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Rat owner attacked with a bat

A 53-year-old Dolores woman reportedly “went crazy” last week and attacked a former roommate with a baseball bat. The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a residential disturbance...

DATE: March 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sex-assault victim, 10, requests prison time for convict Adcock

It took 10 words for a 10-year-old girl to express her feelings toward the man that sexually abused her last summer. “I want Dave to go to prison for 49 years.” A family friend of the victim read...

DATE: March 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Water dominates Ag Summit talks

If mega-drought predictions come true in the next decades, proper water storage could be Colorado’s savior. Addressing less than 10 people at the Four States Ag Expo on Saturday, March 21, Colorado...

DATE: March 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Family of slain man expresses outrage at insanity ruling

Family members of a Cortez murder victim have criticized a court decision to commit the defendant to a state mental health facility.Charles Chavez, 62, was killed inside his home on S. Madison...

DATE: March 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Woman avoids jail, again

Weeks after being placed on probation for a court-fabricated drug charge, a 21-year-old woman admitted to stealing $245 to buy pain pills.Appearing before Chief District Court Judge Doug Walker on...

DATE: March 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sunshine Week: How Cortez stacked up

Open government is good government.That’s the motto for Sunshine Week, a national initiative to promote dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.Commemorated...

DATE: March 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Number of woman-owned farms jumps

Not about garbage patches of plastic debris floating in oceans or the number of animal species threatened because of deforestation, but instead, farming. "After working in a cubicle and writing...

DATE: March 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Four injured in separate knife fights

Police say four men suffered stab wounds over the weekend in separate knife attacks. The first reported knife fight left two men injured after a card game was interrupted late Friday night. A...

DATE: March 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Farming's changing face: Number of woman-owned farms jumps

Working as an international conservationist, Kellie Pettyjohn routinely found herself daydreaming. Not about garbage patches of plastic debris floating in oceans or the number of animal species...

DATE: March 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

M-CHS construction receives extra $2M

The new Montezuma-Cortez High School recently received an additional $2 million in construction funding. Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 Superintendent Alex Carter announced at a school board meeting last...

DATE: March 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Capitol Hill gets industrial hemp bill

Earlier this month, Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner announced he was co-sponsoring the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015. If approved, the measure would not only legalize industrial hemp...

DATE: March 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oil company seeks relief

Wyoming-based Sinclair Oil Corp. has sought relief in connection to a gasoline spill east of Mesa Verde National Park. Filed Feb. 6, the five-page complaint asks the Montezuma County District Court...

DATE: March 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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