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Montezuma County residents deserve better than this

I’ve followed the chaos at Montezuma County Housing Authority with tremendous sadness, as well as a little anger. Summer Kabakorocca…

April 3, 2025

Local league keeps its fingers on the pulse of political issues affecting Montezuma County

Sheekdu1-i-syn The League of Women Voters of Montezuma County is pleased to be providing a monthly column for Journal readers.…

April 2, 2025

A retreat from Democratic values: Vice President JD Vance’s Munich disgrace

Bret Stephens, The New York Times (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)du1-i-syn In April 1928, Joseph Goebbels, later the Third Reich’s…

April 1, 2025

With apologies, ‘And then they came for me’

cca With apologies to Martin Niemöller’s famous poem: First, they came for the illegal immigrants, and I did not speak…

March 29, 2025

Way more than ‘woke,’ I am seriously awake!

cca Are there no others than Democrats aware of what is unfolding in front of our noses? Our “president” is…

March 27, 2025

Our view: Roberts’ Youth Council for next gen. leaders continues

Former State Sen. Ellen Roberts, a former Republican from Durango, was thinking of the next generation when she floated the…

March 27, 2025

Solidarity with our local federal public lands employees

cca The Mancos Trails Group has long partnered with the United States Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to…

March 26, 2025

Our view: Dept. of Education too critical to crush

Donald Trump’s targets are many in his effort to transform the United States into a country of single thought and…

March 26, 2025

We need the public sector to provide goods and services unmet by the other two

A popular refrain these days is that the government should be run more like a business. Rarely do we hear…

March 26, 2025

Rep. Hurd, it’s time for a meaningful conversation with Veterans

cca Rep. Jeff Hurd (Journal, Mar. 12) touted his recent visit to the Cortez Disabled American Veterans Office, implying his…

March 20, 2025

Approve all CPW commissioners, politics should not trump science

cca Colorado wildlife policy has become more controversial than ever, and we need a Parks and Wildlife Commission that is…

March 20, 2025

Upholding rural values, improving the lives of constituents in Senate District 6

The First Regular Session of Colorado’s 75th General Assembly has officially passed the halfway point and I am happy to…

March 18, 2025

Our view: Rep. Hurd Tele-Town Hall is progress, more needed

After a few early misses and much constituent consternation about the accessibility of U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd, the freshman congressman…

March 18, 2025

It’s not about blue vs. red, rather truth vs. lies

cca Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. In the 1930s, the world watched as…

March 15, 2025

Apolitical and questioning Rep. Hurd’s respect of constituents

cca The two things I love most about this country are freedom and our public lands on which to exercise…

March 15, 2025

80,000 Veterans Affairs jobs cut?

cca All veterans in Cortez, Mancos, Dolores and Montezuma County, heads up! CBS News reported March 5 that the Trump…

March 13, 2025

Our view: Ukrainians do not deserve this

Three years ago, Americans were cheering on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian military, for very good reason. Imaginative defensive tactics…

March 11, 2025

An honor and a privilege to serve my home district and its residents

It’s been a busy first month in Washington, D.C., setting up our office, assisting constituents, hiring staff, attending committee hearings,…

March 11, 2025

Our view: Celebrating and defending public media

The Journal’s editorial board would like to call readers’ attention to tomorrow’s “Protect My Public Media Day,” (visit protectmypublicmedia.org), a…

March 5, 2025

Housing Authority of Montezuma County needs help

cca The housing board is broken. Candelaria, fix-it or resign. Ed Cullington Cortez

March 5, 2025

Government of, by and for the people

cca When I was in high school, I had a friend named Mabel whose parents had escaped from communist China.…

March 5, 2025

We all want to feel safe again

cca Who feels safe right now? I don’t. I’m worried about my new business, kids, neighbors and country, and the…

March 5, 2025

Our view: We can show Naomi Dobbs that we’re civil

Last Monday’s gathering in Dolores of critics of the president’s string of extremes in dismantling the federal government was larger…

March 4, 2025

It is up to the American public to defend the places we love

In Southwest Colorado, our public lands are the backbone of our communities. The meandering Dolores River provides solitude and wilderness…

February 26, 2025