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Safety and drainage improvements on Colorado 145 completed early

The Journal Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor Oldcastle SW Group Inc. have completed the project to repair and make safety improvements on Colorado Highway 145 ...

Enrollment opens for The Future is Digital Challenge

The Journal Enrollment is now open for The Future is Digital Challenge, an initiative focused on upskilling rural Americans interested in learning digital skills to help them part...

Cortez Library to host virtual Craftapalooza event

The Journal Cheyenne Baber of the Dolores Public Library will demonstrate a craft for the Cortez Public Library’s Virtual Craftapalooza at 5 p.m. Oct. 27 via Zoom. Craf...

Write in Tipton instead of this ... Boebert

I hope the Tea Party folks who voted for Lauren Boebert in the primary are happy. Moderate Republicans like me will not be voting for her. I cannot support anyone who d...

Liberals just undermine our president

Peter Robinson understands nothing about taxes (Letters: “ Jack Ryan Cortez ...

Help us get rid of the Electoral College

Everyone believes in the principle of one person, one vote. But then they decide that the scales should be manipulated in favor of small states, or rural states or history. Denyin...

Be afraid of the bad introduced wolf

As a fourth-generation farmer of Southwest Colorado, I am concerned about gray wolf introduction, Proposition 114. Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists and professionals have discouraged w...

Mitsch Bush is better than Boebert

As a rancher and native Coloradan, I’m supporting Diane Mitsch Bush for U.S. House in Colorado’s third district. Mitsch Bush has a long record of standing up for what’s important ...

What do the bikers say about Boebert?

Voters in the 3rd Congressional District, basically the Western Slope, will benefit from electing Diane Mitsch Bush to Congress. She has extensive background working with ranchers, farmers, ...

Rebecca Samulski will be there for you

Our property suffered significant damage during the Weber Fire near Mancos in 2012. Fortunately, Rebecca Samulski was there to help us pick up the pieces. While post-fire recovery was not pa...

Coloradans, get on board the wolf train

Recently, an index of animal life on Earth showed that, on average, the populations of almost 4,400 monitored mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish had declined by 68% since 1970. In...

Don’t be fooled, vote for Hickenlooper

There are over 300,000 Coloradans with preexisting conditions whose ability to buy insurance without the federal protections established by the Affordable Care Act would be endangered. ...