On Aug. 12, I was heading to work and on Road 12 there as a truck spraying weed killer along the side of the road and the bar ditch. Going down Road BB I saw a tractor with a brush hog attached to the...

The news continues showing us the orange-tainted Animas River while only giving us updates on the levels of toxic waste it is carrying, the lead levels now reaching 12,000 times over the level of safe...

I live here in Cortez, we love this community, our kids go to school here, and my husband teaches here. I recently read the article in the Cortez Journal, “Budget, asbestos complicate schools’ vow to ...

I hope the tree-huggers still love their favorite government agency. Maybe they will drink the water. The old saying “I am from the government to help you,” is at work here. This country’s most potent...

Knowing how litigious American society has become, it is no surprise that the idea of suing the Environmental Protection Agency was one of the first responses after last week’s spill of mining waste i...

We're all downstream or downwind from something. That became all too visible last week as what's now listed as 3 million gallons of orange toxic waste from a long-abandoned gold mine above ...

Re-1 school district officials have found themselves between a rock and hard place with the old Montezuma-Cortez High School building. The district made a rock-solid promise to tear down th...

The Cortez Leopard Sharks Swim Club traveled to Fort Morgan, Colorado for the Colorado Seasonal Club Championships on July 31 - August 2. The Leopard Sharks were one of 21 teams competing, ...

A long line of socks clothespinned side by side stretches across the wall, gray and white. Eye-catching, but not your typical library decor. These socks are not there for aesthetics, howeve...