Opinion

Our View: Team approach

outreach workers offer more than just supplies

July 2, 2021

Redistricting: Where’s a little gerrymander when you need one?

As I’m sure you must have noticed, it’s redistricting season in Colorado and also the first time this once-a-decade event…

July 1, 2021

Carbon fees are part of the solution to climate change

What’s your preferred term for the planet’s climate predicament? “Global warming?” The warming isn’t global. “Climate Crisis?” That’s problematic, discouraging…

Parking ticket sours tourist on Durango

Greetings, Durango! My family and I visited in June during a big summer road trip out West. We had a…

Our View: ‘The churn’

possible solution for local businesses

Transgender students should have separate bathrooms

Many parents around the world find out that their teen child is gay. In 71 countries, it is a crime…

Guest Columns

America is getting meaner, on the left and on the right

Timothy Egan <br><br>(Credit: Amanda Koster for The New York Times) I went to see my doctor the other day for…

Critical race theory embodies racism

A recent article (June 11, “Rep. Lauren Boebert calls on critical race theory to be banned in schools”) attributed comments…

Thinking rationally about the ‘stolen election’ hoax

Let’s try to think rationally concerning the whole “stolen election” hoax. The reason it is so patently false is because…

June 29, 2021

Hooray for city’s support of Animas View

Congratulations to the city for helping to underwrite the purchase of Animas View mobile home park. We have lived here…

June 29, 2021

Blake, Metz made Durango a better place to live, visit

Durango is a better place to live and work thanks to two individuals, Amber Blake and Cathy Metz, soon to…

Our View: More tourism?

Business growth must look beyond tourism industry

White supremacy is metastasizing

Chili Yazzie Before the pandemic, the world was in trouble. The climate crisis was choking life out of the planet,…

Tracy Stone-Manning is the leader we need for public lands

Gwen Lachelt Having a qualified and collaborative director at the Bureau of Land Management has never been more important than…

SWIF doesn’t include large-tree restoration

A Herald editorial (May 21, “New Ideas: Wildfire proposal deserves consideration“) said the Southwest Impact Fund warrants a look. I…

Court-ordered visitations should be reconsidered

Having witnessed the Dylan Redwine tragedy unfold and the unimaginable loss that ensued from it, it leaves one to question…

When water was plentiful

Dave Marston During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking…

Boebert’s ‘No’ votes make no sense

If one was on the subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States, why would one cast a vote against…

Timing of Tri-State op-ed is more than ironic

I have to admit I find it more than slightly ironic that the fine op-ed, “Tri-State CEO Touts Co-Ops’ Clean…

Americans have been ‘played’ when it comes to pandemic

For about one and a half years we’ve been bombarded by hysteria; changing edicts put forth by certain members of…

Voting laws aren’t tilted against minorities

So tired of dishonest elected officials. Obviously I can’t be alone in such a thought! I watched C-Span today to…

Our View: LPEA win

Federal commission rules on Tri-State complaint