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Our View: Governor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’ proclamation

MeatOuGovernor blunders with ‘MeatOut Day’

March 23, 2021

Our View: Bill to phase out single-use plastic is timely, wise

When we first heard about the plastics management bill being introduced into the Colorado Assembly this session, we groaned. In…

March 17, 2021

Jan and Greg Phillips: How to evaluate health-care reform proposals

Regardless of political leaning, most Americans can agree that the U.S. health care system is problematic. Per capita health care…

March 13, 2021

Our View: Let’s practice civil discourse

It’s bipartisan behavior

March 9, 2021

Our View: Hang on for a mask-free future

Hope is breaking out all over. You can almost feel it in the air, as more and more Southwest Colorado…

March 3, 2021

Erin McKay: Vaccine programs working well in Montezuma County

du1-i-syn The United States has just reached a dreadful milestone: more than half a million people dead from the coronavirus.…

March 1, 2021

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Get avalanche education before going off piste

Since late January, there have been 22 avalanche deaths in America across 16 incidents in nine states, including many in…

February 23, 2021

Our View: Congress should pass Colorado conservation bills

“Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we…

February 22, 2021

Letter: Don’t lump Cortez Patriots in with Capitol rioters

Amanda McNeil was granted a large section of the Jan. 13 Journal to spew liberal left venom in an attempt…

February 18, 2021

Letter: Support Neguse’s National Biodiversity Strategy bill

Watching this latest life-giving snowstorm falling outside my window, I’m reminded how tied we are to such gifts of nature.…

February 18, 2021

Mitch McConnell condemns Trump, but refuses to convict

Editor’s note: Following is a transcript of Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s speech made after McConnell voted not to impeach…

February 16, 2021

Our View: ‘Caste’ provides lesson in Black history

It’s likely that few Americans living today have been properly educated about African-American history. One of us remembers a college…

February 16, 2021

Erin McKay: Will we protect our democracy?

du1-i-syn In 2017, a handful of individuals were arrested in the Hart Senate Office Building for reading scripture aloud. They…

February 9, 2021

Letter: Vote no on recall of school board member Lance McDaniel

I would like to say a few words of support for School Board Director Lance McDaniel. Sadly, RE-1 School District…

February 3, 2021

Editorials

Our View: Good customer service is literally remarkable

The good kind is literally remarkable

February 3, 2021

Letter: Answer your phone to get into the vaccine line

If you are waiting to hear about getting your COVID-19 vaccination, be sure to answer your phone. A friend who…

January 29, 2021

Letter: Cortez Republican’s flags, signs torn down

Considering the political bias of the Journal, and based on past experience, I will be very surprised if this is…

January 28, 2021

Our View: Rewrite REAL ID for real safety, less bureaucracy

While President Biden and his new appointees are busy examining the last administration’s actions, we’d like to suggest a good…

January 26, 2021

Letter: Recall attempt violates freedom of speech

What does “freedom of speech” mean to Montezuma County residents? Does it mean certain people have freedom of speech, when…

January 26, 2021

Letter: Show up, vote to retain Lance McDaniel on school board

An opportunity to do the right thing. That is what all voters living within the Montezuma-Cortez School District will have.…

January 21, 2021

David Brooks: Trump ignites war within the church

“Over the last 72 hours, I have received multiple death threats and thousands upon thousands of emails from Christians saying…

January 20, 2021

Our View: Today’s challenges in words from the past

Today’s challenges reflected in the past

January 19, 2021

Our View: Retain Lance McDaniel on Montezuma-Cortez school board

Vote ‘no’ on upcoming school board recall

January 12, 2021

Amanda McNeill: Time to stop parade of intimidators

We the people of Cortez need the help of our City Council, our elected representatives. For months on end now,…

January 9, 2021