Editorials - The Durango Herald

Workforce housing

Why should taxpayers pay for this?

DATE: Jun 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Election deniers threaten democracy

When we think of cringy things our dads do, who could top what it must have been like for Ivanka Trump? She stood near her father while his inner circle repeatedly told the former president ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Primaries: Our Picks

Congressional District 3 Democratic primary ballot CD-3 is the only contested race on the Democratic primary ballot. That individual would challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Lauren...

DATE: Jun 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Ascent not clear on being equitable

Application didn’t articulate how to include most vulnerable students

DATE: Jun 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Homelessness not always about housing

Historically, right, left share blame in where we are today

DATE: Jun 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Healthy Kids survey results invaluable

The every-other-year Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which for years has provided crucial insights into middle- and high-schoolers’ physical, mental, social and behavioral health, has been in ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: The science in appreciating beauty

Mass shootings, deadlocked government, unattainable housing, an uptick in teen suicides. Living in these times, we have reasons to get pulled into the vortex of sad news all around us and fe...

DATE: Jun 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Private investment good idea to curb immigration

Harris’ plan to create jobs in Central America has merit

DATE: Jun 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Disparity in style, substance between Boebert, Coram

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is good at what she does, to the great appreciation of her supporters. When the congresswoman drapes a border-crosser’s insulation blanket across her lap, shouts...

DATE: Jun 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Primary elections

Primary elections are a starting line. We want candidates who work closer to the center - at least sometimes across the aisle - not at the extremes. No fringe politics for the base. We reali...

DATE: Jun 4, 2022 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Images of horror

Should we show what gunfire does to children?

DATE: Jun 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Sin, vice, virtue in Ascent application

We strongly uphold the separation of church and state under the First Amendment, the same amendment that protects us to do our work. We’re looking at the Ascent Classical Academy of Durango ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion