Editorials

Making progress: City shows initiative in finding interim camp for homeless

Soon the homeless will have their tents and tarps below the entrance to Greenmount Cemetery, sufficiently near Manna for its…

June 22, 2018

Editorials

Primary recap: Ballots due by Tuesday will decide choices on November ballot

Ballots due by June 26 will decide our choices on the November ballot

June 20, 2018

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Autopsy review: Hickenlooper was correct to veto bill that limited review of child autopsies

Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post – Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper.du1-i-syn A child can die from a medical issue…

June 17, 2018

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Interim action

The agency will focus on these areas while also formulating a larger, more comprehensive and long-term plan for the entire…

June 15, 2018

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A turning point?

Residents returning to their homes let us hope that worst of 416 Fire is over

June 15, 2018

Editorials

Summer on hold: Raging wildfires, and public land closures, define the summer of 2018

Courtesy of Dan Bender – An air tanker drops retardant on the 416 Fire north of Durango.du1-i-syn They may have…

June 13, 2018

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Retain Aichele: Experience in office gives incumbent the edge

Mary Shinn/Durango Herald – La Plata County Treasurer Allison Aichele, right, speaks with Mary Ann McCarthy at Needham Elementary during…

June 11, 2018

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Moving forward: Lachelt and her critics need to work together for remainder of her term

Lachelt, and her critics, need to work together for remainder of her term

June 8, 2018

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Democrat decision: Three candidates vie to try and unseat Rep. Tipton

du1-i-syn Tipton is seeking a fourth term, and an incumbent, even one from an a party in disorder in Washington,…

June 5, 2018

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City Council’s new limit on speaking should be accepted, with caution

June 4, 2018

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Dems on the ballot

Associated Press filedu1-i-syn As a State Senator, Mike Johnston made a specialty of advocating for improving pre-K through 12 education,…

June 2, 2018

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GOP hopefuls

Stapleton’s experience as treasurer sets him apart as the better candidate

June 2, 2018

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Happy Horse

Iron Horse organizers and volunteers stage another classic bike holiday

June 1, 2018

Editorials

Culture of secrecy

(AP Photo/Carla K. Johnson) Environmental Protection Agency employees and environmental activists protest the nomination of Scott Pruitt for administrator of…

May 30, 2018

Editorials

Remember Me: Veteran Bob Harms commemorates the Memorial Day holiday in verse

Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald – John Jarrett, Chaplian at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4031 reflected in the Veterans Memorial…

May 28, 2018

Editorials

Triple crown: Bayfield state championships an inspiration to us all

du1-i-syn But we would be remiss not to mention the rare achievement of four Bayfield High School senior boys who…

May 26, 2018

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Iron Horse: Gravel rides join the classic lineup of events

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald -A bike racer beats the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train to the crossing at Highway 550…

May 25, 2018

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Water mapping

JERRY McBRIDE/Herald Robert Morris of Animas Well Drilling drills a 227-foot deep domestic water well east of Oxford.du1-i-syn Former County Commissioner…

May 23, 2018

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The sit/lie ban: City ordinance may feel right, but does nothing to address core problems

A homeless man and his dog rest on Main Ave. in this Herald file photo.du1-i-syn While we have called for…

May 21, 2018

Editorials

Time for Tipton and Gardner to support local leaders, public lands

du1-i-syn The bill now heads for a vote by the full Senate. A companion bill, introduced by Rep. Scott Tipton,…

May 19, 2018

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Missed opportunity: Legislature should consider ‘red flag’ gun safety measure again

SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald – Denver Police Department School Resource Officer Leonard Martinez listens to Kathy Morris, Regional Safe School Coordinator…

May 18, 2018

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LPEA elections: Wheeler joins incumbents Bassett and McInnis on utility board

du1-i-syn Britt Bassett has served two terms on the board and defeated by two to one former engineer Gene Fisher.…

May 16, 2018

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Whitewater Park: Additional work on the rapids at Santa Rita improves the home-town river run

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald 05-3-2018- Durango- Teal Lehto, left, Laura Palmer, center, and Berrey Becton, run through Corner Pocket in the Durango…

May 14, 2018

Editorials

Chilcoat and Franklin: Prosecute criminal acts, if any, not identity politics

Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald Rose Chilcoat, Conservation Advocate with Great Old Broads For Wilderness at her Durango home.du1-i-syn Chilcoat, especially, seems to…

May 12, 2018