My family and I are writing to thank the 911 emergency responders, the Sheriff’s Office and Mercy Regional Medical Center Emergency Department staff. On Aug. 13, my daughter went into anaph...

What an amazing year! We have to make a choice between a rat and a weasel. I’ve decided to vote for the rat. Why? Because I fear the weasel will do terrible damage to this country and I thi...

In Friday’s paper, (Journal, Oct. 14), the Re-1 school board ran a half-page ad to destroy our $1.874 million bond fund by using it to demolish the old high school. We, as taxpayers, voted and paid fo...

Last month the discussion topic at the League of Women Voters was Senate Bill 152, the Colorado law enacted in 2005 after heavy lobbying by the telecom companies. The purpose of the legisla...

One needs to be very careful when advocating zoning. Our private property rights are sacred and nothing is more detrimental to them than zoning. It is not a good thing to buy property only to find tha...

Who dreamed up this new paved half-highway to Mancos? Somebody dangles a grant before the commissioners and away we go. Let’s see, a 10-foot wide cement surface (so it doesn’t wear out.) Of course it ...

The Cortez Journal’s word for word reprint of the Durango Herald’s recent editorial endorsing Hillary Clinton with an enthusiasm bordering on sycophancy was disappointing and, frankly, embarrassing to...

Amendment 69 is a bad idea for several reasons. First, this is another attempt to change our state Constitution, making it hard to repeal or amend, when action by the state Legislature could achieve t...