Editorials - The Durango Herald

Our View: A councilor is a councilor at any city business meeting

Durango City Council member Olivier Bosmans has argued that he did not violate the city’s code of ethics when he attended a Library Advisory Board meeting to speak as a private resident, not...

DATE: Jun 30, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Work of Durango land acknowledgment in sincerity of words

In the comedy series “Reservation Dogs” about four Native American teens growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma, one scene parodies land acknowledgments. A visiting doctoral student...

DATE: Jun 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: The Denver Post right to close comments after trust broken

Section wasn’t productive space for engagement

DATE: Jun 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: ICWA ruling based on sovereignty – not race – a win

On June 15, we exhaled relief when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act by a 7-2 vote in a case addressing sovereignty in Native children adopt...

DATE: Jun 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Trust lost in former plan to close birthing center

Families or women who have dealt with emergency situations while pregnant understand on a visceral level the fear that came with Southwest Health System’s recent announcement to close – howe...

DATE: Jun 21, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Towers of classified documents just might crash onto Trump

Even when we close our eyes, we see those images of boxes with highly sensitive documents – many critical to national security – stacked high in Donald Trump’s bathroom. The story of how the...

DATE: Jun 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Stolen election backers take show on the road

In Buena Vista in central Colorado, colorful flyers with artful graphic design hang in shop windows, advertising summer festivals. Alongside, a smaller one promoted an event on Friday to “el...

DATE: Jun 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Durango composting success depends on economy of scale

Buy-in from most residents would be needed

DATE: Jun 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Debt debacle came too close to losing too much

Thank goodness, the debt ceiling debacle is over with the passing of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. We appreciate the delegates who worked toward compromise to avert this crisis. A s...

DATE: Jun 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Proposed civic center would be labor of love

It’s easier to lose history rather than hold onto it. So we’re especially pleased that the city of Durango is willing to realize its vision of a Civic Center Complex for the Durango School D...

DATE: Jun 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Need the best minds on ‘malfunction junction’

Conflict point in the world of transportation is defined as one where “intersecting traffic merges, diverges or crosses.” We’ll venture to guess the Durango intersection of 14th Street, Main...

DATE: Jun 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Thank you, doctors, who spoke about tubal surgery

There’s risk in speaking out. We journalists knew this when we signed up for this profession. We also have the First Amendment as backup to protect our free speech. But obstetricians, gyneco...

DATE: Jun 2, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion