Hope for the future often exists as the sole reason for most of us to go on living. Hope inspires us, attracts us, and gives us a reason to get up every morning. Without hope for the future, why get o...

Making sure those serving in the nation’s armed forces receive their care packages from home in time for the holidays is a priority for friends and family members of military personnel serving around ...

Since Democrats in the Colorado Legislature – with Gov. John Hickenlooper’s blessing – took up gun-control measures in the 2013 session, opponents of the effort have deployed a multivariate response t...

Cortez Elk’s Lodge No. 1789 would like to thank Cortez Wal-mart Supercenter for its continued support of our military veterans. Wal-Mart donates a box of clothes each week that goes to our local veter...

Colorado’s legislators work, theoretically, part-time, so while juggling meetings and constituent work, I try to fit in other learning experiences that expand my knowledge and abilities as a legislato...

Editor: Too many people are amused that President Obama has rejected any attempts to modify Obamacare under, first the threat of, and then, the actual government shutdown. I gotta ask. What...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — The members of the Colorado River Basin Roundtable last week unanimously agreed to tell a group of Front Range water interests not to look for new sources of water on the Western Sl...

The Mancos National Society and Student Council are sponsoring a toy drive to benefit the Mancos Early Learning Center and Elementary students. The toy drive will run from Nov. 21 to Dec. 1...