Editorials

Our View: Furtney’s potential outweighs fence-cutting

Potential outweighs fence-cutting

March 20, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Governor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’ proclamation

MeatOuGovernor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’

March 19, 2021

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Our View: Bill to phase out single-use plastic is timely, wise

In a nutshell, House Bill 21-1162 will ban the use of single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam by retail stores and…

March 17, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Herald endorses Bosmans, Furtney and Youssef

endorses Bosmans, Furtney, Youssef

March 12, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Thanks to Bennet, American children win

The new and improved Child Tax Credit included in the stimulus package will increase tax credits already offered to American…

March 12, 2021

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Our View: Vote ‘Yes’ on lodgers tax ballot question

The current tax of 2% does not go as far as it did when it was instituted in 1980. In…

March 10, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Let’s practice civil discourse

It’s bipartisan behavior

March 6, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Assembly needs to step up on redistricting conundrum

Assembly needs to help resolve problem

March 4, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Hang on for a mask-free future

You can almost feel it in the air, as more and more Southwest Colorado residents get vaccinated for COVID-19. Soon,…

March 3, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Motel conversions could help ease housing shortage

Motel conversion may be the quickest, most affordable way to add housing units to ease Durango’s housing deficit. It’s been…

February 27, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Balance judicial leniency with wisdom

Along with many readers, we winced when reading in the Herald’s Feb. 20 front-page article, “An agent for change,” that…

February 25, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Congress should pass Colorado conservation bills

Wilderness, CORE acts will preserve Colorado for future generations

February 22, 2021

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Our View: Let’s abandon our silos for connection

More than 300 people attended the one-hour talk on Monday. The foundation also hosted a discussion with Brooks for its…

February 19, 2021

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Our View: ‘Caste’ provides lesson in Black history

One of us remembers a college political science lecture on the Civil War in which the professor claimed, “The Civil…

February 16, 2021

Editorials

Our View: MidTown Renewal Area holds promise for redevelopment, housing

MidTown renewalInitiative poised to boost housing

February 13, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Two health care proposals get our support

Yet a woman’s right to make her own decisions about pregnancy is in peril, primarily from the U.S. Supreme Court.…

February 11, 2021

Editorials

Our View: How the newspapers’ editorial pages work

The editorial page editor is responsible for soliciting, selecting and editing letters to the editor, local guest columns and syndicated…

February 9, 2021

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Our View: Biden’s pause on federal land leases is prudent

Biden’s pause on leases is prudent

February 6, 2021

Editorials

Our View: The time has come for gun violence prevention

Collectively, they represent the decidedly American value of personal responsibility. Let’s get one thing straight: We are not opposed to…

February 5, 2021

Editorials

Our View: City, county must collaborate on sheltering homeless people

So it is that “Beyond Our Means,” the issue of homelessness and affordable housing, became one of the four FOCUS…

January 30, 2021

Editorials

Our View: FOCUS 2021: Why are Americans so polarized?

did Americans get so divided?

January 22, 2021

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Our View: Rep. Lauren Boebert needs to step up, serve constituents

Boebert should step into role

January 21, 2021

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Our View: Today’s challenges in words from the past

Today’s challenges reflected in the past

January 19, 2021

Editorials

Our View: FOCUS 2021: The Herald’s topics for in-depth editorial coverage this year

A few weeks ago we asked readers to tell us what issues they think are most significant for the shaping…

January 16, 2021