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As our county moves ahead with reopening, the statistics are encouraging on the surface. We have a very low infection rate and mortality rate. Of course, the lack of systematic testing explains...
DATE: May 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Those of us who are doing well might consider donating brand name dog and cat food and/or cat litter to the City of Cortez Animal Shelter. During these trying times, I’m sure they would appreciate...
DATE: April 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I’m the president of the Colorado State Beekeepers Association. Did you know that tiny bursts of sunshine are emerging from our lawns, ranch lands and public places, announcing that spring is truly...
DATE: April 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Each time I hear Vice President Mike Pence asked a question, I’m amazed at how adept he is at totally avoiding answering the question. I’m wondering if Pence and Rep. Scott Tipton both attended the...
DATE: April 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I am asking all elected officials (I have already sent this to several) not to try to open businesses precipitously. We must keep this virus in check until it has run its course. Whatever temporary...
DATE: April 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
I have asked numerous people here in Dolores and Cortez about gas prices and no one can give me a straight answer. Why in the world is our gas here an average of $2.49, when the average across the...
DATE: April 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
That article was so insensitive so beyond belief “Female pedestrian killed on South Broadway ” (April 14). Why would you approve that to be printed? Parents and extended family are going to read...
DATE: April 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Our defenses have been rendered powerless in these circumstances, but we are not useless. We are used to action to solve a problem. Let us contemplate more often. Nothing superficial stands the...
DATE: April 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
So the print version of The Journal will now only be on Wednesday. A reduction by one-half in the production costs for the publisher, but no reduction in cost to the reader. Before too long, there...
DATE: April 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Lauren Boebert presents herself as an ultraconservative alternative to Rep. Scott Tipton. She has rightly identified Tipton as a timid, media-shy Retired-In-Place (RIP) Republican In Name Only. But...
DATE: April 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
As many of us work to embrace the changes COVID-19 has imposed on our lives, I would like to share that I recently had a Loving Local First moment. I have been so impressed with the accomplishments...
DATE: April 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
In Tuesday’s paper (April 7), it was announced that the Community Emergency Relief Fund based with the Community Foundation Serving Southwest Colorado gave out grants to nonprofits on the front...
DATE: April 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
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