Editorials - The Durango Herald

Our View: Jail inmate is grateful for vaccine

It’s not every day that the Opinion page editor receives a letter from a jail inmate. But it’s not unusual for incarcerated people to write journalists about their plights, hopin...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Vote Youssef, Bosmans, Furtney for City Council

Voters in the Durango City Council election that ends at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, have time to drop their ballots in the drop boxes around town, but they should not put them in the mail betw...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: City, county move in the right direction on homelessness

City of Durango, La Plata County explore new direction for unsheletered

DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Sorrow and celebration

Sometimes “all the news that’s fit to print” seems to be bad news. Monday’s slaughter of innocent people in a Boulder grocery store is just the latest example. Our hearts go out ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Solution to loneliness is connection

Human connection is important to all

DATE: Mar 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Furtney’s potential outweighs fence-cutting

Potential outweighs fence-cutting

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Governor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’ proclamation

MeatOuGovernor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Bill to phase out single-use plastic is timely, wise

When we first heard about the plastics management bill being introduced into the Colorado Assembly this session, we groaned. In a nutshell, House Bill 21-1162 will ban the use of...

DATE: Mar 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Herald endorses Bosmans, Furtney and Youssef

Herald endorses Bosmans, Furtney, Youssef

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Thanks to Bennet, American children win

While many Americans may be focused on the $1,400 stimulus checks wending their way toward them, those who will be most impacted in a positive way by the American Rescue Act are actually Ame...

DATE: Mar 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Vote ‘Yes’ on lodgers tax ballot question

An increase in Durango’s lodgers tax, which ought to occur, has a long list of supporters and few if any naysayers. A major supporter is the Durango Area Hospitality and Lodgers Association;...

DATE: Mar 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Our View: Let’s practice civil discourse

When Christi Zeller first heard about protesters picketing San Juan Basin Public Health Director Liane Jollon’s house, she thought, “I know what that feels like.” Zeller, executi...

DATE: Mar 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials