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Democrats offer their own welcome for Pence

Nearly 150 Democrats endured the pains of being stood up Wednesday as Republican vice president nominee Mike Pence pulled a last-minute detour, avoiding the warm “Democrat welcome” that awaited him in...

DATE: Oct 21, 2016 CATEGORY: Local News

Alice Madden for university regent; Joyce Rankin for board of education

Because it has implications for Southwest Colorado, there is reason to pay attention to the race for the at-large seat on the University of Colorado’s Board of Regents and support Alice Madden. ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Editorials

Facing an electoral dilemma: My vote explained

WASHINGTON — The case against Hillary Clinton could have been written before the recent WikiLeaks and FBI disclosures. But these documents do provide hard textual backup. The most sensation...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Ordeal let family know who are friends

For more than a year now I have watched in silence as this newspaper partook in the devastation of my family and in particular, my brother, William (Bill) Gary Conner. Statements made by both women du...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks go to awesome first responders

My family and I are writing to thank the 911 emergency responders, the Sheriff’s Office and Mercy Regional Medical Center Emergency Department staff. On Aug. 13, my daughter went into anaph...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

With rat or weasel choice, I’m voting rat

What an amazing year! We have to make a choice between a rat and a weasel. I’ve decided to vote for the rat. Why? Because I fear the weasel will do terrible damage to this country and I thi...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Funds not OK’d for building demolition

In Friday’s paper, (Journal, Oct. 14), the Re-1 school board ran a half-page ad to destroy our $1.874 million bond fund by using it to demolish the old high school. We, as taxpayers, voted and paid fo...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

SB 152 is not a tax, all county to vote

Last month the discussion topic at the League of Women Voters was Senate Bill 152, the Colorado law enacted in 2005 after heavy lobbying by the telecom companies. The purpose of the legisla...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Advocating zoning is a dangerous thing

One needs to be very careful when advocating zoning. Our private property rights are sacred and nothing is more detrimental to them than zoning. It is not a good thing to buy property only to find tha...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Pathway to Mancos is not needed

Who dreamed up this new paved half-highway to Mancos? Somebody dangles a grant before the commissioners and away we go. Let’s see, a 10-foot wide cement surface (so it doesn’t wear out.) Of course it ...

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor