Newsletter Opinion – The Durango Herald

Our View: Frisch only choice for CD3

Sometimes we vote against a candidate more than for one. This is the case in the 3rd Congressional District race between incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and Democratic challeng...

DATE: Oct 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Serving as People’s Lawyer’

As Colorado’s attorney general, I am committed to serving as the People’s Lawyer. My job is to defend Colorado citizens from those who violate their rights, improve public safety and our cri...

DATE: Oct 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Anderson for secretary of state

Deciding between two excellent candidates is a good problem to have. But it does make an endorsement difficult. We are, though, endorsing Republican Pam Anderson for Colorado Secretary of St...

DATE: Oct 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Do you feel safer today?’

“Do you feel safer today than you did four years ago?” That’s the question everyone has to answer this November when casting a ballot in the attorney general’s race. Our current attorney gen...

DATE: Oct 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Proposition GG’s tax info table a clear win

Proposition GG may go down in history as the absolute easiest bipartisan choice on the midterm election ballot. Coloradoans are asked to do big things in voting on tax changes. Would you lik...

DATE: Oct 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: ‘Yes’ to Amendment D

This fall's ballot question Amendment D, if it passes, will be added to Colorado's Constitution. It is a specific provision tied to one judicial district, is necessary and should be approved...

DATE: Oct 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Affordable housing measure a sustainable solution

Housing is a basic need. Without it, we won’t hold onto our working and middle class. Our service workers, our nurses, our teachers, our police officers. The lack of affordable housing in th...

DATE: Oct 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon: What’s next?

DATE: Oct 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Utes lead with hydropower

We are pleased to hear the hums and whistles, the sounds of renewable energy on the 7,700-acre Ute Mountain Farm and Ranch Enterprise southwest of Towaoc. The new hydroelectric system is exp...

DATE: Oct 5, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Editorial cartoon: Russian army

DATE: Oct 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

KSUT takes deeper dive into history, mission

KSUT is grateful for the opportunity to take a deeper dive into the nuance of its history and mission, as a follow-up to this week’s story in The Durango Herald, focusing on our collaborativ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Our View: Need leadership now on homelessness

With today’s deadline to vacate Purple Cliffs, we’re thinking about artist Wendy Abrams’ stirring exhibit, “Invisible Words,” a curation of signs held by unhoused people in Washington, D.C. ...

DATE: Sep 30, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion