One big beautiful break for Colorado families cca The One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R. 1), signed into law on July 4, 2025, delivers meaningful relief for families,… August 31, 2025
Medicare or Medicare Advantage? It’s complicated, make an informed choice with Montezuma LWV’s help Traditional Medicare is a public insurance trust that pays private health care providers, using money collected through payroll taxes under… August 29, 2025
Boris Johnson said it best cca Reacting strongly to the recent Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described it as “the… August 29, 2025
We couldn’t have done it without you cca On behalf of the Dolores All School Reunion Committee, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the… August 27, 2025
It’s not right or left, it’s right or wrong cca It is not a “right” or “left” issue and it is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It is… August 24, 2025
Heart’s in the right place, but you don’t understand cca There have been more Gazans born than people killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023. Israelis are not barbarians,… August 22, 2025
Our view: Water Is Life Filling a glass from the kitchen tap. Running a hot shower. Flushing the toilet. These are everyday acts that most… August 20, 2025
Government growth got us into this mess, it won’t get us out Like sunburns and mosquito swarms, the Special Legislative Session has become an unpleasant seasonal tradition in Colorado, courtesy of Gov.… August 20, 2025
Stop financing Netanyahu’s crimes with our tax dollars cca I don’t have direct knowledge of what’s happening in Gaza or the West Bank, but like most of you,… August 17, 2025
When will Democratic leaders wake up? cca U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd’s betrayal of the people of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District should have opened the door for… August 15, 2025
HR1’s $1.2 billion impact on Colorado’s budget shifts costs to state, increases health care costs 30% to 40% As we head into the last weeks of summer break, my family has been preparing for back-to-school, and now I’m… August 15, 2025
Exasperated by Journal folks’ opinion piece cca The reason, Journal people, we get exasperated with you is that you are deceptive and very biased in your… August 13, 2025
Our view: Budgeting by 1,000 cuts only works so long A yawning gap in the federal budget may sound abstract, but for rural communities like ours, it’s painfully real. President… August 13, 2025
Cortez law enforcement has our backs cca I want to take a moment to offer my sincere gratitude to local law enforcement that have been very… August 8, 2025
President Donald Trump sabotages nuclear defense cca You may hear that President Donald Trump’s big beautiful bill boosts the U.S. Defense Department budget by tens of… August 6, 2025
Perplexed by Christians un-Christian behavior cca Today, I visited one of my favorite thrift stores in Cortez and was surprised to see MAGA hats for… August 3, 2025
Our reps are spending us into oblivion cca A trillion here, a trillion there, a trillion, trillion everywhere. I suspect at least one half of those characters… August 1, 2025
Hurd still has work to do on public lands cca Over the last few months, Congress has been consumed with passing the massive budget bill. Both the House and… August 1, 2025
Our view: It’s fair time Montezuma to Archuleta to La Plata, county fairs celebrate our heritage and shape our future July 30, 2025
Wild farming, ranching and gardening – strategies in rewilding local foodsheds In January 2008, just after a meeting of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition at Asilomar on the gorgeous mid-California Coast, I… July 30, 2025
‘ICE took my daddy,’ please help cca I recently ran into my 12-year-old friend who told me, after hugs, that ICE took his daddy. He had… July 27, 2025
Getting in good, necessary – and staying out of bad – trouble July 17 marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of Rep. John Lewis. To honor this legend of the Civil… July 27, 2025
