Journal Staff Writer

Die, coyote, die

They may need to be removed, but there are better ways than bombing

Prepare for the day that you ask your love one to stop driving

Driving gives a feeling of freedom because you can travel wherever you wish. But, there may come a point when either you or someone close to you must make the decision to put the keys away a...

Local news won’t make itself, you know

I can understand readers not wanting Durango news in a paper that is supposed to cover the Cortez/Dolores/Mancos area (“ Kathryn Carey’s observation, however, is emblematic of the struggle ...

Gardner: No excuse for backing Trump

With all due respect to fellow reader Michael Frasier of Dolores, he got nearly everything dead wrong about President Trump and the invertebrate Sen. Gardner (“ Along with the fact that it ...

Forcing school districts to raise taxes is wrong

“Raise your taxes or we’ll cut your state funding.” That’s the message politicians would be sending school districts under a new proposal that is being worked on for the 2020 legislative ses...

Beginning’s end

’Tis the season to litigate policies and work out the socialist kinks

Cortez Public Library to display Joylene Wilkerson’s puppets

The Journal The Cortez Public Library will display puppets made by the late Joylene Wilkerson, a former elementary teacher, in January and February. The Wilkerson and F...

Ukulele jams will be 2nd Mondays monthly

The Journal Locals are invited to a ukulele jam Monday evening at the Mount Lookout Grange in Mancos. Jams will be held on the second Monday of the month, and will be l...

FoodShare seeks volunteer cooks

Mancos FoodShare is seeking volunteers this spring for its Cooking Matters classes. FoodShare also encourages interested participants to attend a training this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ...

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A movie on bureaucratic infighting dryly lays bare our national soul

Mesa Verde National Park to conduct prescribed fire

The Journal Mesa Verde National Park plans a prescribed fire between Jan. 13 and March 29 in the Chapin Mesa area. The burn will dispose of material created during fuel...

Some of Tipton’s critics are misleading

Jo Ann Kopke’s disagreement with Rep. Scott Tipton’s position on the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act (Letters: “ Citing Wikipedia as if it were a factual source rather than a se...