Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: [email protected]

Phone Number: 970-564-6033

‘The Rookie’ inspires, entertains at TEZ Talk

When Disney offered to make Jim Morris’ life into a movie, he said the massive entertainment company mentioned several actors would might play the 35-year-old high school baseball coach turned...

DATE: Jan. 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez Women’s March calls on women to run for office

Just before joining nearly 300 people in the Cortez Women’s March for Unity on Saturday, 16-year-old Annika Lewis recalled a time when she was scolded at school for wearing a tank top with thin...

DATE: Jan. 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman on probation shows up intoxicated in court

A Montezuma County woman who has been arrested three times in six weeks for violating bail conditions was arrested Wednesday in court after showing up drunk. Samantha Yanito, 26, was sentenced to...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

After car chase, Montezuma County inmate suspected of selling meth in jail

Ten days after Cortez resident Robert Marquez led Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputies on a 25-mile car chase in late November, the county jail was placed on lockdown on suspicion that he was...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man allegedly imprisons, assaults man with disability

A Dolores man has been charged with felony assault for allegedly punching a man with a mental disability in the face while imprisoning him in a Cortez trailer. Erik L. Genaw, 30, faces charges of...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

To prevent water contamination, Cortez pushing for full backflow compliance

Since 2005, Tony Hernandez has been hard at work on the Cortez backflow prevention program. By the end of this year, Hernandez, cross-connection administrator for the Cortez Public Works...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

UPDATE: Both drivers cited in U.S. 160/491 collision south of Cortez

Firewood was scattered across U.S. Highway 160/491 on Thursday morning after a Nissan Altima and red pickup truck collided. Colorado State Patrol Sgt. James Saunders said both southbound drivers...

DATE: Jan. 18, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Defendant in M-CHS stabbing case sentenced to probation

One of two female juveniles in an October stabbing case near Walmart and Montezuma-Cortez High School was sentenced Thursday to 18 months of supervised probation. She was initially charged on nine...

DATE: Jan. 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Therapy ordered for alleged repeat car thief

Restoration therapy has been ordered for a Montezuma County woman who allegedly stole two cars within five days in October and then while in jail threw a wet toilet paper roll at a detention...

DATE: Jan. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez golf simulation business seeking permit

A career golf professional and his family are opening a golf and multisport simulation business and snack bar attached to a CrossFit gym in Cortez. Micah and Anett Rudosky, agents for Rudosky...

DATE: Jan. 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Felonies dismissed in nonprofit theft case

The former executive director of a Cortez nonprofit suspected of felony theft and witness tampering could have her charges reduced to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Cheryl J. Beene, 60, on Tuesday pleaded...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez art committee assembling registry of artists

On the first day of its release, 29 artists in Cortez responded to an artist registry survey from the Cortez Public Art Advisory Committee, leaving Sonja Horoshko surprised. “The responses so far...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Back to Staff page

click here to add your event
Area Events
Directory Plus

Search Directory Plus

Find:
Where: