Editorials - The Durango Herald

Legislative success, governor’s signature enables process that may be the answer to new airport

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper came to Durango on Monday and signed into law Senate Bill 168. It was a major step toward successfully updating and upgrading the Durango-La Plata County Airp...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Are you or your mechanic ready for self-driving cars?

Most of us realize that the self-driving car, long promised as one of the future benefits of a high-tech wired (and wireless) world, is now firmly a part of our present. Spurred on by newcom...

DATE: May 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Collaboration a good step toward monitoring the Animas River

In the aftermath of the Gold King Mine spill, local officials realized that the high water of the spring runoff could stir up sediment left in the Animas River by the spill. That, of course,...

DATE: May 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Pot tax analysis shows marijuana could help government

Proponents of legal marijuana apparently know a thing or two about addiction. Because regardless of how habit-forming pot may be as a drug, it is becoming clear that its hold on government i...

DATE: May 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Rico-West Dolores travel options typify forest concerns and merit attention

The San Juan National Forest has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Rico-West Dolores Roads and Trails Management Plan. Forest users ought to take a look beca...

DATE: May 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Primary election: Unaffiliated voters should join, if only for a month, to vote

Without a primary and with either incomplete or inadequate caucus organizations, Colorado was not a player in this election year’s run up to selecting November’s presidential candidates. The...

DATE: May 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Partisanship killed plan to provide hospital fee money for roads, education

On Tuesday, state Senate Republicans walked away from an estimated $200 million that Colorado could have used for roads or education – and that would not have required one penny of increased...

DATE: May 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Alcohol, grocery compromise could help avoid pricey dueling ballot measures this fall

Compromise measure could help avoid pricey dueling ballot measures this fall

DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Renewable energy growth nationwide puts La Plata Electric debate in context

La Plata Electric Association’s yearly elections for seats on its board of directors are unusually feisty affairs, given the otherwise mundane nature of rural electric cooperatives. Unfortun...

DATE: May 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

National parks, public lands are opportunities for tourism growth

Visitation at Mesa Verde National Park was up 8 percent last year. National park and national monument visitation increased in New Mexico, too, as it did across much of the West. The reasons...

DATE: May 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Backing Trump: Republicans face tough dilemma in choosing between party, pride

Many Republicans have a tough choice. They can stick with Donald Trump, and by default countenance a steady stream of misogyny and crudeness, or they can support, or at least not actively op...

DATE: May 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Herald’s loss, county’s gain

Megan Graham, until recently associate opinion editor and member of the Herald’s editorial board, has taken a newly created job as La Plata County’s public affairs officer. It is a position ...

DATE: May 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Editorials