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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 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Allmon pleads guilty in sex case

A convicted sex offender pleaded guilty to lesser charges Tuesday, moments before an eyewitness was expected to testify against him. As the second day of testimony was about to start on Tuesday,...

DATE: March 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

MCSO seeks to dismiss civil rights complaints

Attorneys for the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office have asked a federal judge to dismiss claims contained in a civil rights lawsuit. Filed last summer, the 10-page civil rights lawsuit alleges...

DATE: March 9, 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 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Allmon retrial underway

Six women and eight men were selected for jury duty last week in the retrial of a convicted sex offender. After a four-day voir dire process, a jury of 14 including two alternates will attempt to...

DATE: March 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

State unveils ’14 pot report

In January 2014, about 25,000 legal retail marijuana plants were grown in Colorado. By December, more than 215,000 recreational plants were lawfully cultivated. The statistic was included in a...

DATE: March 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Legislators consider measure to limit shackling of juveniles

A proposal to amend the practice of indiscriminate shackling of youth inside 22nd Judicial District courtrooms has stalled. A Durango defense attorney floated the idea last fall. “I have not heard...

DATE: March 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nowlin unveils plan for mounted patrol

Vital to settling the American West, mustangs today are helping Colorado inmates find a new lease on life via horse training. Once saddle-trained, some mustangs are dispatched to U.S. Border Patrol...

DATE: March 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Grandmother Rhed Leonard wins Cortez Idol competition

Rhed Leonard, a grandmother, sang her way to the top, narrowly winning the third annual Cortez Idol crown on Wednesday. “I never thought I’d win,” she said moments after receiving a $1,000 check....

DATE: March 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Judge may be skirting law in local sex trial

Despite a legal opinion that a closed voir dire process is unconstitutional, more than half the potential jurors summoned in a sex assault case this week were questioned privately. During the noon...

DATE: March 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nowlin says he's checking deputy's credentials

Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin has faced a few hurdles in his first 45 days in office. The most recent is whether a patrol deputy hired during the previous administration is indeed...

DATE: March 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Sheriff unveils plan for mounted patrol

Vital to settling the American West, mustangs today are helping Colorado inmates find a new lease on life via horse training. Once saddle trained, some mustangs are dispatched to U.S. Border Patrol...

DATE: March 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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