Search - The Journal

Thayer Plewe enjoying junior golf circuit

Capping off an impressive summer in style, Cortez native Thayer Plewe won top honors in the Utah PGA junior program’s season-ending major championship at Hidden Valley Country Club on Aug. 14. ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: High School Sports

James: Thoughts on war for profit

Maybe it’s just me, but it’s been more than 15 years since Sept. 11, 2001. Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden are dead. Reckon enough is enough? Ike warned us against the “military-industr...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Editorial cartoon

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Samuelson: Chinese ‘innovation mercantilism’ is a real threat

WASHINGTON — There is much to dislike in President Trump’s trade agenda, but he is correct on one subject: China’s relentless quest to extort American “intellectual property” – technologies, business ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Town halls: Sen. Gardner should keep meeting his Colorado constituents face to face

During the first half of the year, few of Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner’s constituents saw him in person. Earlier in August, he visited Durango with fellow Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, Color...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: Editorials

Shocked to hear of decision on alcohol

Wow! I was really shocked to the news that Cortez was legalizing alcohol on the sidewalks (Journal, Aug. 9). So, if I’m a drunk from the park, I don’t have to worry about getting thrown in jail if I j...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Metal carports are not all unsightly

I’m so sorry that Danny Giannone (of the Cortez Planning and Zoning Board) has to look at our metal carports that us poor folks have put up (Journal, Aug. 4) to protect our vehicles because he sees th...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Montezuma-Cortez touts English scores at Mesa Elementary

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District reported gains Thursday on its student performance testing, but it fell short of the state average. The Colorado Department of Education on Thursda...

DATE: Aug 21, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Authorities identify man killed in rollover crash

Authorities identified the man who was killed in a rollover crash Friday night north of Hermosa as Reggie Hohenberg of Kirtland, New Mexico. The crash occurred at 6:05 p.m. near the top of ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2017 CATEGORY: Local News

Pinhole projection method can be fun way to view eclipse

Greetings, stargazers. I have never seen a total eclipse. However, I have seen many partial solar eclipses, including the annular eclipse that passed over the Four Corners in 2012. I find t...