DENVER – Colorado lawmakers Thursday night advanced a bill that would allow parents to opt their children out of standardized tests without facing penalties.
Senate Bill 223, passed a four-...
DENVER – A Colorado House committee Thursday backed a measure that aims to extend rights to transgender people.
House Bill 1265, sponsored by Rep. Dominick Moreno, D-Commerce City, passed t...
DENVER – A high-profile Longmont case in which a woman had her unborn baby cut from her womb has renewed conversations around personhood and fetal homicide.
The unimaginable incident occurr...
DENVER – Colorado House Republicans admonished one of their own Friday after controversial “curse of God” comments related to a tragic event involving a pregnant Longmont woman.
Rep. Gordon...
Twice retired, John Seckman benefited from a 30-year executive career in oil and tech booms. Now he’s engaged in the marijuana boom.
“I’m 66 years old,” he said. “I don’t have another boom ...
Daniel joins national society of scholars
Tyler C. Daniel, of Cortez, has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
“Membership gives students access to...
Email announcements to news@cortezjournal.com and include “Community Calendar” in the subject field. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries and the...
DENVER – A Democratic-controlled House committee last week backed proposals that aim to raise the minimum wage in Colorado.
The hearing by the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Com...
Like many others, the funeral industry is undergoing a sea change as consumer demands have shifted with the times.
People not only have less money to spend on a funeral in a post-recession ...
An ordinary Friday afternoon at Vista Grande Nursing Home in Cortez was shaken up when a sedan crashed into a patient’s room on the front end of the building.
While the patient was in bed r...
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