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WASHINGTON ­­– It is probably too soon to declare a feminist reformation, but a few signs here and there give one hope. Hold it, sirs, don’t stop reading yet. I realize that seeing the F-wo...

By Derek Padilla Dolores District Ranger, San Juan National Forest Thank you to everyone who participated in the stakeholder process over the summer to help lay the groundwork fo...

In October our home was broken into. We were out of town at the time, and our neighbors discovered that we had been burglarized. It’s hard to describe how we felt. We walked into our home t...

I think it’s time that we remember the work our law enforcement does, and stop seeing criminals and drug addicts as victims. I don’t think people realize what it is to put on your work uniform and hea...

An out-of-state real estate development group has vowed to preserve the historic Calkins Building and place it on the National Register of Historic Places. Brian Burton, principal of the ne...

After weeks of preparation, the Cortez Middle School Theater Department is prepared to thrill audiences with a large-as-life presentation of” Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” The play will...

Just as in years past, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will feature a live Nativity scene in front of the church, located at 1700 E. Empire St. And just like the past 25 yea...

If Norman Rockwell were to paint a musical portrait of a sentimental Christmas, he could not have created a more colorful and evocative tableau than the one the Mancos Valley Chorus produced on Sunday...