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A thankful, thoughtful thank-you from Guardian Angel

South of Cortez, Guardian Angel Home Heath erected a thank you banner for our employees and other workers with COVID-19, our heroes. Dr. Ohara is very thoughtful individual and a hero in his...

CDOT to begin signal and ramp enhancements in Cortez

The Journal The Colorado Department of Transportation and contracting partner Four Corners Materials will begin work Monday to improve safety on U.S. Highway 160/Main Street in Co...

Lightning causes Entrance Fire in Mesa Verde

The Journal The Entrance Fire, located near the trailer parking lot at the entrance of the park, was reported to Mesa Verde Dispatch Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. As of Wednesd...

Don’t sell short the healing power of healthy food

Are you ignoring what your body is trying to tell you? The people I see in my nutrition practice experience a wide range of undesirable symptoms that prevent them from enjoying t...

A mandate may have to choose for us

When there comes a time that the health and safety of people is beginning to be severely compromised, it is in the best interest of all people to do what is necessary to provide protection. ...

Rename it

Mount Evans may finally get another moniker – and we have a suggestion

How could you do this to the peacock?

On Sunday, July 5, some heartless driver ran over the neighborhood peacock on East Empire Street. This peacock’s owner apparently passed away, and the neighborhood had been feed...

I’d like to keep my PO box door, please

Without a written notice to box holders, the Yellow Jacket Post Office is gradually replacing its 60-plus-year-old combination post office box doors with ugly tin-colored ones that open with...

Cortez Public Library launches summer reading program

The Journal The Cortez Public Library’s Virtual 2020 Summer Reading Program will run from July 20 to Aug. 31. The theme is “Imagine Your Story.” Participants 0 to 18 years o...

Montezuma-Cortez High School to host freshman orientation event

The Journal Montezuma-Cortez High School, in partnership with the School Community Youth Collaborative, will welcome incoming freshmen to learn about the importance of the transit...

Montezuma-Cortez’s Rodney Ritthaler inducted into Bandmasters Hall of Fame

The Journal Retired music educator and Montezuma Cortez High School Band Director Rodney Ritthaler was recently awarded the prestigious Colorado Bandmasters Association’s 2020 Hal...

Mancos Public Library shares author talk with Victor Loun

The Journal Mancos Public Library has posted its author talk and interview with local author Victor Loun online at bit.ly/2DU2wFN. Loun is a former high school English ...