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Our View: Congress should pass Colorado conservation bills

“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher ‘standard of living’ is worth its cost ...

DATE: Feb 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Don’t lump Cortez Patriots in with Capitol rioters

Amanda McNeil was granted a large section of the Jan. 13 Journal to spew liberal left venom in an attempt to silence and restrict the Patriots’ “freedom of speech and assembly” granted to al...

DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Letter: Support Neguse’s National Biodiversity Strategy bill

Watching this latest life-giving snowstorm falling outside my window, I’m reminded how tied we are to such gifts of nature. Yes, I’ll gladly shovel the snow. Far better than chok...

DATE: Feb 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Dolores resident Leslie Lyons named to dean’s list

The Journal University of Wisconsin Oshkosh officials announced students who qualified for the dean’s list in fall 2020 across all three campuses. Included in the list was Leslie ...

DATE: Feb 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Our View: ‘Caste’ provides lesson in Black history

It’s likely that few Americans living today have been properly educated about African-American history. One of us remembers a college political science lecture on the Civil War i...

DATE: Feb 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Local resident grateful for vaccination program

I received my first COVID shot the other day at the Southwest Memorial hospital and I would like to commend all personnel for organizing an outstanding vaccination program. Everyone was very...

DATE: Feb 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Thank You Letters

Community member grateful for vaccination workers and volunteers

Kudos to Marc Meyer, Southwest Health System, Montezuma County Health Department and Axis Health System for getting so many of us vaccinated against COVID-19 so quickly. A big thank- you als...

DATE: Feb 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Thank You Letters

Dolores Public Library reopens under Level Yellow

The Journal Dolores Public Library reopened the to the public Feb. 8 after closing in November because of surges in COVID-19 cases. The library’s reopening comes as a result of Mo...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Our View: How the newspapers’ editorial pages work

As you may have read on this page a few months ago, the Durango Herald and The Cortez Journal have a new editorial page editor. This seems like a good time to re-acquaint our readership with...

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Letter: Vote no on recall of school board member Lance McDaniel

I would like to say a few words of support for School Board Director Lance McDaniel. Sadly, RE-1 School District is being tasked with holding a recall election to recall a direct...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Four Southwest Colorado counties qualify for Enhanced Enterprise Zone Tax Credits

Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade has updated the list of counties that qualify for Enhanced Rural Enterprise Zone status, and Dolores, Montezuma and San Juan C...

DATE: Feb 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Region 9 to host business resources virtual meeting

Southwest Colorado businesses are invited to learn more about the export resources and grant funding available to support international business development at a virtual meeting at 10 a.m. T...