Opinion

Police driving does not consider public safety

Editor: I wrote this letter about 15 minutes after I found myself leaping to get out of the way of…

December 30, 2013

Students and community blessed to know ‘Mr. V’

Editor: A great light went out in Montezuma Valley last week. The sun in the east does not rise as…

December 30, 2013

Story failed to mention shooting center

Editor: It is great to see our community taking responsibility for its safety. There’s not a lot of violent crime…

Teen voter registration

Symbolic move may prompt earlier engagement but little else

2013: These, too, will be missed

Humanitarian Nelson Mandela. Actor Peter O’Toole. Novelist Tom Clancy. Interviewer David Frost. Actress Julie Harris. Senator Harry Byrd Jr. They…

Worldwide religious freedom tied to U.S. security

WASHINGTON — In some parts of the world, Herod’s massacre of the innocents is a living tradition. On Christmas Day…

Half-staff order for Mandela is desecration

Editor: The passing of Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, was well-recognized in America by politicians and citizens. Mandela…

Take CDOT transportation survey by Dec. 15

Editor: In 2014, there is the prospect of a ballot measure to ask the voters to raise the state sales…

Do not send eggs over-easy into that good night

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the unemployment office. That joke may come true, if Josh…

Take another look at the cause, control of cancer

Editor: An article concerning cancer treatment was on the news recently in which parents refused to take their child to…

Learn more about parenting styles’ effect on kids

Editor: In reference to Steve Sharp’s letter regarding using a belt to change a child’s attitude (Journal, Dec. 3), educators…

Vaccination education

State panel heading in positive direction for public health

Online sales tax

Brick-and-mortar retailers should not be penalized

Commitment led to years of wonderful memories

Editor: Picking up a newspaper these days all we ever read about are negative happenings. Recently, I was going back…

Reinstate funding for Firewise of S.W. Colorado

Editor: The county has eliminated Firewise of Southwest Colorado in its proposed 2014 budget. Firewise is an essential resource in…

Continue county support for Firewise

Editor: The 2014 draft budget for Montezuma County does not include funding for Firewise of Southwest Colorado – a serious…

Firewise fills vital role in Montezuma County

Editor: Montezuma County commissioners recently decided to discontinue its support of the local Firewise Program in Montezuma County. I am…

Dental care

Need is real, but ‘shortage’ also demographic fluke

Opposing Obamacare is disservice to poor

Editor: I wonder whether ultra-conservatives in the House realize that in opposing the Affordable Care Act, they are doing a…

Firewise helps residents mitigate fire risk

Editor: Montezuma County includes many wooded rural areas. Fire mitigation is needed to protect our forest from wild fires. Firewise…

Gun control lawsuit

Judge narrowing case to its fundamentals

December 2, 2013

Learning opportunities will inform life in the Legislature

Colorado’s legislators work, theoretically, part-time, so while juggling meetings and constituent work, I try to fit in other learning experiences…

December 2, 2013