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Controlled burn makes Granath Mesa a safer place

I would like to thank FireWise, Bruce Short from Short Tree Service, the Dolores and Cortez fire departments, the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management for conducting a controlled burn...

DATE: Mar 09, 2018 CATEGORY: Thank You Letters

Colorado needs twice as much normal snowfall to hit average

DENVER – Colorado’s snowpack for the year is well below its usual level. The Denver Post reported Wednesday that the state’s snowpack improved 13 percent in February but still was only 72 p...

DATE: Mar 09, 2018 CATEGORY: Nation & World

Old pistol part found at Kannah Creek archaeological dig

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) â€” A pistol part found in a Mesa County excavation area could be as many as 500 years old and may bring to light some new information on Spanish colonial history in Colorad...

DATE: Mar 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Local News

Engagement Jarrett Michael Weimer and Easton Chaste Hope Toles

Wendolyn Weimer of Hot Springs, South Dakota, and Todd and Secily Toles of Cortez, Colorado, have announced the engagement of Jarrett Michael Weimer to Easton Chaste Hope Toles, both of Hot Springs. ...

DATE: Mar 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Milestones

Editorial cartoon

DATE: Mar 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Bye: Returning guns to their proper role in society

Finally, it seems like our country is poised to start a real gun control debate, and it had better be more substantial than business-as-usual. It seems like a consensus could develop around tightenin...

DATE: Mar 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Colorado women: “We can do it!” 125 years leading the way on women’s suffrage, equal rights

It is during the month of March, designated as Women’s History Month, that women’s achievements are commemorated across the nation. For Colorado women, there is much to celebrate. To date, 152 women f...

DATE: Mar 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Editorials

Patsy Brown’s legacy of service to Cortez

Words always feel so inadequate when I try to express what someone means to me. So, forgive this feeble attempt. I’m writing to the editor today about the life of a pillar of Cortez, Patsy...

DATE: Mar 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Kent: Let’s have a conversation about gun control

Friends, the time has come for our country to have a sane, reasonable conversation about gun control and the Second Amendment. The carnage and heartache simply is not stopping and soon enough citizen...

DATE: Mar 08, 2018 CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Cortez man turns passion for pork into a mobile restaurant

Ernie Padilla opened his traveling restaurant, The Wigglin’ Pig, to a hearty welcome. Padilla bought his trailer a year ago when he was working in the construction business and renovated it hims...