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President Donald Trump and many of his colleagues in Washington seem to have no affinity for landscapes any wilder than the rough on a golf course. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., knows better, and he...
DATE: Nov. 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care...
DATE: Nov. 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
What started as an inspired response to tragedy by some Littleton middle and high school students – after two student suicides in just two days at the beginning of the school year – has grown into...
DATE: Nov. 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Reiterating the Journal editorial board recommendations for the 2017 Coordinated Election: Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 – The school district is seeking a mill levy override of 4.96 mills for funds to...
DATE: Nov. 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Among the benefits of U.S. citizenship, the right to vote is one of the least tangible, but arguably the most precious. Colorado’s Sen. Michael Bennet is concerned that the new Presidential...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
At the close of business this week, the Mesa Verde Museum Association store will vacate the Colorado Welcome Center at the corner of Mildred Road and Main Street in Cortez. No longer will the...
DATE: Oct. 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
The Montezuma County board of commissioners now say they didn’t intend their Oct. 2 vote to discontinue funding for the local extension office to be viewed as, well, a decision to discontinue...
DATE: Oct. 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 – Thanks to the Taxpayers Bill of Rights which was passed in 1992, all tax increases must come before the voters. Those who want to continue to improve schools in Cortez hope...
DATE: Oct. 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
A recent survey of bankers in a 10-state region has confirmed what rural residents already know: While the more densely populated portions of the country are seeing economic recovery, rural areas...
DATE: Oct. 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Among the deeply held values that thread through rural communities is the belief that common sense, practical experience and face-to-face cooperation are at least as essential as “book learning.” ...
DATE: Oct. 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
Last week’s special legislative session, aimed at correcting a marijuana-tax error, accomplished exactly nothing good, and the stubbornness of a few GOP committee members will mean some Colorado...
DATE: Oct. 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
A parking lot at Sand Canyon? What a novel idea, considering that right now there isn’t one at the most popular spot in all the 176,000 acres of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Some...
DATE: Oct. 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Editorials
