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Friends, family bring Yates back from Sharkstooth

The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office has announced that the body of Rob Yates was recovered on Sunday, June 8. The 47-year-old was lost in an avalanche on March 5. "I'm extremely relieved," said...

DATE: June 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

ER doctor cleared in malpractice lawsuit

The plaintiff argued that an emergency room doctor's lack of care led to a patient's suicide. The defense argued that the patient told the doctor he wasn't suicidal. The jury sided with the doctor....

DATE: June 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Police advocates endorse Nowlin

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 in Durango last week endorsed Steve Nowlin in the Montezuma county sheriff's race. The 35-member lodge represents law enforcement officials across Montezuma,...

DATE: June 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Police advocates endorse Nowlin

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 8 in Durango last week endorsed Steve Nowlin in the Montezuma county sheriff’s race. The 35-member lodge represents law enforcement officials across Montezuma,...

DATE: June 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez weighs retail pot ban

A final reading and public hearing is held tonight at City Hall to extend a commercial marijuana moratorium until 2015. The Cortez City Council voted unanimously last month to approve Ordinance No....

DATE: June 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Family brings Yates body home after March avalanche

The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the body of Rob Yates was recovered on Sunday, June 8. The 47-year-old was lost in an avalanche on March 5.“I’m extremely relieved,” said...

DATE: June 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

ER doctor cleared in malpractice lawsuit

The plaintiff argued that an emergency room doctor’s lack of care led to a patient’s suicide. The defense argued that the patient told the doctor he wasn’t suicidal. The jury sided with the doctor....

DATE: June 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lessons from Telluride

Fifteen weeks before Colorado allowed commercial marijuana sales, Telluride adopted a 21-page ordinance regulating the industry at a local level. After passage of Amendment 64 in November 2012,...

DATE: June 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

ER doctor takes stand in malpractice suit

Testifying for two-and-a-half hours Wednesday, Dr. Mark Turpen, a Southwest Memorial Hospital emergency room physician, denied that he was negligent in the suicide death of Ted Villelli on June,...

DATE: June 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cronk begins 30-day sentence

For the next 28 days, former Montezuma County Undersheriff Robin Cronk's new home will be the Mesa County Jail. Cronk appeared unshaven before District Court Judge Todd Plewe Friday morning for...

DATE: June 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Local advocates mark Hemp History Week

A local industrial hemp advocacy group hopes to plant seeds of knowledge and awareness Saturday as an official partner with the nation's Fifth Annual Hemp History Week. Hemp Talks/Western Slope...

DATE: June 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

The CBI interview: Spruell knew little

Weeks before placing his undersheriff, Robin Cronk, on administrative leave during a corruption probe, Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell told him to stop living a high life on the...

DATE: June 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

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