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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 com

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.

"History advocates are sounding the alarm that the administration is continuing its attempts to whitewash and revise his...
07/10/2025

"History advocates are sounding the alarm that the administration is continuing its attempts to whitewash and revise history. The Herald’s editorial board shares these concerns and wrote about the administration’s efforts to erase or rewrite history in “Juneteenth: the fight to keep history honest (Herald, Jun. 18)."

Trump is politicizing a system that was never political President Donald Trump’s March 2025 Executive Order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” hit home last week with signs posted at Me...

The Herald’s editorial board is exhaling and relieved to learn MacDonough’s actions – doing her job as a nonpartisan and...
07/03/2025

The Herald’s editorial board is exhaling and relieved to learn MacDonough’s actions – doing her job as a nonpartisan and unbiased adviser to the Senate interpreting and applying its rules and precedents – have for now resulted in some of the most harmful proposals of the bill being removed.

Hurd is helping but Elizabeth MacDonough is our hero In January, Rep. Jeff Hurd said that he is “cautiously optimistic that there’s a lot of good that we can do in this next Congress with the help of ...

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-political-violence/The Herald’s editorial board stands with WLN, against...
07/02/2025

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-political-violence/

The Herald’s editorial board stands with WLN, against political violence and all the elected officials and government employees who are increasingly in fear of going to work and just doing their job.

We protect ourselves by protecting the dignity and humanity of everyone in our community The Durango-based Western Leaders Network issued a press release on Monday standing with the Minnesota elected ...

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-conflict-and-controversy/We’ve said it before, in an editorial (Herald, ...
06/17/2025

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-conflict-and-controversy/

We’ve said it before, in an editorial (Herald, Mar. 26), “The humanity we want to see,” criticizing writer and political analyst David Brooks for calling conspiracy theorists stupid: “You cannot with any credibility on the subject of trust-building call someone stupid.”

There is a way to be strong without being strident Primary elections are just one year away, and we learned this week (Herald , June 11) that Hope Scheppelman of Bayfield, former secretary of the L...

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/public-media/GOP-led House advances bill to defund public media. The Senate can s...
06/12/2025

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/public-media/

GOP-led House advances bill to defund public media. The Senate can save it.

NPR CEO Katherine Maher said in a statement. "If rescission passes and local stations go dark, millions of Americans will no longer have access to locally owned, independent, nonprofit media and will bear the risk of living in a news desert, missing their emergency alerts, and hearing silence where classical, jazz and local artists currently play."

The loss of public funding would hurt America, especially rural and Native “I never wake up in the morning thinking, “I might sue the President of the United States today,” said Tami Graham, KSUT Publ...

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-sowing-fear-not-safety/ICE actions are suspicious and continue to underm...
06/10/2025

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-sowing-fear-not-safety/

ICE actions are suspicious and continue to undermine Americans’ support for others

Trump’s war on immigrants – legal and undocumented, criminal and not – continues, still riddled with errors. The Herald’s editorial board believes Gov. Jared Polis has made a serious one himself. Read...

"The City of Durango was wise to get ahead of summer with its May 20 News Flash asking residents to be mindful of water...
06/06/2025

"The City of Durango was wise to get ahead of summer with its May 20 News Flash asking residents to be mindful of water use (Herald, May 27)."

It’s time to talk about water – and showerheads. Seriously. Although we heard about the president’s “war on showerheads” when it resurfaced in April, we were focused on the administration’s gutting of...

" CommonSpirit Health - Mountain Mercy Hospital, Southwest Health System, and Pagosa Springs Medical Center are committe...
06/05/2025

" CommonSpirit Health - Mountain Mercy Hospital, Southwest Health System, and Pagosa Springs Medical Center are committed to working together to strengthen rural health care, but we need strong federal and state partners who understand that preserving access in southwest Colorado is not optional – it is essential." We urge policymakers to remember the disproportionate burden on rural communities and protect Medicaid as the cornerstone of care it is.

As leaders of rural hospitals, our organizations are lifelines for medical emergencies, medical homes for many and vital economic engines for our region. Proposed Congressional Medicaid cuts exceeding...

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-ice/Vanessa Cowart, a friend of Hui’s, said, “I voted for Donald Trump, ...
06/01/2025

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

Vanessa Cowart, a friend of Hui’s, said, “I voted for Donald Trump, and so did practically everyone here. But no one voted to deport moms. We were all under the impression we were just getting rid of the gangs.”

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has returned to Durango (Herald, May 15), this time arresting five people they suspected of being undocumented immigrants. According to Enrique Oroz...

https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/our-view-epa/
05/31/2025

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

Protecting public health and the environment, but will it last? Last week, the City of Cortez was one of seven recipients to learn that on May 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded the ...

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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.