Opinion

Freed school lunch: Mother of slain worker sets examples

of slain cafeteria supervisor wipes out Minnesota student meal debt

May 8, 2019

This planet is getting mighty crowded

I am one of many who have chosen to stand up for obtaining climate change legislation, the urgency of which…

May 8, 2019

Thanks for Greg Ryder: I love you, man

Greg’s voice, a voice that evoked not only reverence for a simpler way of life and a respect for the…

May 7, 2019

Spy birds: A vulture gets snared in Yemen’s civil war

A rare vulture left Bulgaria – and ended up arrested in Yemen

May 7, 2019

Why is it taking so long for fire report?

It is my understanding that the investigation has been done for some time and the report is completed. What I…

May 6, 2019

City guilty of neglecting Three Springs

For example, consider the Three Springs district of Durango and the Grandview entrance to Durango: There is no transit service…

May 6, 2019

What beautiful hearts you have, Durango

We – his brother, Noel, and I – witnessed his childhood evolve into the life he lived in Durango, but…

May 5, 2019

Zebra mussels threaten Lake Nighthorse

This species is invasive and can destroy every living thing in a lake. When the lake is dead, they rot…

May 4, 2019

Durango, stop crying in your craft beer

Definitely the theme was “woe is us.” Llewellyn’s big sadness was over the recent passage of increased restrictions on oil…

Did I scrape the door of your truck?

By the time I could check in and obtain a pen and paper to leave a note, the truck was…

Convention centers

they make sense for Cortez or Durango? It’s worth careful study.

Marsha Porter-Norton for commission

We’ve been friends and colleagues for more than 20 years. Many years ago, Marsha directed a regional nonprofit, Operation Healthy…

Editorial Cartoons

Editorial cartoons

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Michael Bennet

Colorado senator, with a clean bill of health, makes his presidential bid

Times columnist is ignorant of the facts

New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote an interesting column in the April 27 edition on the subject of…

Legislators must act on plastic pollution

One of the worst forms of these products is Styrofoam (polystyrene), and Americans throw away an estimated 70 million plastic…

High CEO pay, no lunch, we need change

Hypocrisy in our world! Women with unwanted pregnancies are forbidden by lawmakers, dictated to by religious leaders (in both cases…

It’s just country: And it’s all good

It’s been two decades since Lucinda Williams recorded her classic album

Greg Ryder leaves a hole in our hearts

His absolute love and adoration of his wife Julie. His love of his kitty cats. Being one of the best…

May 1, 2019

Herald waves patriarchal torture finger

The editorial board called out one protester’s sign [“Detention is Torture”] that I read as an announcement that the intentional…

April 30, 2019

Court packing: Seldom a good idea

might have worked for FDR but we will need a better plan now

April 30, 2019