Opinion

City was shortsighted at whitewater park

Instead of the local rafting companies being able to take passengers on our excellent town run, in a year when…

June 15, 2019

The people who thanked the firefighters

We remembered the words around town, written on car windows, displayed in storefronts, planted in yards – improvised, it always…

June 15, 2019

Colorado fast becoming California lite

Colorado is fast becoming California lite as new residents pour in from failing blue states. If I didn’t know better,…

June 14, 2019

The waiting game

Sitting in Front Range traffic, life and scenery flash before your eyes

June 14, 2019

How they voted

Homeless not a liberal or political issue

Homelessness is not a political issue. Try to think logically. Most cities are more liberal than small towns. Homeless people…

June 14, 2019

Homeless are result of income inequality

Is it just a coincidence in Durango and all over America that the more conservative they become, the more major…

June 13, 2019

Fewer labels and more compassion help

Labels divide, reducing solutions. We could aptly say that since Trump has come into office, homelessness has increased so it’s…

June 13, 2019

Democratic candidates talk – and talk – about climate change

Democratic candidates are talking plenty about climate change

June 13, 2019

Look for a CBD company (like ours)

With all of the buzz around CBD lately, you should! The popularity and incredible growth of cannabidiol products, or CBD,…

June 12, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

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Insulting Mitsch Bush is just weakness

The Herald also reported the reaction “from the Tipton camp,” which fit perfectly with what we’ve come to expect of…

America has clear health care choice

However, Mr. Schackel mistakenly continues with a warning for us to “Be careful what you wish for with government-run healthcare.”…

That boulder on Highway 145 needs a better name

boulder on Highway 145 needs a better name, don’t you think?

Tri-State, accept this coal-buyout offer

Chris Riley, President of Guzman, said they would “finance the early shutdown of (three Tri-State owned) coal plants, giving Tri-State…

One ignorant punk’s mindless insult

Memories of the incalculable sacrifices endured by American soldiers and Allied forces – the Greatest Generation – are besmirched by…

June 10, 2019

Hancock again: The runoff in Denver’s mayor’s race ends with tall orders

runoff in Denver’s mayor’s race ends with tall orders

June 10, 2019

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

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It’s not unsightly, it’s lovely recycling

Some people really can re-use an item that another person no longer needs. Is that not called recycling ? A…

Chain saws unnecessary in wilderness

Per the rules of the Wilderness Act, we have never used a chain saw. One summer, after the Yellowstone fires,…

Brat lion’s OK

had a bad couple of days in Walsenburg last fall but he’s free now

We need Bennet and Gardner on climate

Gov. Jared Polis points to climate change as a cause – and he’s right. It is estimated that anthropogenic climate…