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Single father gets 20 years in sex assault on neighbor

A single father of two was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week after admitting that he climbed through a neighbor’s window to engage in sexual intercourse. District Attorney Will Furse said...

DATE: July 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Speedway promoter fired

A Montezuma County Speedway promoter has been fired and banned from returning the dirt track outside of Cortez after a civil dispute. Last week, Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin ordered that a...

DATE: July 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

McCarty still fighting Sinclair Oil

A Montezuma County man has indicated that he plans to file a counterclaim for damages against a regional oil company. A judge has advised him to proceed cautiously. Appearing via telephone at a...

DATE: July 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dad gets 8 years for abuse

A 25-year-old Dove Creek father was sentenced to eight years in prison on child-abuse charges last week. Appearing via telephone at a sentencing hearing on Thursday, July 23, Durango attorney Angie...

DATE: July 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

A gap in early childhood

It’s the first day of school. A toddler wails and tears roll down his cheeks. He refuses to release his mother’s hand. That anxiety, also felt by the mother, creates stress, which can hinder the...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Education

County grants tax relief to farmers

In a move that’s likely to be reversed by state officials, Montezuma County commissioners gave across-the-board tax relief to dryland and irrigation farmers this week. The issue was brought to...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

County, forest at odds over OHVs

A U.S. Forest Service ranger told Montezuma County commissioners this week that local officials continue to overstep their authority in regard to the Dolores-Norwood Road. District Ranger Derek...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trial nears in sex case

A Dolores man charged with assault, menacing, sexual assault, false imprisonment and harassment charges allegedly racially and sexually slurred his alleged victim last summer. In an attempt to...

DATE: July 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge stops bong-a-thon near Stoner; sheriff to post deputies

District Court Judge Todd Plewe issued a restraining order on Wednesday to bar the 32nd annual Colorado Invitational Bong-A-Thon marijuana competition from taking place next weekend near Stoner....

DATE: July 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire burns on 8 acres of Haycamp

The U.S. Forest Service is actively monitoring a wildfire atop Haycamp Mesa, about nine miles northeast of Dolores. Lightning is believed to have sparked the blaze about 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday,...

DATE: July 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Co-owner of Notah Dineh Trading dies

People from across the country have expressed their condolences for Native American trader Gregg Leighton, who died on July 16. He was 62. A Cortez resident, Leighton was co-owner of Notah Dineh...

DATE: July 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fire burns on 8 acres of Haycamp

The U.S. Forest Service is actively monitoring a wildfire atop Haycamp Mesa, about nine miles northeast of Dolores. Lightning is believed to have sparked the blaze about 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday,...

DATE: July 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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