A community corrections inmate in Montrose used stolen credit cards and the names of other inmates to buy pizza and sandwiches, resulting in the expulsion of two Montezuma County defendants from...

A Colorado Senate committee has advanced a bill that would enact a text message program to remind criminal defendants of upcoming court hearings, but Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin is unsure...

A Dolores resident and convicted felon with seven pending cases in Montezuma County Combined Courts was arrested twice in two weeks in two cities. John I. Finocchiaro, 35, was arrested Sunday, Feb....

The Bureau of Land Management is considering adding a public parking lot on a contested “high use” road south of Mancos that could lose its maintenance, complicating public access. A Texas...

A Cortez man pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting an EMT who was treating him after he passed out in Montezuma Park on New Year’s Eve. Prosecutors asked that sentencing be left open for Therman J....

An Albuquerque man with a pending 12-month prison sentence in New Mexico who picked up contraband charges while in custody at the Montezuma County Detention Center reached an agreement Thursday...

A habitual domestic violence offender from Montezuma Creek, Utah, was sentenced Thursday in Cortez to 18 months in state prison. Cidro J. Begay, 31, pleaded guilty in with in 22nd Judicial...

Convicted sex offender Daniel J. Beltran was sentenced to three years in community corrections on Thursday after failing to register as a sex offender while on probation. The 22-year-old Cortez...

After a hearty steak dinner Saturday night at the Cortez Elks Lodge, the Southwestern Colorado Livestock Association and the Southwestern Cowbelles announced their top Cowbelle and Stockman of...

Several defendants in 22nd Judicial District Court this week pleaded guilty or expressed the intent to plead guilty. Chief Judge Douglas Walker and Judge Todd Plewe have begun scheduling June...

A mobile home caught fire Friday morning on West Fourth Street just off South Broadway. Smoke rose from the chimney of the home, but no flames were visible from outside. Two people who said they...