Editor: We just elected a new chairman for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Manuel Heart has been around the tribal council for 20 years or more. Harold Cuthair has also been around the tribal c...

Editor: After reading Ian MacLaren’s pro-gun-control column in the Journal’s Oct. 11 Sports section, the famous quote by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, b...

Editor: I read the call for criminal investigation into Red Arrow Mine chemical violations, with interest. They never had a license but had liability insurance for operations and were fined...

Editor: I am quite concerned about the national debt, which is more than $16 trillion according to the U.S. National Debt Clock. I certainly agree with our congressmen and senators that som...

Congratulations to local voters, who chose to raise property taxes to better fund the Cortez Fire Protection District. They also opted to allow the Montezuma County Hospital District to receive grant ...

Editor: What is it about “No!” that the Republicans didn’t understand? Obama ran in 2012 on his prime legislative achievement, the Affordable Health Care Act. He won the national election b...

Editor: I was absolutely astounded to read Sports Editor Ian MacLaren’s column in the Friday, Oct. 11, Cortez Journal. While MacLaren is entitled to his opinion on any issue, this particula...

Veterans Day brings to mind one of the favorite anecdotes of my late father, Lewis Tyree. Dad was inducted into the U.S. Army at the tail end of World War II. During basic training, the dri...

Dolores Public Library, along with the Friends of the Library, began recycling aluminum cans in 1984 as a match for a preschool enrichment grant for children's programs and to sustain the cost of thos...