Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

Officials dissolve 'gentlemen's' water agreement

Water-right owners protest deal to let Mesa Verde draw from Mancos River

Menefee coal fires to be doused

Water, foam will cool abandoned mine sites ignited by Weber Fire

Furse won’t prosecute Harper’s cases

Sheriff says<br/>DA never<br/>offered aid

Sheriff drops lone drug cop

DA investigates misconduct

More locals pack heat

Concealed-carry<br/>permits skyrocket

DA’s office goes green with electronic records

Since taking office this year, District Attorney Will Furse has spent about $600 on copy paper. It’s estimated that a tree 4- feet tall and six to eight inches in diameter can pro...

It’s not trash

The Four Corners Recycling Initiative’s <br/>5 years of diverting from the landfill

Bond hiked for accused machete assailant

Montezuma County Court Judge JenniLynn Lawrence raised bond Wednesday for a 36-year-old Cortez man accused of terrorizing a neighborhood with a machete. Marquez Walker of 422 E. A...

Gentlemen's agreement settles water exchange for now

Mancos will draw from lake, allow Mesa Verde to use its river allocation

'The next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates'

Easton LaChappelle is at forefront of innovation

Judge denies change of venue in Roatcap fire defendant’s case

A defense counsel request for a change of venue in the Roatcap fire case was denied Friday by District Court Judge Todd Plewe. Public defender Amy Smith filed the motion for chang...

Organizers of balloon rally seek volunteers

Mayday. Mayday. Hot air balloon pilots plead for help this weekend, and that’s no lofty request. The Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally descends on the area this weekend, b...