Editorials - The Durango Herald

Come celebrate Greg Hoch’s 27 years of service beautifying Durango

The appearance of Durango’s Wal-Mart store is a good example of how Durango has progressed so successively during the 27 years that Greg Hoch has led the city’s planning department. ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Transition to clean energy economy has us moving in right direction

Colorado is gaining strength as a national leader in reducing carbon emissions, cleaning up our air and responding to the effects of climate change. This is good news for our public and envi...

DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Sentence for role in fatal accident helps us believe in fairness of local courts

There are times when all of us fantasize about being the judge. To sit high at the bench; to command respect. To have our wisdom and experience, distilled in our judgments, impose...

DATE: Sep 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Roberts was right to object to legislative jiggering of voter information language

In a session of the Legislative Council earlier this month, state Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, distinguished herself as honest and courageous. Roberts rightly objected to – and cast the so...

DATE: Sep 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Obamacare well-meaning, but it fails to contain costs

The Affordable Care Act is turning out to be clearly anything but affordable. With premiums increasing by double-digit percentages, forcing the insured – and their employers – to adopt highe...

DATE: Sep 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Local plan to generate electricity and soil amendment deserves a chance

Biochar may be an unfamiliar term to Durango denizens, but maybe not for long. It is the generic term for charcoal that is used as a soil amendment, and is commonly made from woo...

DATE: Sep 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Plan and proposed improvements are a benefit for the Animas, all watersheds

Mountains are the water towers of the world. The mountains in the Animas River watershed supply our communities with water for drinking, irrigation, industry, and food and energy production....

DATE: Sep 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Sugar and hearts

Story released this week could change how we eat and how we see research

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Hunting season should also be a welcome season for all

It is true. Southwest Colorado is beautiful all year. But perhaps we need a new adjective to describe the glory of autumn? It is hard to mention it – from the Animas headwaters t...

DATE: Sep 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Craft beer: A sure sign a city like ours will succeed

There is a reason Durango continues to make top 10 lists. Our natural beauty, great climate, and friendly people come to mind. So does good beer. It is one of many things that make our commu...

DATE: Sep 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Recreating a generous national ethos need not be built on a tragedy

A nonprofit effort to encourage volunteer activities in response to the loss of life which occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, with the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the cr...

DATE: Sep 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Election season a reminder of importance, value of letters to the editor

As much as we enjoy the erudite work of syndicated columnists and the wit of political cartoonists, and for as much as we enjoy our own standing to comment on current affairs, the fact is th...

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials