Editorials

Our View: Beyond cycling titles, Kuss a gracious winner

From riding with Durango Devo’s cycling program to winning the Vuelta a España, Sepp Kuss has always quietly separated himself…

October 15, 2023

Opinion

Our view: Daytime eclipse tourists may become astrotourists

With the Four Corners in the privileged path of the annular “ring of fire” eclipse on Saturday, lodging has been…

October 13, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Democracy at work in Silverton’s OHV vote

After a summer afternoon exploring backcountry roads in the San Juan Mountains, dropping into Silverton on an off-highway vehicle is…

October 11, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Indian boarding school findings momentous to Southwest families

Numbers, scale add up to what elders have always said

October 8, 2023

Opinion

Our View: McCarthy’s big mistake – he didn’t first respect himself

We’re not surprised that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of his job on Tuesday. But the real…

October 6, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Cannabis industry needs SAFER Banking Act

Perlmutter, Polis instrumental to legitimate regulations

October 4, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Systemic challenges mean USPS could lose ‘S’ for service

A few decades ago, do you remembering hearing old-timers say that a solid, great job for life was one with…

October 1, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Contemplating values in potential new Durango logo

On Sept. 19, Durango City Council voted 4-1 for city staff to explore the feasibility of creating and implementing a…

September 29, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Shutdown season more tiresome than pumpkin spice

Effects would ripple through Southwest

September 27, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Colorado librarian wins settlement, our admiration

Librarians really are champions for every patron who walks through their doors. Yes, they get books and information into the…

September 24, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Students without tickets burned in Coach Prime’s light

University of Colorado Boulder football coach Deion Sanders has sure brought the razzle-dazzle to college football. And Sanders is delivering.…

September 22, 2023

Opinion

Sawdust fire ‘risk could remain long after’ ILC

I have concerns about the rezoning to industrial for the land at 1050 Lebanon Road, Cortez. The proposed use of…

September 20, 2023

Opinion

My View: ‘Biased,’ ‘No 1st Amendment,’ ‘censors’ – strong words

SwanJerry McBride It’s not every day I see my name on a sign at a demonstration in front of The…

September 20, 2023

Opinion

‘Many questionable dealings of Biden family’

Over the past year, many questionable dealings of Joe Biden and his family have come to light. There is evidence…

September 20, 2023

Opinion

Boebert, others like her ‘really are idiots’

A government shutdown and other serious issues loom and what is our congresswoman doing? She is getting ushered out of…

September 19, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Use joint sales tax dollars for Hermosa to Durango Bike Trail

A burst of tailwind is pushing forward the proposed Hermosa to Durango Bike Trail. And the city of Durango and…

September 15, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Celebrating 5 years, ‘The Colorado Sun’ inspires

“We belong to you, Colorado.” Larry Ryckman, editor and co-founder of The Colorado Sun said this to readers on Sunday,…

September 13, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Musings on office jargon

A couple of surveys published this summer highlight the most annoying examples of office jargon. At The Durango Herald, we…

September 10, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Buck right to debunk untruths about Jan. 6 defendants

does state GOP most represent – conservatives, populists or patriots?

September 8, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Durango VFW squeezed with parents protesting Mothers for Liberty

Durango’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 4031, found itself in a tricky spot last night. Moms for Liberty, a conservative…

September 6, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Placing public art part of our purview

The newest piece of public art, created in a thorough citizen effort, is in limbo. Fortunately, for the city of…

September 1, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Encouraged by Haley’s campaign, grounded in reality

On the debate stage a week ago in Milwaukee, GOP presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley came closest to melding conservative…

August 30, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Trump should be on debate stage

“Enough about me” are words you’ll likely never hear coming from Donald Trump. Still, we insist that Trump run a…

August 23, 2023

Opinion

Our View: 1984’s Mountain Gravel v. City of Cortez reinforces ‘no’ to industrial rezone

Residents in north Cortez’s Montview neighborhood remembered hearing about a lawsuit won in the early 1980s in a fight against…

August 20, 2023