Outdoor retailers, including more than 100 Colorado outdoor companies and Colorado businesses, signed a letter opposing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The $887 billion spent on recreation on…
Wow! I was really shocked to the news that Cortez was legalizing alcohol on the sidewalks (Journal, Aug. 9). So, if I’m a drunk from the park, I don’t have…
I’m so sorry that Danny Giannone (of the Cortez Planning and Zoning Board) has to look at our metal carports that us poor folks have put up (Journal, Aug. 4)…
I recognize them immediately, almost daily, those lawnmower riders of the purple sage. They are the ones who always raise their hands to me in greeting, stopping religiously at all…
I am so grateful to live in such a kind, caring area that would provide a safe place for a deserving woman to live while her immigration status is being…
I would like to thank many residents in and around the area of Cortez for their help in trying to recover our Australian shepherd after he fled the fireworks on…
Lyndon Johnson said, “If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we … (need to) leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created,…
My compliments to Jonathan Thompson for his article “One grid to rule them all” in the July 21 Region section. He did a good job covering many of the challenges…
I would like to express my gratitude for having a marina at McPhee Reservoir, and encourage all decision makers in Montezuma County (county commissioners and public lands employees) to support…
Like all presidents, Donald Trump entered the White House bringing with him a record of his conduct over the span of his adult years. He arrived with a full baggage…
WASHINGTON – Few technological breakthroughs have had the social and economic impact of the automobile. It changed America’s geography, spawning suburbs, shopping malls and sprawl as far as the eye…
The Dolores River Boating Advocates (DRBA) would like to respond to Dustin Goodall’s letter (Journal, July 5), “Dolores River is life, not recreation.” DRBA members and other local residents believe…
The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. In terms of the UK dropping out of the EU, what has been the most surprising turn of events is that there…
I hear a lot of controversy over the issue of the lower Dolores river, and it makes me wonder. People are expressing their anger with the fact that the water…
Consider what it is about Southwest Colorado that speaks most to you — the incredible views and diversity of our landscapes, the farms and ranches that define a lifestyle for…
Landlocked Colorado is not known for big-wave surfing, except perhaps by kayak during the peak runoff season. Do not tell that to Darryl Glenn. A county commissioner from El Paso…
WASHINGTON – On this July Fourth, Americans are deeply disillusioned with politics and government. A Pew poll in late 2015 found that only 19 percent of people trust the government…
WASHINGTON — Given their arrogance, pomposity and habitual absurdities, it is hard not to feel a certain satisfaction with the comeuppance that Brexit has delivered to the unaccountable European Union…
At a time when we are so susceptible to mosquito borne diseases, it is inexcusable that our Montezuma County commissioners would hamstring the Colorado Mosquito Control, forcing them to relocate…
I hear a lot of controversy over the issue of the lower Dolores river, and it makes me wonder. People are expressing their anger with the fact that the water…
