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Ballantine Family Fund awards $310,000 in grants in Southwest Colorado

The Journal In 2019, the Trustees of the Ballantine Family Fund awarded $245,623 in grants to 121 nonprofit organizations in Southwest Colorado. The average grant size was $2,030....

It’s time to get rid of all these politicians

Did Trump really err to the point of impeachment by asking Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden? If suspected, he should have been investigated. How myopic that those impeaching Presi...

Trial shows we live in discouraging times

It would take every Democratic senator and 20 Republican senators to convict President Trump and remove him from office. Everyone agrees that this won’t happen, no matter what hap...

Pence testifies

With historic events afoot, it’s<br/>a good time for a little what-if

Unsung school board members getting their due

The Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 joins 178 school districts throughout Colorado in celebrating January as School Board Recognition Month. Our school board members spend c...

We are better than the Antique Corral

This is the time that we need to step up and call racism out for what it is. We need to put our labels of each other to the side and come together as a community and say: Not in o...

We are good people despite this racism

Our small community is dependent on tourism. Restaurants, motels and local retailers all rely on money generated by visitors to our beautiful area. We have made nationa...

Community Calendar

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Throgmorton plans talk on Procession Panel

The Journal The public is invited to the next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis...

Dolores State Bank’s Chris Aiken named Region 9 Lender of the Year

The Journal The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado has awarded Chris Aiken, assistant vice president with Dolores State Bank with their annual Lender of ...

Library announces Wednesday activities for students

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

Cortez Library announces February storytime programs

The Journal The Cortez Public Library has announced its Raising Readers Storytime program for Febrary, held at 10:30 a.m. every Thursday at the Cortez Public Library, 202 N. Park ...