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ments representing a range of views that make their point with civility. A few things we won't tolerate on our Facebook wall: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and their substitutes) and commercial promotion. While most comments will remain posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. We will make these decisions as carefully and consistently as we can.

09/03/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-city-boss/

Last August, The Durango Herald informally endorsed José Madrigal as the right candidate for Durango city manager, a position that had been open for almost a year after the departure of Ron LeBlanc...

09/02/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-native-schools/

On Aug. 23, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe opened its new charter school, Kwiyagat Community Academy in Towaoc, to kindergarten and first grade students. Kwiyagat means “bear” in the Ute language. The be...

08/31/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/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 has exacted from our lives and our community, and recently began w...

08/31/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-ethics/

Our elected officials have a great deal of power when it comes to passing laws, spending taxpayer money and otherwise controlling our collective lives. It is of utmost importance that we be able to tr...

08/31/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-ohana-kuleana/

This past Saturday, Ohana Kuleana Community Garden held an open house that by all reports was well-attended. As you will recall, the garden is facing the possibility that it will be sold by its curren...

08/23/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/better-care-better-jobs-act-needed-by-caregivers-clients/

08/23/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/tree-tales/

Once upon a time in a small university town, a college president about the height of Napoleon and with a matching complex decided he wanted to build a parking lot on the site of a large park at the ed...

08/20/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/fire-district-3/

The sale of the Durango 9-R School District’s former Administration Building to the Durango Fire District has prompted a maelstrom of complaints and accusations, with city officials taking heat from r...

08/19/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/come-together-for-health-safety-of-durangos-children/

I’m a longtime parent, active volunteer and community member. I’m heartbroken by our seeming inability to come together to support the health and safety of our children. I encourage us to be civil, re...

08/19/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-good-choices/

9-R made the right choice on masks School District 9-R board members were subjected to interruptions and shouting in a meeting last week as they voted unanimously to require masks in classrooms when s...

08/17/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-housing/

Potential hotel conversion could ease housing crisis Since January, as part of our FOCUS 2021 series of editorials, we’ve been addressing the lack of affordable housing and housing for unsheltered peo...

08/11/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/miller-conundrum-sparks-memories-of-teaching-in-portables/

As a Durango 9-R School Board member, I’m not sure how I’m going to vote for the Miller Middle School rebuild. As of this writing, the recommendation hasn’t been presented to the school board yet. I u...

08/11/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/editorial-cartoons-216/

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08/11/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-miller-site/

The community has spoken its preferences about the construction of a replacement for Miller Middle School, and it appears the school district is listening. Miller Middle School, built in 1964, is toda...

08/07/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-9-r-sale/

Durango’s 9-R District School Board voted unanimously June 28 to enter into an agreement to sell the 4.3-acre campus, including the historic 9-R Administration Building and Big Picture High School, t...

08/07/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-yes-masks/

Our new Durango School District 9-R Superintendent Karen Cheser already has waded into deep waters with some significant and contentious issues to sort out, including the sale of the 9-R Administratio...

08/07/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/ready-to-compost/

Anybody remember the “Garden Song”? “Inch by inch, row by row Gonna make this garden grow Gonna mulch it deep and low Gonna make it fertile ground …” Written by David Mallett in 1975, according to Wik...

08/02/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-new-guardians/

Language reflects the times, and new words, phrases and memes help us understand how our culture is shifting. How to use language to confer respect and inclusion of people unlike oneself can be a chal...

08/02/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-power-struggle/

The July 19 filing by Tri-State Generation and Transmission marked another turning point in the ongoing saga of its refusal to deal openly and fairly with its electric cooperative members, including L...

07/29/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/facing-up-to-hard-truths-about-native-amercian-boarding-schools/

The national and global spotlight shines briefly on our region through a New York Times article published July 19, dateline Durango, Colorado: “Lost Lives, Lost Culture: The Forgotten History of Indig...

07/29/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-pueblo-community-college-weathers-pandemic-with-top-grades/

COVID-19 has taken its toll on every sort of institution, business and organization in our region over the past 18 months. Recently, we got curious about how Pueblo Community College was faring. We do...

07/24/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/editorial-cartoons-207/

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07/24/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-good-news/

Nick: This is FOCUS 2021 Beyond Our MeansHelp is on the way. At least that’s the way it feels as local government leaders are making strides toward big action on the housing crisis. Elected leader...

07/23/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/hard-lessons-from-the-southern-border/

The wall between the United States and Mexico has come to stand for desperation and suffering for many people. For most of us who live within 20 miles of this 452-mile wall, it’s also seen as a bizarr...

07/23/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-justice/

It has been only a week since the denouement of the trial of Mark Redwine for the 2012 murder of his 13-year-old son, Dylan. Redwine was convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in ...

07/22/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/peace-in-korea-should-be-a-priority-for-biden/

President Joe Biden deserves credit for successfully re-engaging in international diplomacy. Extending the New START nuclear arms control agreement with Russia, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, Wor...

07/22/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/juvenile-injustice-writer-befriends-man-whos-served-32-years/

On June 30, Jimmy Shane Click was denied parole by the Alabama Board of Paroles and Pardons. The reason this means something to me is that I first learned about Shane when I was having my hair cut an...

07/22/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-bipartisanship/

One of the editorial topics we’ve been addressing this year as part of our FOCUS 2021 special series is “Healing the Rift,” referring to the challenge of bringing together factions of our very polariz...

07/16/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/declining-birth-rate-is-good-news-not-the-worry-reported/

“U.S. birth rates are declining. This trend is cause for concern, because an aging population puts a strain on the economy.” – Kimberly Amadeo, in “The Balance,” April 29, 2021 The Centers for Diseas...

07/16/2021

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/as-lake-powell-dwindles-wonders-open-up-for-visitors/

On May 9, protected by neoprene, I bobbed around in a flooded canyon in Utah’s Lake Powell. The reservoir had fallen below 35% full, which gave me the unique opportunity to free-dive through an underw...

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At the Durango Herald Opinion desk, we provide a forum for a diversity of expression and commentary on news and issues of the day. We wish to foster a climate in which debate about local issues and constructive change can occur. We aim to create a space on Facebook where readers can exchange intelligent and informed commentary that enhances the quality of our opinion pages. We value thoughtful comments representing a range of views that make their point with civility. A few things we won't tolerate on our Facebook wall: personal attacks, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity (including expletives and their substitutes) and commercial promotion. While most comments will remain posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderating decisions are subjective. We will make these decisions as carefully and consistently as we can.