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The Nevada Colony of the Dolores River Valley in 1872

Editor’s Note: This is the second of three parts of Erastus Thompson’s recollections of life in Montezuma County in the late 1800s. The entire article is in the Montezuma County Historic...

DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Looking back

Gerson: Billy Graham was consumed by grace and gratitude

WASHINGTON – He was easily the most influential evangelical Christian of the 20th century – a man at home in the historical company of George Whitefield and John Wesley. But this ...

DATE: Feb 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Haukeness: School district committed to all-around student well-being

When people think of school, they think mostly of classroom teaching. Other factors, though, can prevent a child from being safe, healthy and fully focused on learning. Throughou...

DATE: Feb 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Education Update

Hoyt: The next generation - America’s future farmers and ranchers depend upon training and education today

If you’ve ever gone to the opening day of your local farmers market only to find some of your favorite farmers aren’t in business anymore, you’re not alone. As a farmer myself, I...

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Protecting the sacred: Navajo Nation buys land at revered peak in Colorado

Navajo Nation owns almost 29,000 acres in two Colorado counties

DATE: Feb 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's travels

Sheek: Coming soon, an updated LUC and building code

In 2012 Cortez was the recipient of a Heart & Soul grant awarded by the Orton Family Foundation (think Vermont Country Store). The focus was to develop a strategy for engaging a...

DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Thiessen:Trump throws away his momentum for ‘Peanuts’

WASHINGTON – Recently, President Trump delivered a State of the Union address that won the approval of 75 percent of viewers, including 43 percent of Democrats. Normally, preside...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Theissen: Attempt to block memo was scandalous

WASHINGTON – Washington is debating the significance of the memo released by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, but this much should not be debatable: The effort by the FBI t...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Samuelson: What does commonsense immigration look like?

WASHINGTON – We are a nation of immigrants who are uneasy about immigration. There is a long history of resentment against immigrants, dating to the Irish in the 1840s and the Chinese a few ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

James: Riding along in the litter

I was working my dun horse the other day, just easin’ along down the county road. You would be amazed at all that you can see on the ground from the back of a horse. Empty snuff ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Watch Yore Topknot

Gerson: Trump’s conspiracy theories endanger democracy

WASHINGTON – Just as Bill Clinton’s 1998 State of the Union address is known as the speech after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, Donald Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address is likely t...

DATE: Feb 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Recollections of early Dolores by Erastus Thompson

Editor’s note: This column is the first of two parts about life in early Dolores, Colorado. Part 2 will continue in The Journal on March 2.By Erastus Thompson I was born in Io...

DATE: Jan 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Looking back