Opinion

How did we end up with Donald Trump?

It seems that the Republican establishment will grudgingly have to accept Donald Trump as their presidential nominee. How did this…

May 23, 2016

Legislature missed out on hospital provider fee

Refusing to reclassify the hospital provider fee was shortsighted

May 19, 2016

Sherrif’s Dept. violates First Amendment

Recently, while viewing the Montezuma County Sheriff Department’s Facebook page, I became engaged in a conversation through the comments section…

May 19, 2016

Donald, Hillary and the unsolved Bernie factor

WASHINGTON — Among the abundant ironies of this election cycle, there is this: We are now in the eighth year…

May 19, 2016

Lawn cop trespassed, and city backed him up

I followed the story in the Journal about the property owner on Madison Street and his problem with the City…

May 18, 2016

Session a mixed bag, but much got done

The 2016 legislative session ended this past week and, as of a couple of hours ago, I’m thankfully back in…

May 17, 2016

Weigh in

Rico-West Dolores travel options typify forest concerns and worthy of attention

May 17, 2016

Special funding is needed to handle Zika virus

In a moment, we’ll get to the Zika virus. First, remember how scathing Republicans were about President Barack Obama’s handling…

Mesa Verde, Inc.?

We should tread lightly with national park naming rights and sponsorship

Annual CSU visit benefits our students

In the past two weeks, 103 8th grade students from Cortez Middle School traveled to Fort Collins. Accompanied and supervised…

Cortez kids did not misbehave in store

I read with amazement and growing irritation the letter written by Cheryl Bessett of Thornton, who accused our middle school…

Focus on problems, not power struggles

I would prefer to ask these questions in person, but at the moment I am a full time caregiver to…

Scott Tipton cannot serve two masters

Who is really funding U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez? His No. 1 donor is listed as Bancroft Investments. If you…

Economy’s real drag is us saving and not spending

WASHINGTON – American consumers aren’t what they used to be – and that helps explain the plodding economic recovery. It…

Photo degraded man, cops, newspaper

Sensational journalism is everywhere and now it appears in Montezuma County as well. The front page photo (Journal, April 26)…

Letter writer got sales tax rate wrong

I am writing in response to Steve Sharp’s letter headlined “Sales tax not always charged correctly” (Journal, April 29.) I…

Big business

National parks and other public lands are opportunities for tourism growth

May 6, 2016

Mosquito district

Lack of interest in service on board, no excuse for neglecting taxpayers, the law

Stay proud; exuberance not misbehavior

I read with much dismay the letter headlined “Cortez should apologize for its kids” (Journal, April 29.) I was one…

Fearing the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake

WASHINGTON — What lies behind Donald Trump’s nomination victory? Received wisdom among conservatives is that he, the outsider, sensed, marshaled…

CSU trip is supervised and beneficial

In the past two weeks, 103 8th grade students from the Cortez Middle School traveled to Fort Collins. Accompanied and…

End support for American Lands Council

I’m a relative new comer to Montezuma County. I moved here in ’96. Since then I have taken advantage of…