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In the early ’80s, Victor Nunez was an economic refugee from Mexico working 120 hours a week as a dishwasher in Los Angeles. At 16, Nunez painfully left his single mother and three siblings behind...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Despite objections to revise the city’s retail marijuana ordinance earlier this month, municipal leaders agreed this week that changes were needed. On Oct. 14, the Cortez City Council refused to...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
A 21-year-old self-proclaimed artist from New York has apparently painted cartoon-like portraits in national parks across the west. Federal investigators were first tipped off after Casey Nocket...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
At the local level, three Montezuma County political posts remain contested, including commissioner, sheriff, and clerk and recorder. According to Montezuma County election officials, more than...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
According to a local U.S. Postal Service official, all general election mail-in ballots must be received at the Cortez post office by 1 p.m. on Monday. Despite the local deadline, postal officials...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
At a State of the Community forum this week, Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 Superintendent Alex Carter said the school district was inadequately funded at the local level.Addressing about two dozen people...
DATE: Oct. 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education
An alleged Mancos pimp will not be allowed to review social services records as he prepares for a trial by jurors in January. Public defender Katherine Whitney requested the county records in a...
DATE: Oct. 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News
A judge, rather than a jury, is likely to decide the outcome of a Cortez woman facing a second-degree murder charge. A two-week jury trial for Valerie Espinoza, 38, was set to start Dec. 1, but...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
A five-day jury trial for a man accused of stabbing a Cortez police officer has been postponed until December. The trial was scheduled to start Nov. 17, but public defender Amy R. Smith notified...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Kathy Ronquillo has received numerous yellow postcards in the mail this month promising a $500 gift card to shop at Walmart, Target and more. It’s a scam, she warned. “I don’t want other people to...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
It remains unknown if a Cortez woman jumped or fell from a 65-foot cliff near Battle Rock Charter School on Thursday.Claiming she suffered back and leg pain and was having difficulty breathing, the...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
The federal government will award Great Lakes Airlines an annual subsidy of more than $2.2 million to operate at Cortez Municipal Airport.Under its Essential Air Service program, the U.S....
DATE: Oct. 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
