One in 10 Colorado third-graders performed unsatisfactory on state reading exams this year. The rate was nearly double for third-graders in the Montezuma-Cortez School District.
According t...
No sane person would suggest that an American wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan is a second-class citizen or somehow undeserving for having never been west of the Mississippi. Yet there are those who arg...
When artist Hyrum Joe paints the wildlife, mesa tops and cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park during the Rims to Ruins Art Event this week, he’ll be going back to his roots.
As a Na...
An elderly man from Dolores narrowly escaped a bench warrant for his arrest Thursday because of an alert courtroom bailiff.
“Mr. Peltier has failed to appear,” Chief District Court Judge Do...
The 2014 primary election is just around the corner, campaign signs are going up and candidates are campaigning hard. This is an all-mail ballot election so with that in mind here are a few important ...
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After a short stint in retirement, former state senator Abel Tapia decided to get back in the game.
“I’m all about getting something done,” he said. “I can’t just stand by and idle.” ...
Municipal leaders have allotted 25 minutes during a workshop session tonight to discuss licensing of retail marijuana within the City of Cortez.
On April 28, The Cortez Journal sent a 10-qu...
WASHINGTON — The Democrats are portraying the not-yet-even constituted House Select Committee on Benghazi as nothing but a partisan exercise. They are even considering boycotting the hearings to deleg...
I was dismayed to observe the outrageous conduct of current and past Cortez City Council members, as well as other city representatives, at the sanitation district meeting on April 30. These people we...
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