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Forest Service to begin Lone Pine timber sales east of Cahone

The Journal The Dolores Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest is gearing up for the Lone Pine Project, intended to increase forest resiliency, reduce the risk of severe ...

I need a straight answer about gas price

I have asked numerous people here in Dolores and Cortez about gas prices and no one can give me a straight answer. Why in the world is our gas here an average of $2.49, when the a...

Deadline for Montezuma County disaster loans is Friday

The Journal To assist businesses that have had to closed or had their services limited, the Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado has set up a Disaster Assi...

Montezuma County virtual free legal clinic to take place May 12

The Journal The Montezuma County virtual pro se free legal clinic from 2 to 3 p.m. May 12. Volunteer attorneys will call each clinic patron’s telephone directly, dur...

Authorities: Upset Colorado man coughed on grocery items

EDWARDS – A customer at a Colorado grocery store was cited on suspicion of intentionally coughing on another shopper’s items after refusing to comply with social distancing rules, authoritie...

Not this year

We won’t miss a full legislative session, and all those ballot questions

Of trials and silver linings – and a fond farewell

When we were ringing in a new year and a new decade, none of us could have imagined that in a few short months we’d be celebrating Easter and observing Passover sequestered in our homes unde...

Why the article about pedestrian killed?

That article was so insensitive so beyond belief “ Parents and extended family are going to read that. I am so shocked by your article. Jean Pierce Juneau, Alas...

Be soft with yourself in hard times

Our defenses have been rendered powerless in these circumstances, but we are not useless. We are used to action to solve a problem. Let us contemplate more often. Nothing superfic...

The Journal is pulling a fast one, folks

So the print version of A reduction by one-half in the production costs for the publisher, but no reduction in cost to the reader. Before too long, there will be no print versio...

A lot of questions for Lauren Boebert

Lauren Boebert presents herself as an ultraconservative alternative to Rep. Scott Tipton. She has rightly identified Tipton as a timid, media-shy Retired-In-Place (RIP) Republican...

A Global Day of Giving and Unit to take place May 5

In response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19, a global fundraising effort is set to take place May 5. #GivingTuesdayNow will be an international day of giving and unity aimed at ...