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Phone Number: 970-564-6033

Great Lakes reports losses

Great Lakes Airlines, the sole commercial carrier servicing Cortez, soars across blue skies in the red. Servicing 30 airports across nine states, the Cheyenne-based regional airline reported a...

DATE: June 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court Briefs: Suspect charged with stabbing officer

A 37-year-old man will be arraigned next month on charges stemming from a Valentine’s Day stabbing of a Cortez police officer.Officer Casey Eubanks suffered a small wound to his left side on Feb....

DATE: June 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nowlin, Lambert win GOP primaries

GOP challenger Steve Nowlin defeated incumbent Dennis Spruell by more than 700 votes in Tuesday’s Montezuma County sheriff’s race. The unofficial results from the Republican primary were released...

DATE: June 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge denies records request

A Cortez woman didn’t get much love from the court last week regarding a Valentine’s Day public records request of the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office. After an hour-long hearing on Thursday,...

DATE: June 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Judge tough in sex case

District Court Judge Todd Plewe was unsympathetic Thursday toward a 36-year-old Cortez man accused of sexually abusing his daughter. Craig Sharp of County Road N was initially charged with four...

DATE: June 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ballots in primary election due tonight

Less than a third of Montezuma County ballots mailed for Tuesday’s primary election had been returned as of Monday morning. Republican, Democratic and American Constitution party primary ballots...

DATE: June 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Spruell reignites state gun debate

On social media and talk radio, Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell has fired off at Gov. John Hickenlooper over remarks he made last week at the Colorado Sheriffs Association in connection to...

DATE: June 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Prairie dog complaints increase in Cortez

Cortez Police Chief Roy Lane said prairie dog complaints are on the rise. He offered suggestions on putting them down. Lane said it was routine to see an increase in complaints this time of year,...

DATE: June 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hemp high dulls among growers

You reap what you sow unless you are without seed. The lack of available seed has left two Montezuma County farmers permitted to cultivate industrial hemp test plots this year holding their plows. ...

DATE: June 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

DAV planning new outreach center

The Disabled American Veterans Dunger Smith Chapter 44 in Cortez hopes to open a veterans outreach center by Labor Day. The outreach center would provide a place for local veterans and their...

DATE: June 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Some campaigns run in red ink

Leading up to the June 24 GOP primary, Montezuma County Republican candidates have disbursed more than $30,000 on campaigns while collecting just over $20,000 from donors. In the sheriff's race,...

DATE: June 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Suspect mistakenly freed on lesser bond

A Cortez man charged with forgery and theft caught a break last month after being released from jail on a lesser, incorrect bond amount. According to court records, Robert Marquez, 33, was...

DATE: June 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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