Editor: We’d better wake up to the realization that we are faced with very real and serious water issues. As of this writing, the precious Colorado River is at the very top of the endangere...

Editor: What is Tom Townley’s version of an assault weapon? I have yet to find one person who supports the assault weapon ban who can tell me what an assault weapon is. Richard...

When an unexpected event changes life in dramatic and negative ways, human beings cast about for information that helps them make sense of what has gone wrong. After the Boston Marathon bo...

DENVER – Democrats pushed a renewable energy bill through the Senate on Monday night despite Republican arguments it would cost rural consumers too much money. Senate Bill 252 requires Tri-...

DENVER – Colorado’s long legislative gunfight ended Monday, when the House of Representatives approved the last two in the Democrats’ package of gun bills. The bills passed quietly, compare...

The Cortez Journal encourages people to submit announcements about upcoming events for the Community Calendar. Send announcements to news@cortezjournal.com. Items submitted at least two weeks in a...

DENVER – Senators who hoped to buy a fire-fighting air force for the state were left Friday with nothing but paper airplanes. A Senate panel voted to advance Senate Bill 245, which creates ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., had dinner with President Barack Obama and 11 other Democratic senators Wednesday night. The nearly two-hour dinner came on the heels of a defeat ...