Editorials

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

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

Opinion

Our View: Interrogate 9-R school board candidates

difficult questions so voters know what’s ahead

August 18, 2023

Opinion

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