Opinion Our View: Is public best served before, after financial record audits? Citizens have a right to know what the City of Durango is doing financially. That’s a given. The timely question,… September 17, 2022
Opinion Our View: Mushrooms to treat mental health: Pass Initiative 58 In the treatment of mental health, psilocybin is too promising to ignore. For this reason, along with legalization’s removal of… September 14, 2022
Opinion Our View: How not to polarize voters The Denver Post’s editorial board made a bold decision in asking four freelance columnists to take a hiatus from writing… September 10, 2022
Opinion Our View: Opinion on 1B before elections Dear readers, when you open The Durango Herald next Saturday, you’ll notice our Weekend Opinion cover page has undergone a… September 3, 2022
Opinion Labor Day means something new Americans rethink how, where, for how much they work September 3, 2022
Opinion Bill Roberts: Booze on the ballot Convenience poor reason to sacrifice community September 2, 2022
Opinion Our View: Each transaction says yes or no to inflation Inflation is front and center in the midterm elections. But don’t fall under the sway of candidates who claim the… August 31, 2022
Opinion Our View: D&SNGR: To wave or not to wave Lately, letters about the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s train whistle have taken up real estate in our Opinion… August 27, 2022
Opinion Our View: 4-day school weeks poised to be Southwest standard Historians are at odds over why school calendars begin in the fall and summer is the season for breaks. Some… August 24, 2022
Opinion Our View: Durango divide: Ebikes and those who hate on them Note the bumper sticker, “Bikes, Durango’s replacement for horses.” Now, we’re witnessing another possible replacement and a sharp Durango divide… August 20, 2022
Opinion Bill Roberts: Lack of home does not justify parks, alleys as toilets It speaks well of Durango and La Plata County that people here recognize both the rights and the humanity of… August 19, 2022
Opinion Our View: Lower Dolores River group rare, special It’s been a long time coming, these extraordinary bipartisan Senate and House bills that propose additional protections for the Lower… August 17, 2022
Opinion Climate legislation a significant transition components easier on wallets, the planet August 13, 2022
Opinion Bill Roberts: Excess lodgers tax revenue would get better answers by asking better questions August 12, 2022
Opinion Our View: Time to tap Lake Nighthorse As long as water flows clear, clean and freely from our faucets, we have a false sense of security. We’re… August 10, 2022
Opinion Our View: ‘Breaking Bad’ statues a little weird. And well-received “Breaking Bad” lead actor Bryan Cranston said he was humbled, delighted and slightly embarrassed to have statues of his character… August 6, 2022
Opinion Bill Roberts: Bicyclists must respect rules of road ‘Should be treated no differently than misbehaving motorists’ August 5, 2022
Opinion Our View: School leaders need PERA compromise As rural schools struggle with teacher shortages, we need all capable hands on deck. Recent House bills signed into law… August 3, 2022
Opinion Our View: Spend excess revenue on new purposes It’s a good problem to have roughly $1.2 million, the equivalent of two years’ worth of excess lodgers tax revenue,… July 30, 2022
Opinion Bill Roberts: Dolphin program brings new perception For more than 60 years, the U.S. Navy has used dolphins to detect underwater mines. It is a successful and… July 29, 2022
Opinion Our View: Survivalist companies profit off fears Have the Jan. 6 hearings galvanized the already prolific marketing for 4Patriots, the survivalist company out of Nashville? 4Patriots’ ads… July 27, 2022
Opinion Our View: Pulling plug on city’s broadcasts reasonable Following a June 25 story in The Durango Herald on the City of Durango potentially scrapping its DGOV broadcast services,… July 23, 2022
Opinion Our View: Who exactly is Heidi Ganahl? It’s a bit of a surprise that Heidi Ganahl, Colorado’s Republican nominee for governor, selected an election denier as her… July 23, 2022