Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter
Email: tbaker@the-journal.com

Local competes on ‘Summer Camp’

With roots in Southwest Colorado, Justin Jackson has been cast as the conservative Second Amendment hunter type in a new reality television show. “It all sort of fell into my lap,...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

City staff sheds 428 pounds

Don Cornett is a 52-year-old Cortez public works employee with eight grandchildren. He’s lost nearly 50 pounds over the last 24 weeks. “Before, all I could do was sit and watch my...

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Violations close dispensary

Building deemed unsafe for occupancy

DATE: Jul 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sealed arrest warrant issued for Cronk

Undersheriff resigned in late June

DATE: Jul 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State shuts Red Arrow Mine

A gold miner nine miles northeast of Mancos denies allegations that he used mercury to refine gold. Reached by telephone Monday morning, Craig Liukko told the Cortez Journal he de...

DATE: Jul 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Veterans train to combat wildfires

Joshua Jones served three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now he’s training alongside other veterans in the San Juan National Forest. A 25-year-old Army veteran from Ardmore, Okla....

DATE: Jul 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Excelsior pollution complaints continue

'It's gone way past just dust,'<br/>manufacturers' neighbors say

DATE: Jul 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Tree Board re-established

A large branch from a cottonwood tree snapped and fell last Wednesday evening on South Main Street, temporarily blocking traffic in Mancos. At the exact same time, town trustees were appoin...

DATE: Jul 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

State shuts down Red Arrow Mine

A gold miner nine miles northeast of Mancos denies allegations that he used mercury to refine gold. Reached by telephone Monday morning, Craig Liukko told the Cortez Journal he de...

DATE: Jul 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Sanitation district rejects billing proposal

Board members fear hybrid system looks like ‘making up our own numbers’

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Six record highs fell in June

Forecasters have hopes for monsoon season

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

City water diversion official after decades

Don’t be alarmed. It appears all is calm — with no more ripples — for a year-old City of Cortez water rights request to resolve an issue with generational roots dating back to an oversight e...

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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