Editorials

Our view: Thank you, Katie Stewart

“If you want something done, ask a busy woman.” Lucille Ball popularized that wisdom, and Rep. Katie Stewart exemplifies it.…

December 19, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Reject Pearce

A public-lands opponent cannot lead the Bureau of Land Management

December 10, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Carrying capacity

Durango’s livability and character depend on its citizens, staff and council collaboration

December 7, 2025

Opinion

Our view: To remember

defense against a repeat of history

December 3, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Holiday parking

your car home if you’re flying this week

November 23, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Mandala

A call for a spiritual revolution

November 14, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Under siege

On the heels of Durango City Council’s resolution reaffirming support for immigrants (Herald, Oct. 10), ICE officers stopped and detained…

November 2, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Banned Books

librarians stand on the front lines for free speech

October 22, 2025

Opinion

Our View: Balanced growth

should support 2C and consider 2B carefully

October 19, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Endorsements

Maintain stability, protect our successes, and invest in essential community services

October 12, 2025

Opinion

Our view: School Board

Preserve the momentum: Experience is key

October 10, 2025

Opinion

Our view: “Yes” on 1A

essential services, keep La Plata County strong

October 8, 2025

Opinion

Our view: ADUs

Don’t approve ADU expansion – data and engagement must guide housing policy

September 26, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Ski Hesperus

We wish. The little mountain that could turns 64 this year, and once again, the old double chairlift’s bull wheel…

September 21, 2025

Opinion

Our view: This land is our land

Just months after Americans from all walks of life resoundingly rejected the notion of selling off our public lands, some…

September 7, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Legislature dodges hard choices, leaves cuts to Polis

What was billed as a special session of Colorado’s General Assembly last month to confront an $800 million budget shortfall…

September 5, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Silencing Gaza’s journalists silences the world

Nearly two years of war have turned Gaza into a graveyard. More than 60,000 Palestinians are dead, likely more. Two…

August 31, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Public engagement needs the public

In April 2023, in an audacious move almost no one supported except the councilors themselves – and perhaps overworked staff…

August 27, 2025

Opinion

How to mix history and art?

Public mural adjacent to McDonaldscca A couple of Herald letter writers have said the answer is not what appears on…

August 24, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Politics threaten Colorado’s wolf reintroduction

August 22, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Growing community

on Main a smash hit, SNAP a loss for all

August 13, 2025

Opinion

10 years since Gold King

much money, too little change

August 3, 2025

Opinion

Our view: Better together

Unless we’re pulled over, have an emergency, or get lost in the mountains, most of us rarely interact with local…

August 3, 2025

Opinion

Our view: It’s fair time

Montezuma to Archuleta to La Plata, county fairs celebrate our heritage and shape our future

July 30, 2025