Editorials

Our View: Interrogate 9-R school board candidates

difficult questions so voters know what’s ahead

August 18, 2023

Our View: Keep unaffiliated voting in primaries

It’s an interesting choice for attorney John Eastman to represent the Colorado GOP in its lawsuit to block unaffiliated voters…

August 16, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Positive moments with kids beats politics of childrearing

Just before the school year begins, we notice how our students have changed over the summer. Whether they are 4…

August 13, 2023

Opinion

Our View: COVID-19 response exacting; emergency payments vague

We can’t say enough good things about former San Juan Basin Public Health Executive Director Liane Jollon’s exemplary emergency response…

August 11, 2023

Opinion

Our view: Televise Trump’s trial

“Court is a quiet, somber sanctuary, where rules prevent the disorienting chaos we experience online,” said Steven Brill, founder of…

August 9, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Free Durango bus rides modest yet revolutionary

As bright red mini-buses pass us by, it’s easy to look beyond a public service we don’t all need. Or…

August 6, 2023

Opinion

No photovoltaic panels on DFPD roof?

Those are magnificent renderings of the proposed downtown Durango Fire Protection District station. And a solar garden! Swell! Question: Why…

August 6, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Democracy depends on Trump trial

Lester Holt, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, spent some time reflecting on his four-decade career in an…

August 4, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Make up for Navajo allottees’ lost mineral royalties

U.S. must create green jobs if income eliminated

August 2, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Puppy, kitty measure nice but creates business unknowns

What to name municipal legislation proposing a ban on sales of puppies and kittens at retail pet stores? Paw Patrol?…

July 28, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Prioritize Indigenous groups for major lunar standstill

We are among the many disappointed that Chimney Rock National Monument, the Puebloan archaeological site between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs,…

July 23, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Worker retention new measure of business success

In 1977, David Allen Coe wrote the song “Take this job and shove it” that soared to No. 1 on…

July 21, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Call for letters to the editor. What’s on your mind?

A favorite task in our Opinion section is to review letters to the editor, with readers sharing what’s on their…

July 19, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Burnett fresh, gaining traction in CD3

Burnettcca At the beginning of the arc of momentum for our 2024 3rd Congressional District election, we can say with…

July 16, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Tough time for trees at schools

9-R cites safety, water concerns over improved canopies

July 14, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Fireworks envy

Durango drone show a dud as neighbors equate patriotism with explosives

July 13, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Socioeconomically disadvantaged students need break on college admission

goes, talent exists everywhere; opportunity does not

July 9, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Literary garden newest Durango place of delight

If your household was one of the lucky ones randomly selected for the city of Durango’s livability survey, you know…

July 7, 2023

Opinion

Our View: More arguments coming on free speech, conduct after wedding site decision

Instead of waiting for a real case with real people and actual harm done, the U.S. Supreme Court in a…

July 5, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Yard sign represents very American value

This editorial is about a very American thing – the modest yard sign. The simple act of making or purchasing…

July 2, 2023

Opinion

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…

June 30, 2023

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…

June 28, 2023

Opinion

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

Section wasn’t productive space for engagement

June 25, 2023

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…

June 23, 2023