Southwest Colorado and Albania are a world apart, but perhaps not so different when it comes to the World Wide Web. Derek Alvarez, a recent arrival in Cortez, noticed some similarities afte...

Editor: Your headline “Irrigators, rafters face bleak summer” is misleading. (April 18 Dolores Star and April 17 Cortez Journal) While it is true that rafting below McPhee reservoir is depe...

Editor: Sheriff Spruell is partly right. The Second Amendment does say “people have the right to bear arms.” The word “militia” was used, although also not clearly defined, possibly because...

Editor: We’d better wake up to the realization that we are faced with very real and serious water issues. As of this writing, the precious Colorado River is at the very top of the endangere...

Editor: What is Tom Townley’s version of an assault weapon? I have yet to find one person who supports the assault weapon ban who can tell me what an assault weapon is. Richard...

When an unexpected event changes life in dramatic and negative ways, human beings cast about for information that helps them make sense of what has gone wrong. After the Boston Marathon bo...

DENVER – Democrats pushed a renewable energy bill through the Senate on Monday night despite Republican arguments it would cost rural consumers too much money. Senate Bill 252 requires Tri-...

DENVER – Colorado’s long legislative gunfight ended Monday, when the House of Representatives approved the last two in the Democrats’ package of gun bills. The bills passed quietly, compare...

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