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For child advocates, childhood care, health and education are top priorities during the 2016 legislative session. The Colorado General Assembly convened last week. During the 120-day session, which...
DATE: Jan. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Montezuma County inmates are under suspicion, but not for unlawful activity. Cortez Sanitation District officials suspect that inmates at the 104-bed Montezuma County jail are flushing items in...
DATE: Jan. 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
To help collect more than $300,000 in inmate debt, the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office is turning to the Internet. Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin plans to roll out Pay My Jailer, a...
DATE: Jan. 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Last week, municipal officials agreed to stay a trial stemming from a code enforcement violation issued to a South Madison Street property owner in June. Outside of City Hall, Joe James, the...
DATE: Jan. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Masked gunmen entered a Montezuma County home last week and stole cash, marijuana and electronics. Two suspects have been identified. “This is the county’s first home invasion connected directly to...
DATE: Jan. 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
City officials are expected to review a draft ordinance on Tuesday night that would allow downtown businesses to offer outdoor dining and alcohol consumption. According to the proposed three-page...
DATE: Jan. 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
A 45-year-old Cortez man glanced at his attorney then shook his head after he was found guilty of first-degree assault late Wednesday. A jury of eight men and four women deliberated for about 90...
DATE: Jan. 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Court hearings for a former lawman were stayed on Wednesday after a Montezuma County judge and a La Plata County public defender both withdrew from pending criminal matters. Montezuma County Judge...
DATE: Jan. 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
A $5,000 social media fundraiser for a woman charged with child abuse has drawn ire from multiple residents. “You know this is pathetic,” one woman posted on GoFundMe.com. “And so is she.” Launched...
DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
At $2.2 million, the top estimate to demolish the former Montezuma-Cortez High School building is more than 15 times the budgeted amount. Last month, Re-1 School Superintendent Alex Carter told...
DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Across Montezuma County, a single mother with a preschooler making minimum wage must work more than two full-time jobs in order to make ends meet. The alarming statistic was recently revealed in a...
DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business
The 2016 municipal election process officially launched today with candidates able to circulate nomination petitions. Held on April 5, the election comprises four seats on the seven-member city...
DATE: Jan. 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
