Insurance agency opens on Main Street KB Insurance Group opened on Main Street in February in the former home of the Jewel Box. Ken Brengle left Aaron’s to become an agent assoc...

An ownership change may be in the forecast for Durango Mountain Resort. Chuck Cobb, the resort’s chairman, owns a slight ownership majority of the ski resort. He’s looking for a buyer for s...

Rather than base many of his opinions on what he reads in the Journal, Mr. McLaine, of Lewis, Colo., may be better served to meet our current Sheriff for coffee and donuts and get his information stra...

First of all, I want to say how much I appreciate the four-way stop at Third and Maple. It has been a long time coming. Having said that, I am a little apprehensive of major accidents that may occur i...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – North and South America, get ready for the first eclipse of the year— in color. Next Tuesday morning, the moon will be eclipsed by Earth’s shadow. This total lunar ec...

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The pro-corporate majority on the U.S. Supreme Court took steps last week to move the U.S. still farther toward government of, by, and for the fat cats and big corporations (as if we aren't already th...

Someone has to be the voice for the feral horse, and I’m here for that. First off, to tag them as trespassing is not right (Journal, March 25). Mesa Verde Park opened in 1906 – the horses were already...

I would like to express my gratitude to the citizens of Montezuma County for allowing me to serve as the Montezuma County Assessor the past 11 years. My wife, Margaret, and I will always consider the ...

The Food and Drug Administration is in the business of ensuring that the nation’s food supply is safe. That the agency concerns itself with such things as what we feed to the plants and an...