Editorials

Our view: In remembrance

must double down on supporting, not abandoning our veterans

May 25, 2025

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Our view: 53rd Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

Durango’s version of the running of the Pamplona bulls kicks off today as 1,800 riders and racers get ready to…

May 23, 2025

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Our view – Motorcycle safety: Riders wear a helmet, drivers slow down

Motorcycle riding has its risks, and here is the largest risk, with numbers: during 2024, 165 riders were killed in…

May 14, 2025

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Our view: Peters and the president

Causing immeasurable damage to local elections and trust in the electoral process Tina Peters is not a hero nor a…

May 9, 2025

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Our view: Lodgers tax

opportunity for renewed collaboration amid new beginnings

May 7, 2025

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Our view: Thanks for the poetry, it’s always welcome

Two hundred fifty words are not needed When feelings are over flowing Add a rhyme or two will do Points…

May 7, 2025

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Our view: The spirit of service

Community service has dividends that once lost are hard to get back Since early last month, the Trump Administration and…

May 4, 2025

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Our view: Due Process

Advocates on the courthouse lawn Durango held its first ever public rally in support of National Law Day yesterday on…

May 2, 2025

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Our view: 50 years later

Vietnam still lingers At the end of World War II, the fear was that Communism was becoming a worldwide threat…

April 30, 2025

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Our view: Shorter run-ups, please

They’re off to the races. We wish it were not so soon. For term-limited Jared Polis’ seat, we’re aware of…

April 20, 2025

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Our view: Looking out for mom and pop

Senate Bill 33, signed by Gov. Jared Polis last Thursday (Herald, Apr. 11), will provide a lifeline to independent liquor…

April 18, 2025

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Our view: State budget work – small reductions and large unknowns

Colorado legislators this week are engrossed in shaping a state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that sheds…

April 9, 2025

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Our view: ‘Then they came for me’

By now, most have heard of the Mar. 25 “taking” of the Tufts University Ph. D. student, Rumeysa Ozturk, 30,…

April 6, 2025

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Our view: Congrats councilors, new challenges ahead

Election Day has come and gone and the Herald’s Editorial Board is pleased to welcome Kip Koso, Shirley Gonzales and…

April 4, 2025

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Our view: Reasonable gun legislation making progress

In February, we wrote about the Colorado General Assembly’s progress to encourage reasonable gun use (Herald, Feb. 20). Of the…

April 2, 2025

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Extraordinary Women

Women's Resource Center, 2025 Extraordinary Woman Award Winnerscca As March comes to a close and with it Women’s History Month…

March 30, 2025

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Our view: The humanity we want to see

In February 2021, David Brooks, a highly respected Canadian-born American author, political analyst, cultural commentator, and founder of Weave: The…

March 26, 2025

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Our view: Dept. of Education too critical to crush

Donald Trump’s targets are many in his effort to transform the United States into a country of single thought and…

March 23, 2025

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Our view: In memoriam – The Cat and the Fiddle

In the interest of lightening things up a bit, the Herald’s editorial board would like to thank all the respondents…

March 21, 2025

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Colorado legislature defends public lands’ values

On Thursday, Mar. 13, the Colorado General Assembly passed a bipartisan resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 25-009, “Protection of Colorado’s Public…

March 19, 2025

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Our view: Vote Elias, Gonzales, Koso, a new slate

Three seats are being contested in Durango’s City Council’s April 1 municipal election, with five hopefuls. As they appear on…

March 14, 2025

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Our view: ‘FOR’ 2A, invest in Efficiency, Safety, Parks and ‘AGAINST’ misinformation

Before we get into the Herald editorial board’s full support of Ballot Issue 2A, the city of Durango’s referred measure…

March 9, 2025

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Our view: Ukrainians do not deserve what is coming

Three years ago, Americans were cheering on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian military, for very good reason. Imaginative defensive tactics…

February 28, 2025

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Our view: In it for the heart of it – Maria’s celebrates 40 years

Maria’s Bookshop celebrates 40 years of creating community connections through books

February 24, 2025