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Right-wing media’s hypocritical show cannot go on

WASHINGTON — Of the 2016 election’s lightning storm of shocks, few will have more lasting political consequence than the discrediting of the main media organs of movement conservatism. Fox News —...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cortez duo’s good deed saved vacation

I wanted to let your readers know what a gem you have in the principal at Kemper Elementary School, Jamie Haukeness. Jamie and his amazing daughter Amanda truly embody the best qualities in people....

DATE: Sept. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Empire plans to upgrade meter system

In the 1990s, Empire Electric deployed its first automated metering system. This allowed for remote readings, so members did not have to read their meters and Empire did not have to send out meter...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Paradise Village project worth disruption

I just want to thank everyone involved in the Paradise Village project. It’s taken from June of 2015 to August of 2016, but has been well worth the disruption of our lives. The children love the...

DATE: Sept. 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Has it really come to this in Cortez?

When I picked up my newspaper on Friday morning, I noticed white confetti blowing down the street and looked at my recycle boxes. They had been moved. I opened the can/glass container and all three...

DATE: Aug. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Second engine worth a little extra cost

I am writing this letter from my personal experience flying with Great Lakes. My daughter, Sarah, was employed by the airlines several years ago, and my husband and I took numerous trips using her...

DATE: Aug. 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

This ‘snooze economy’ is a mess of contradictions

WASHINGTON – Call it the Snooze Economy. Roughly two months before the presidential election, the economy has turned both boring and mystifying. It hardly impresses anyone, and yet this plodding...

DATE: Aug. 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Summer ‘break’ is filled with legislative business

My summer was filled with lots of travel for legislative interim committee tours, attending a senior executive program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in July and participating in the...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Connect4 project is still moving forward

By Mayor Karen Sheek The past few months have been an exciting time in Montezuma County as representatives from the county, Cortez, Mancos, Dolores, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe have met to...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Despite lack of funds for maintenance, national parks remain a reason to celebrate

The National Park Service is celebrating its centennial this year, but as many have observed, the official Aug. 25 birthday was bittersweet. The agency that manages more than 80 million acres of...

DATE: Aug. 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Airline safety: Focus on sense not dollars

I appreciate adding my comments to Garth Greenlee’s letter to the editor (Journal, July 29.) The subject was the recent choice of a new airline, one using single engine airplanes to serve the...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Commission in the dark on broadband

I attended the July 18 county commissioner’s meeting, which is the first open meeting that they have had with the general public in the 20-plus years I have resided in Montezuma County. It must be...

DATE: Aug. 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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