Editor: Changes in the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) starting in 2013 and 2014 will reveal the serious underfunded status of PERA in the state of Colorado. It will also lay t...

When people have asked me to describe this legislative session, often I find myself referring to the expression that it's been like "the pig in the python." There's so much being jammed through in a f...

I am very concerned with special interests in Denver collaborating with primarily urban legislators to ram through legislation Empire's members do not agree with. Senate Bill 13-252 imposes draconian ...

Editor:The thought of countries like Iran and North Korea having the capability to develop, build and use nuclear weapons is a very frightening thing. Those countries say they need weapons like that t...

Sequestration was conceived as a big stick to convince lawmakers to get serious about solving the nation's fiscal woes. It is not, itself, fiscal policy; it is intended to provoke careful deliberation...

The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center (SWCAHEC) has presented Southwest Colorado Community College (SCCC) with the 2013 Southwestern Colorado Nightingale Scholarship. The scholarship...

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 advan...

Montezuma-Cortez High School graduate and former Panther Press Editor Marlize Van Romburgh has been included on Editor and Publisher's list of "25 Under 35." Editor and Publisher is a trade...

Saturday, April 27, is the culmination of the undergraduate college careers of more than 400 Fort Lewis College seniors. These students will make their way across the stage in front of family and frie...

The Southwest Colorado eSchool, serving the nine school districts of Southwest Colorado, will be kicking off its spring enrollment drive in April with a series of live and virtual information sessions...