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Dolores Rotary to host Christmas lights fundraiser

The Journal Dolores Rotary Club will host a Christmas lights fundraiser at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave. The Dolores Rotary Club ma...

Sunflower Theatre seeks actors for holiday performance

The Journal Sunflower Theatre at KSJD is seeking actors aged 10 to 16 years old for The Christmas Quilt: A patchwork of stories performance on Dec. 19, 20 and 21. Stori...

Hampstead Stage to perform Oliver Twist at Sunflower Theatre

The Journal Hampstead Stage will offer two free performances of Oliver Twist at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Sunflower Theatre, 8 E. Main St. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m. ...

Sunflower Theatre to host Not Your Average Holiday Movie series

The Journal The Not Your Average Holiday Movie series will present a lineup of holiday films at 7 p.m. Dec. 5, 12 and 13 at Sunflower Theatre, 8 E. Main St. The following films wi...

Community Calendar

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Clearing up confusion about Colorado’s traction laws

It’s that time of year again, so we need to address snowstorms and driving in them. This year, there has been some confusion with the new traction laws that travelers will face. M...

City of Cortez staff judge annual pie contest

Cortez library announces Wednesday Activities Club activities

The Journal Wednesday Activities Club at the Cortez Public Library is on early release Wednesdays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. This is a free program for students eight to 12 years of age....

Keystone Policy Center to host mental health listening session

The Journal The Keystone Policy Center’s American Indian/Alaska Native Program will host a Mental Health Listening Session for the community from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at Montezuma...

Congressmen, have you no decency left?

Sixty five years ago an American demagogue, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, reached the peak of his power. McCarthy climbed from obscurity with bullying and innuendo that attacked people an...

Onward and upward with the CORE Act

I had the great privilege last week of traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet with Colorado congressional staffers and express my ardent support for the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Econom...

Who came first

Colorado fossil finds tell the story of our plucky mammalian ancestors