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Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

Baxstrom renews bid to qualify for defender in attempted murder

Denied a court-appointed attorney in November, a Cortez man charged with attempted murder in the shooting of his wife has filed a fourth application requesting a public defender. ...

Holiday spirit starts to shine in Cortez

Piñon Project collecting donations for local families

Woman, 66, gets 4 years in meth case

Defense notes 60 law-abiding years

Pot growers compare notes

In 2015, a local cannabis advocate conservatively estimates that some 300 farmers across the Four Corners harvested at least 500 pounds of marijuana. A handful of those farmers ga...

Boyfriend’s letter to inmate goes to pot

Jail test determines envelope included marijuana

Utes request added diplomacy with Re-1

Improved lines of communication could enhance relations with Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 school officials, and more important, benefit students, according to Ute Mountain Ute leaders. “...

Data reveal racial disparity in Cortez special education

About 40 percent of Native students in special ed, Carter says

Icy patch blamed for slow justice

Court postpones burglary trial a third time

CPD: No updates in apparent BB gun shooting

Local authorities have yet to solve an apparent BB gun shooting spree that occurred more than a week ago along Main Street. As of press deadlines on Monday, Cortez Police Departm...

Outdoor hot spots draw visitors, cyclists on Black Friday

Opting for the great outdoors, more than 500 people visited Mesa Verde National Park on Black Friday. While many Americans battled crowds at bustling big box stores the day after ...

Ex-lawman to remain under GPS surveillance

Judge denies request, citing risk in molestation case

Main Street vandal armed with BB gun, police say

Eight businesses fired upon, police say