Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

Lock tapped as health director

Bobbi Lock was unanimously appointed earlier this month to lead the Montezuma County Health Department. "I am very excited for this opportunity to serve Montezuma County in this c...

Council members weigh in on marijuana issue

In April, the Cortez Journal asked each city council member a three-part question regarding the city’s prohibition on recreational marijuana sales. Only two municipal leaders responded indep...

City extends marijuana ban till 2015

Council schedules public hearing for June 10

Cronk sentencing set for Friday

Former undersheriff pleaded guilty to embezzlement in March

Resources are available locally

Two local agencies offer help for families and individuals. Montezuma County Hospice bereavement coordinator Sunny Bossenmaier said the support group, in its third year, tries to ...

Officials updated on Sinclair fuel spill

Property owner opposes cartels

Cortez council split on retail marijuana

A majority of municipal leaders have indicated they’d like voters to decide if retail marijuana sales should be legal in Cortez, while a minority insists that voters have decided the issue. ...

New CSD board faces challenges

Freshmen confronted with dispute

Assessor’s office at ‘critical impasse’

Database inefficient; accuracy in question

Cortez 3rd-graders reading below Colorado average

One in 10 Colorado third-graders performed unsatisfactory on state reading exams this year. The rate was nearly double for third-graders in the Montezuma-Cortez School District. A...

Bailiff helps defendant avoid charges

An elderly man from Dolores narrowly escaped a bench warrant for his arrest Thursday because of an alert courtroom bailiff. “Mr. Peltier has failed to appear,” Chief District Cour...

City to discuss retail marijuana tonight

10-month moratorium sunsets next month