Opinion Our View: Legislature making progress to encourage reasonable gun use Gavels have been drawn over the gun-related bills introduced so far into the 2025 legislative session. Of the four introduced,… February 20, 2025
Opinion Our view: The promise of government A form of the adage, “Good things come to those who wait,” hit home on Thursday (Herald, Feb. 13) when… February 16, 2025
Opinion Our view: 9-R, Durango, a community of acceptance and support It is a fitting time to recognize and applaud the Durango School District 9-R Board of Education and its unanimous… February 3, 2025
Opinion Our view: Keep public lands in public hands, a refrain The U.S. currently holds $36.22 trillion in debt. That is a staggering figure creating rightful concern among Americans. It is… February 1, 2025
Opinion Our view: Southwest Colorado drought projects must be funded Upper Basin Environmental Drought Mitigation Application Map (Courtesy Southwestern Water Conservation District)cca For the SWCD, that includes 17 projects across… January 30, 2025
Opinion Our view: Happy Snowdown Snowdown color logocca The 46th annual running of Snowdown, Durango’s midwinter festival, filled with fun and games (real ones this… January 29, 2025
Opinion Our view: In darkness and light, choose the light Burning candlecca It’s been a roller coaster of a week for women’s and civil rights. Last Friday, in the ninth… January 26, 2025
Opinion Our View: Trump pardons gross miscarriage of justice Crowd of Trump supporters marching on the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021 (Wikimedia/TaptheForwardAssist)cca Jan. 6 attacker Edward Francisco Rodriguez… January 22, 2025
Opinion Our View: President Joe Biden A day before his final day in office, the world is considering Joe Biden’s performance as president. Historians might say… January 19, 2025
Opinion Our View: Affordable health care for Southwest Colorado, deadline 11:59 p.m. Health care has become a deadly business. Last month’s murder of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, has become a symbol of… January 18, 2025
Opinion Our View: Dry January. No, not that one. California’s fires have locals’ anxieties creeping in. We’ve been there. The 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire and 2018 416 and Burro… January 18, 2025
Opinion Our view: 2025 from governor, CU Business School The 33rd annual Southwest Economic Outlook took place Thursday at Fort Lewis College, the same day Gov. Jared Polis delivered… January 12, 2025
Opinion Our view: James Earl Carter Jr., lessons from a man of peace, democracy and human rights Much has been written about Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States who served from 1977 to 1981,… January 8, 2025
Opinion Our view: 2024 goodbyes, thank-yous Our community is made up of incredible people. Talented, dedicated, working to make our little corner of the state a… December 29, 2024
Opinion Our view: Righting historic inequities in water It has been a decade since Lake Nighthorse filled with about 124,000 acre feet of water, and the two tribes… November 5, 2024
Opinion Our View: Endorsements for General Election 2024 Election information Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5th. Ballots are due by 7 p.m. at any one of the following… October 27, 2024
Opinion Our View: Thank you, Rep. Barbara McLachlan Our next representative of House District 59 will have big shoes to fill. Barbara McLachlan has served us very well… August 9, 2024
Opinion Our View: Boarding school research could only go on with Indigenous families’ input There was an undeniable charge in the air on that sunny morning in May 2022 at Fort Lewis College, when… August 7, 2024
Opinion Our View: Russian prison didn’t squelch Gershkovich’s journalistic spirit cca The image of newly freed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich lifting his mother, Ella Milman, off the tarmac… August 4, 2024
Opinion Our View: Mideast escalation prioritizes qualities for next U.S. president After a dizzying couple of weeks for the U.S. presidential race, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have found sure footing.… August 2, 2024
Opinion Our View: Cortez fire sales tax would benefit beyond boundaries Imagine the consequences throughout the Southwest of a massive fire just west of Mesa Verde National Park. Infrastructure, public and… July 31, 2024
Opinion Our View: Holding hope for Planned Parenthood or new clinic with local control Sad news that Planned Parenthood in Durango is planning to close indefinitely, suspending clinic services on Sept. 6. The national… July 28, 2024
Opinion Our View: Library law, local policies to curb book banning arrive on time It’s nice to know that Durango Public Library just put more muscle into its policies, aligning with Colorado’s recently passed… July 26, 2024
Opinion Our View: Biden showed much grace, a fine leadership quality, in stepping aside In deciding not to seek reelection, President Joe Biden has shown much grace, an admirable quality in a leader that’s… July 24, 2024