Our view: Bluegrass Rules! The initiated will know the headline refers to a 1997 Grammy award winning album of the same name by Ricky… April 11, 2025
Defending due process: Stop unjust deportations cca The League of Women Voters of Colorado strongly condemns the arrest, detention, and deportation of immigrants who are not… April 11, 2025
Our view: ‘Then they came for me’ By now, most have heard of the Mar. 25 “taking” of the Tufts University Ph. D. student Rumeysa Ozturk, 30,… April 9, 2025
Opinion Prioritizing security and safety, Rep. Hurd visits the U.S.-Mexico border I recently joined Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) and eight other freshmen members of Congress on a delegation trip to the… April 9, 2025
Land, by the people, just not for the people At a time when farmers are doing more with less – less water, less land, less income, and less support… April 6, 2025
Public lands shape our humanity, shared destiny and are not for sale Amid Colorado’s complex history, a unifying thread emerges: a deep, abiding love and reverence for our public lands. Whether it’s… April 4, 2025
April is National Poetry Month Please submit poems (250 words or less) to [email protected] so we might feature your original work or favorite poem this… April 3, 2025
Montezuma County residents deserve better than this I’ve followed the chaos at Montezuma County Housing Authority with tremendous sadness, as well as a little anger. Summer Kabakorocca… April 3, 2025
Local league keeps its fingers on the pulse of political issues affecting Montezuma County Sheekdu1-i-syn The League of Women Voters of Montezuma County is pleased to be providing a monthly column for Journal readers.… April 2, 2025
Editorials Our view: Reasonable gun legislation making progress In February, we wrote about the Colorado General Assembly’s progress to encourage reasonable gun use (Journal, Feb. 19). Of the… April 2, 2025
A retreat from Democratic values: Vice President JD Vance’s Munich disgrace Bret Stephens, The New York Times (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)du1-i-syn In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s… April 1, 2025
With apologies, ‘And then they came for me’ cca With apologies to Martin Niemöller’s famous poem: First, they came for the illegal immigrants, and I did not speak… March 29, 2025
Way more than ‘woke,’ I am seriously awake! cca Are there no others than Democrats aware of what is unfolding in front of our noses? Our “president” is… March 27, 2025
Our view: Roberts’ Youth Council for next gen. leaders continues Former State Sen. Ellen Roberts, a former Republican from Durango, was thinking of the next generation when she floated the… March 27, 2025
Solidarity with our local federal public lands employees cca The Mancos Trails Group has long partnered with the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to… March 26, 2025
Our view: Dept. of Education too critical to crush Donald Trump’s targets are many in his effort to transform the United States into a country of single thought and… March 26, 2025
We need the public sector to provide goods and services unmet by the other two A popular refrain these days is that the government should be run more like a business. Rarely do we hear… March 26, 2025
Rep. Hurd, it’s time for a meaningful conversation with Veterans cca Rep. Jeff Hurd (Journal, Mar. 12) touted his recent visit to the Cortez Disabled American Veterans Office, implying his… March 20, 2025
Approve all CPW commissioners, politics should not trump science cca Colorado wildlife policy has become more controversial than ever, and we need a Parks and Wildlife Commission that is… March 20, 2025
Upholding rural values, improving the lives of constituents in Senate District 6 The First Regular Session of Colorado’s 75th General Assembly has officially passed the halfway point and I am happy to… March 18, 2025
Our view: Rep. Hurd Tele-Town Hall is progress, more needed After a few early misses and much constituent consternation about the accessibility of U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, the freshman congressman… March 18, 2025
It’s not about blue vs. red, rather truth vs. lies cca Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. In the 1930s, the world watched as… March 15, 2025
Apolitical and questioning Rep. Hurd’s respect of constituents cca The two things I love most about this country are freedom and our public lands on which to exercise… March 15, 2025
80,000 Veterans Affairs jobs cut? cca All veterans in Cortez, Mancos, Dolores and Montezuma County, heads up! CBS News reported March 5 that the Trump… March 13, 2025
