Opinion

Welcher support disqualifies Rep. Brown

Trump’s defining characteristics are now clear for all to see: He is a massive liar, a raging narcissist and a…

September 10, 2016

$85 million airport a flight of fancy

Let’s play airplanes! Perhaps these business luminaries should each shave their heads, put on the Nehru jacket and practice saying,…

September 10, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Respect, honor due all law enforcement

That I am white, and a senior citizen with no moving violations since 2011, carries no consequence. I was a…

September 10, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Be bold and buck the two-party system

That said, I do not believe Hillary Clinton is a much better choice. She has too much baggage and, if…

September 10, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Buddhist snowboarder for U.S. Senate

Menconi has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver, was a two-term Eagle County commissioner, is…

September 10, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Create a new route to get across town

There is an easy solution. Take the Bridge to Nowhere and connect it through Ewing Mesa with a bypass to…

September 10, 2016

Letters to the Editor

McKnight does not know right from wrong

One thing has become very clear in the McKnight campaign: If Gwen Lachelt’s opponent had any sense of responsibility to…

September 8, 2016

Letters to the Editor

City should restore the Arc of History

Is this city policy? Of course not. If a patrol car is seriously vandalized requiring expensive repairs, does the city…

September 8, 2016

Letters to the Editor

New airport represents the wrong priority

Why is the airport expansion being prioritized over other issues such as replacing Durango’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure? (Please…

September 8, 2016

Editorials

Business response to panhandling problems should continue next summer

The holiday also ended the Business Improvement District’s first summer effort to reduce panhandling downtown. It may be too soon…

September 8, 2016

Letters to the Editor

ColoradoCare answers readily available

However, there are ways to get answers to just about any question about ColoradoCare. The ColoradoCare website (www.coloradocare.org) has a…

September 6, 2016

Letters to the Editor

County needs to account for road funds

When these fuel taxes were enacted, they were designated for highway maintenance and construction exclusively. We now know that much…

September 6, 2016

Editorials

Education and enforcement are key to what is really a human, rather than bear, problem

Durango’s version, an electronic bulletin board found online at bearsmartdurango.org, was designed to connect residents with fruit trees bearing (excess)…

September 6, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Questions for Rep. Tipton need response

It would help to know his positions on some of the many issues that effect the district: When will the…

September 6, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Amendment 69 crucial for Coloradans

ColoradoCare provides comprehensive health care for all, ensures equal opportunity, may reduce health care costs over time, saves lives, decreases…

September 6, 2016

Editorials

In light of historic problems, it is good to see Carbon Junction mine reclamation succeed

It is especially welcome when compared to what looks to be a decade-long Superfund effort to clean up the contamination…

September 6, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Yes, include elk in multi-modal master plan

Anyone who lives in Durango knows that bicyclists pay little or no attention to the lanes we provide for their…

September 5, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Is this how democracy comes to an end?

He didn’t call them “immigrants,” although most of them have risked their lives coming to this country because the places…

September 5, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Herald’s online censorship is disturbing

Recently a Hispanic man was arrested for sexual assault on a child. There was a Durango Herald article online, and…

September 5, 2016

Editorials

Twenty-first century news and opinion requires hashtags, 140 characters

Digital disruption. Simply, it is a term used to describe the internetâ€™s impact on most industries. The popularity of Airbnb…

September 5, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Brown deserves vote based on integrity

Those of you who may know of me may think of me as the guy with the weed spraying business…

September 4, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Pay for wall with confiscated drug money

Currently, $100 billion is spent on illegal drugs each year. Some of these revenues fund street-gang activity, while much of…

September 4, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Removing the Arc of History is a mistake

If the “haters” didn’t participate in the process of choosing the artist and the art itself, they shouldn’t get to…

September 4, 2016

Editorials

Labor Day: Education offers workers path toward improved job opportunities

It was a time of growing abhorrence to the six-day-a-week, 10-hour day schedule that industrial workers – men, women and…

September 4, 2016