlier this month. The bill, signed into law by President Obama on De...

DATE: Dec 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Health care costs

A new study puts the incredible extent of the issue into better perspective

DATE: Dec 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Lynx sighting

Once extirpated from the state, elusive carnivores are a rare and welcome sight

DATE: Dec 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Year-end brings gift of land protection, agriculture, wildlife, recreational values

DATE: Dec 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Diminished energy

Counties in Southwest Colorado will have to learn to live with less

DATE: Dec 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Even without tumultuous presidential race, it was an eventful, colorful year

The year now ending was in many respects dominated by the nomination and election of Donald Trump. Even without that, however, it was an interesting year, full of meaningful events. ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

White Christmas

It may wreak havoc with travel plans, but remember that snowfall is a gift

DATE: Dec 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

In model YPOD program, young leaders find collegiality and confidence

In model program, young leaders find collegiality and confidence

DATE: Dec 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Lake Nighthorse

Recreation is coming soon, but it should make some provisions for quiet use

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Increasing graduation rates fulfill moral and economic obligations

On Dec. 10th, 1948, the United Nations passed the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights as the foundation of freedom, justice and world peace. Article 26 states that education is a fundamental hu...

DATE: Dec 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Requiring ballots written in Ute language ineffective, unnecessary

To learn that because of census tracts, election ballots must also be published in the Ute language understandably came as a surprise to county clerks in La Plata and Montezuma counties. ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Extension affords BLM a renewed opportunity to improve communication

If there is one thing that the Army Corps of Engineers has learned from the Standing Rock Sioux and public resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline, and that the Bureau of Land Management’s ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials