Journal Staff Report

Man found guilty for failing to register as sex offender

DENVER – A federal jury found a Towaoc resident guilty Thursday, Oct. 3, of failing to register as a sex offender. Glen Earl Cotonuts was convicted in 1993 of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and...

DATE: Oct. 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Montezuma County now has a dive-recovery team

With the unique geographic location and accessibility to multiple bodies of water, Montezuma County has needed an organized underwater search and recovery unit. The closest recovery team has been...

DATE: Oct. 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

School tax measure makes Colorado’s Nov. ballot

DENVER – A proposed income tax increase for schools qualified for the November ballot Wednesday. The initiative, to be known as Amendment 66, asks voters to raise their income taxes in order to...

DATE: Sept. 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Former editor pleads not guilty

Appearing in the Burleigh County, N.D., Courthouse on Aug. 5, former Cortez Journal Sports Editor Bobby Abplanalp pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted human trafficking. According to court...

DATE: Aug. 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: More Sports

Trafficking defendant pleads not guilty

On July 22, following more than a month in the Burleigh County Detention Center, Aaron Collins waived his right to a preliminary hearing and pled not guilty to attempted human trafficking. Collins...

DATE: July 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

State treasurer touts $7 million in savings

DENVER — State Treasurer Walker Stapleton is touting $7 million in savings of taxpayer money thanks to a 2012 bill that gave his office oversight of most borrowing by government agencies....

DATE: July 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal fire bans upgraded

As of Tuesday morning, the entire San Juan National Forest is under fire restrictions, with lower elevations (Zone 1) upgraded to stricter Stage II restrictions and Zone II, above 8,500 feet, now...

DATE: July 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Federal fire bans upgraded

As of Tuesday morning, the entire San Juan National Forest is under fire restrictions, with lower elevations (Zone 1) upgraded to stricter Stage II restrictions and Zone II, above 8,500 feet, now...

DATE: July 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Federal fire bans upgraded

As of Tuesday morning, the entire San Juan National Forest will be under fire restrictions, with lower elevations (Zone 1) upgraded to stricter Stage II restrictions and Zone II, above 8,500 feet,...

DATE: July 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Conservationist Rich to retire Public invited to ceremony Thursday

Everyone dreams of the day, but for Mike Rich, district soil scientist with the Cortez Natural Resource Conservation Service, the sweet moment of completing a long successful career has arrived....

DATE: June 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

Former Journal sports editor arrested in N.D.

Former Cortez Journal sports editor Bobby Abplanalp, was arrested in Burleigh County, N.D., on June 12 and charged with attempted human trafficking and attempting to knowingly pay for sex with a...

DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

Trout Unlimited chapter offers free fishing events

Many of us have seen the movie, “A River Runs Through It.” Nearly all of us have seen fly fisherman casting their flies into the flowing blue water of the Southwest’s many rivers. Even though we...

DATE: June 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: High School Sports

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