Editorials

Our View: International teachers good hires

Ignacio School District is reaching out to the far corners of the planet in recruiting teachers. Literally. Ignacio is hiring…

Our View: Fire, city make right turn toward station solution

Apparently, there wasn’t a single moment that stands out when things shifted between the City of Durango and DFPD. But…

Prioritize parking

‘Durango is not some urban planner’s dream’

Our View: Cartoonists deserve Pulitzers

Prestigious prizes are awarded annually to cartoonists and illustrators for journalism excellence, and the Pulitzer Prize is as distinguished as…

Our View: One-liners we embrace without 600 words

Our View: ‘Lost sense of safety in numbers’

A reader recently reached out to say the freedom to own assault weapons and recent mass shootings have left him…

Our View: Cheney shines light on the lie

Like a must-see binge-worthy TV series, we’re anxious to tune in to upcoming House Select Committee hearings and hear what…

Our View: Dropping f-bombs in testimonies

So much has come out of the Jan. 6 hearings. Shattered White House china. Ketchup splattered on a wall. President…

Our View: Boebert far off on church, state

In fairness to U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, we imagine she says what people are thinking. Her conservative base, that is.…

High voter turnout answer to troubled times

La Plata County voters are responding to current events in a healthy fashion. Whether the goal is to preserve what…

Our View: Roe reversal hard hit to science

It’s open season on fundamental rights, now that the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade and other landmark abortion…

Our View: Time for homegrown investments in workforce

People move to a new place for one reason, dig in and stay for another, and leave for something else…

Workforce housing

should taxpayers pay for this?

Our View: Election deniers threaten democracy

When we think of cringy things our dads do, who could top what it must have been like for Ivanka…

Our View: Ascent not clear on being equitable

Application didn’t articulate how to include most vulnerable students

Homelessness not always about housing

Historically, right, left share blame in where we are today

Our View: Healthy Kids survey results invaluable

The every-other-year Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which for years has provided crucial insights into middle- and high-schoolers’ physical, mental, social…

Our View: The science in appreciating beauty

Mass shootings, deadlocked government, unattainable housing, an uptick in teen suicides. Living in these times, we have reasons to get…

Private investment good idea to curb immigration

Harris’ plan to create jobs in Central America has merit

Our View: Disparity in style, substance between Boebert, Coram

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert is good at what she does, to the great appreciation of her supporters. When the congresswoman…

Images of horror

we show what gunfire does to children?

Our View: Sin, vice, virtue in Ascent application

We strongly uphold the separation of church and state under the First Amendment, the same amendment that protects us to…

Our View: Increase age to 21 to buy guns

school shooting the tipping point to act on safety

Reasonable limits OK under 2nd Amendment

tragedy makes clear we must do something