April issue update
To our readers and advertisers: We've decided not to publish an April issue. This will be the first time in our 16-year history that we've missed an issue. But we know that many events we would have been spotlighting have been canceled, many of our advertisers are hurting, and some outlets that carry our newspaper (the Cortez Rec Center, for example) will be closed. It just makes sense not to print a paper for this coming month. We'll continue to offer updates online. And of course you have The Journal for continuing news coverage in the local area. Let's hope that by May things will be looking better. Stay healthy, everyone!Breaking News
By Gail Binkly The Bureau of Reclamation has extended the comment period for a draft environmental impact statement regarding continuing treatment of salinity in the Lower Dolores River. The San Juan Citizens Alliance, an environmental …
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- Jill Carlson resigns from Cortez City Council, (December 2019)
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- ‘One Book, One City’: Area libraries launch an effort to create community around the written word with a joint reading program, (September 2019)
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- It’s time to say thanks for a few things, (June 2019)
- Free Press writers take four awards, (June 2019)
- Should commissioners serve just two terms?, (May 2019)
- Some thoughts on magical thinking, (April 2019)
- A great victory, (April 2019)
- What happened to Crime Waves?, (February 2019)
- Rec committee should display diversity, (January 2019)
- What has Amazon ever done for you?, (December 2018)
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- A sad saga in San Juan County, (September 2018)
- Investigation is opened into Renew’s finances, (August 2018)
- Padilla denies allegations that forest officials let fires get out of control, (August 2018)
- Suckla voices impatience over planning delays, (August 2018)
- Credit where credit is due, (August 2018)
- Commission drops internet-tax idea, wants general sales tax, (August 2018)
- Wildfires lead to closure of part of San Juan National Forest, (June 2018)
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- Looking like a million, (May 2018)
- Rogers, Ray, Nelson win fire-district election, (May 2018)
- Say yes to extending the rec-center tax, (March 2018)
- Yanking the rug out from under our feet, (December 2017)
- Good news, bad news, (November 2017)