Editorials

Our View: Unhoused camping along Animas River

remind us, we have more immediate work ahead

March 15, 2023

Our View: Dave Woodruff for City Council

Dave Woodruff easily answered our questions about Durango’s most pressing issues – housing, business, transportation, taxes, recreation and more. But,…

March 14, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Harrison Wendt for City Council

Harrison Wendt was nothing less than a reality check for us. In a meeting with him, Wendt was candid in…

March 14, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Confusion about Bayfield schools health, sex ed

Black horizontal lines strike through the word “comprehensive” in every reference in Bayfield School District’s new Health and Family Life/Sex…

March 10, 2023

Opinion

Our View: RV park not popular but a contender

Readers have shared their opinions about the proposed 306-stall luxury RV park in the Animas Valley, particularly after the La…

March 5, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Editor’s note

Dear readers, We asked Durango City Council candidates to write directly to readers, saying what they would bring to the…

March 5, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Ditching Dilbert a no-brainer

The decision to can the Dilbert comic strip after cartoonist Scott Adams’ racist rant on YouTube was an easy one.…

March 3, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Durango Film grows, evolves, reaches

Festival selections from faraway and nearby move, challenge, inspire

March 1, 2023

Opinion

Our View: State GOP must determine, deliver unified message

Colorado Republicans have talked about rebuilding the party after the 2022 election beating. We imagined the GOP returning to its…

February 24, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Examine process, rules before dissolving city boards

Durango City Council gave city staff members the green light to move forward with a reorganization plan that whittles 23…

February 19, 2023

Opinion

Our View: First-responders of compassion, support

Resource Team brings elevated level of care to those who lost loved ones

February 17, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Let Indigenous people decide Far View Center’s use

Last week, the Far View Center in Mesa Verde National Park landed on Colorado Preservation Inc.’s most endangered places list…

February 15, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Canceled Taste of Durango sign of times

Nothing like a festival in May to kick off summer. Crowds strolling Main Avenue, rather than winter’s hurry-up-and-get-there dashing through…

February 12, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Hermosa to Durango Bike Trail way to go

We’re a multimodal trail-loving bunch in the Southwest. It’s in our collective DNA. On Thursday, Durango resident Bob Wolff made…

February 10, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Misinformation on Senior Center does damage

When did unsubstantiated rumors become more reliable than readily available sourced information? We are thrown by the story last week…

February 8, 2023

Opinion

Our View: It’s justice if family’s feelings came first

Last Friday, we did a double-take over The Durango Herald headline, “Driver who fell asleep causing head-on crash sentenced to…

February 7, 2023

Opinion

Our View: DeSantis’ education ideology suits him, not public students

Fla. governor forced changes at college to become “Hillsdale of the South”

February 5, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Tyre Nichols: His death changes policing

cca We’ve had parents of young Black men tell us they’ve had “the talk,” offering advice if pulled over by…

February 2, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Defunding Planned Parenthood does not serve CD-3

We were disappointed to learn that right out of the gate, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert’s first introduced legislation was the…

January 29, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Snowdown: ‘Be not afraid of greatness’

One of Shakespeare’s enduring quotes, “Be not afraid of greatness,” is a fine setting of expectations for all that Snowdown…

January 29, 2023

Opinion

Our View: State of the state on housing: Need broad approach

State of the state speeches are often long on promises and short on details. We get swept up in what…

January 27, 2023

Opinion

‘Spare us faux outrage at Republicans’

Since election day, I am continually amused by the tenor of many letters printed herein. The theme of these letters…

January 25, 2023

Opinion

Letter writer’s ‘news straight from Russia’

In response to a letter writer in The Journal, calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky corrupt and a thug, he must…

January 25, 2023

Opinion

Our View: Snow Day brings delight, serious stress

“Snow Day.” Two words that hold a world of perspectives within the Durango School District. “Snow Day,” aka school closures,…

January 25, 2023