Editorials

Our View: Weekend events

out local sheep, electric vehicles, cyclists and homes

September 24, 2021

Editorials

Our View: A Texas bridge

the U.S. should pay more attention to this hemisphere

September 22, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Simple Pleasures

In keeping to the theme of my previous thoughts about simple solutions, I began reflecting on simple pleasures. Back on…

September 18, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Becoming native to Durango

When “Prairie Home Companion” broadcast from Fort Lewis College in 1998, the show included “The Lives of the Cowboys.” In…

September 17, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Foreign and domestic

rightly calls terrorists ‘children of the same foul spirit’

September 15, 2021

Editorials

Our View: What Sept. 11 wrought

Twenty years ago, life changed for Americans, likely never to return. The immediate severity of the defensive responses to the…

September 11, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Occam’s Razorettes

An oversimplification of Occam’s Razor is: “The simplest solution is almost always the best.” It is a problem-solving principle arguing…

September 10, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Redistricting

Proposed 3rd Congressional District could benefit Western Slope

September 8, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Oh, Afghanistan

The 20-year involvement of the United States and its allies in Afghanistan resulted in the death of the mastermind of…

September 4, 2021

Editorials

Our View: City boss

Last August, The Durango Herald informally endorsed José Madrigal as the right candidate for Durango city manager, a position that…

September 3, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Native schools

On Aug. 23, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe opened its new charter school, Kwiyagat Community Academy in Towaoc, to kindergarten…

September 1, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Council takes a big step toward humane housing

Last week, the city of Durango, through its elected City Council members, took a first step indicating the seriousness of…

August 30, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Churches

Ministers are struggling through COVID-19, too Like everyone else, we have found ourselves considering the costs that COVID-19 so far…

August 28, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Ethics

Boebert’s tardy disclosure shows spouse earns big from oil and gas industry

August 27, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Ohana Kuleana

Community garden should be saved

August 25, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Tree tales

Once upon a time in a small university town, a college president about the height of Napoleon and with a…

August 21, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Fire district

Complicated history influences school property sale

August 19, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Good choices

9-R made the right choice on masks School District 9-R board members were subjected to interruptions and shouting in a…

August 17, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Housing

Potential hotel conversion could ease housing crisis Since January, as part of our FOCUS 2021 series of editorials, we’ve been…

August 16, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Miller site

Questions remain on best school location

August 11, 2021

Editorials

Our View: 9-R sale

Proposed sale to fire district is still a bad idea

August 7, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Yes, masks

Our new Durango School District 9-R Superintendent Karen Cheser already has waded into deep waters with some significant and contentious…

August 6, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Ready to compost?

Anybody remember the “Garden Song”? “Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make this garden grow Gonna mulch it deep…

August 4, 2021

Editorials

Our View: New Guardians

Language reflects the times, and new words, phrases and memes help us understand how our culture is shifting. How to…

July 31, 2021