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James: Gettin’ all wound up

I just finished a great Zane Grey book, Riders of the Purple Sage, and am halfway through another titled Tonto Basin. They’re both great stories, and the main characters’ lives are influenced and dire...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 CATEGORY: Watch Yore Topknot

Editorial cartoon

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Thanks for standing up for ordinary people

Thank you for your heartfelt and pertinent editorial in The Journal (Dec. 22) appropriately titled, “Public Comment.“ It is extremely important to have public comments regarding issues that affect all...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Rep. Tipton’s vote really makes no sense

Scott Tipton, who sits on the House Natural Resources Committee, voted to gut the 1906 Antiquities Act, which I find somehow weird. The very first national park created by that Act was Mesa Verde Nati...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

2017: Looking back, water, development and public lands were in the local news

Some trends ran all the way through 2017, and most involved change. In the beginning of the year, there was snow – a whole lot of it. That enabled McPhee Reservoir to fill and spill, guaran...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 CATEGORY: Editorials

Man arrested for DUI after Christmas Eve crash in Cortez

A man was arrested Christmas Eve after a single-vehicle traffic accident in Cortez resulted in serious injuries. About 10:41 p.m. on Dec. 24, Cortez police responded to a report of a crash...