Opinion

Restaurants must become resilient

Over the last few months, most of us in the Durango area have seen the chaos and negative effects of…

August 28, 2021

Our View: Churches

Ministers are struggling through COVID-19, too Like everyone else, we have found ourselves considering the costs that COVID-19 so far…

August 28, 2021

Op-Ed

Climate change warnings demand action now

Mayor Dick White “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.” – Intergovernmental Panel on…

August 28, 2021

Letters to the Editor

County needs to try new solutions to housing homeless people

There is a crisis in affordable housing that we all agree on. There are numerous unhoused, homeless, mentally ill people…

August 28, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Together, we can help stop suicide

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This is a time for each of us to reach out to those…

August 27, 2021

Letters to the Editor

National carbon fee would aid in halting climate change

Mark Pearson outlined state and regional actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the fossil fuel sector (Aug. 21, “Opportunities…

August 27, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Ethics

Boebert’s tardy disclosure shows spouse earns big from oil and gas industry

August 27, 2021

Op-Ed

A message from the Colorado River

Gary Wockner It feels like an apocalypse in the Southwest – wildfires, floods, drought, heat, smoke. This was not the…

August 27, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Biden’s Afghan withdrawal sells the country ‘down the tubes’

Sadly, Joe Biden has not just sold some American citizens and thousands of loyal Afghans down the tubes, he has…

August 26, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Ohana Kuleana

Community garden should be saved

August 25, 2021

Op-Ed

Priest’s advice puts personal choice above others’ safety

Tom Givón When I first heard a priest declare from the pulpit that wearing masks and being vaccinated against the…

August 25, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Herald Community Zoom is Friday

Join Opinion Page Editor Hollis Walker for a community meeting on Zoom at noon Friday to discuss issues of importance…

August 25, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Remembering FLC alumni activist Annabel Stickle

It was my good fortune to have been mentored by a group of women who worked at Fort Lewis College.…

August 24, 2021

Letters to the Editor

32nd Street cottonwood is not old, historic

Although I recognize the loss, the cottonwood tree at 32nd Street is neither old nor historic. I grew up in…

August 24, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Community garden enriches family’s life

The Riverview garden (Ohama Kuleana Communityh Garden) enriches my life and my children’s lives. We walk there a few nights…

August 22, 2021

Letters to the Editor

9-R made big mistake in deal with fire district

The biggest mistake in Durango’s recent history took place Tuesday. The 9-R School Board voted unanimously to sell the Administration…

August 21, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Student appreciates Ohana Kuleana garden

I have been a student at Riverview Elementary School since kindergarten. And the school garden (Ohana Kuleana Community Garden) has…

August 21, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Benefits of garden are beyond measure

I want to dispel the the myth that the Ohana Kuleana Community Garden serves a narrow band of community members.…

August 21, 2021

Op-Ed

Kids can’t wait for COVID-19 vaccines

Michelle Goldberg, The New York Timesdu1-i-syn A few weeks ago I posted on Twitter that I was increasingly furious with…

August 21, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Afghan women need support as Taliban takes over again

Anyone who in the past five years has bought an RBG poster or wore an “I’m with her” shirt or…

August 21, 2021

Op-Ed

Better Care, Better Jobs Act needed by caregivers, clients

Chandra Campos Surrounded by the Sangre de Cristo Range on one side and the San Juan Mountains on the other,…

August 21, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Smedley takes stand on funding Brewfest

I want to take a moment to recognize and thank Mike Smedley of Bank of the San Juans. This year,…

August 21, 2021

Op-Ed

Climate change challenges Durango, Colorado

Youssefdu1-i-syn According to the U.N. Panel On Climate Change report, released on Aug. 9, human-caused climate change is rapid, global…

August 21, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Keep Buckley Park for the people

What is the city and 9R thinking? Buckley Park is the gem of downtown. To sell the Buckley Park parcel…

August 21, 2021