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Compañeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center looks to grow

New executive director working on updating organization’s website

DATE: Mar 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Above the Rim

They painted in the canyons: Archaic artists created compelling images 5,000 years ago

Of the thousands of Native American rock-art panels in the Southwest, none are older than the Barrier Canyon pictographs found throughout the Colorado Plateau and concentrated along rivers, ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Rep. Ilhan Omar wickedly uses Trump’s playbook

WASHINGTON – What does Rep. Ilhan Omar have in common with President Trump? Sadly, more than you would think. The Democratic freshman from Minnesota is perhaps the most prominent ...

DATE: Mar 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

MAGA is spent – unless you’re an adolescent

WASHINGTON – Humans do the strangest things. In two recent why-dunits, the curious have wondered why: (1) a successful TV star would allegedly orchestrate a fake, hate-inspired at...

DATE: Mar 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

Four-wheel low

When I have to put my truck into four-wheel low to get out of my driveway, I know the dreaded disease of, “There’s no where to fly fish” is about to overtake me. She who must be ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

The greatest manhunt in the Southwest

Editor’s note: Part 1 of this article was published in The Journal on Feb. 1. Portions of this article were found in the issues of the Montezuma Valley Journal and from article written b...

DATE: Feb 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Student-centered budgeting is on all our minds

When our board adopted our district strategic plan this fall, one of the four overarching priorities was student-centered budgeting. The strategic plan states that “the district w...

DATE: Feb 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Education Update

Anti-Semitism is like cancer in the Islamic world

NEW YORK – In recent weeks, attention has focused on two freshman Democratic members of Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both of whom are Muslim and have made critical statements abou...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

There’s good news on water and other legislation

The best news I can offer today is every river basin in Colorado is above the median average for this date. Does this mean that we are over our water issues? No, but we should hav...

DATE: Feb 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State Senate

Healing Nutrition Five immunity boosters to add to your diet

Sometimes in the winter it feels like coughing, scratchy throats and runny noses are just a part of daily life. I don’t give financial advice, but my goal is to share how the foods you eat ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

City staff getting fitter, healthier – and less costly

Many look at the New Year as an opportunity to resolve to lose weight or become more fit. For Cortez city staff, wellness is not just a consideration on a list of New Year’s resolutions, but...

DATE: Feb 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

American left must find its voice on Venezuela

NEW YORK – The Trump administration faces a test in Venezuela. It must pursue a foreign policy that helps usher out the odious regime of Nicolas Maduro without triggering a backla...

DATE: Feb 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria