Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

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

Osprey gives back with annual sale

Hundreds of people crashed Osprey’s spring local-only sale last week, helping to benefit two area nonprofits with $2,100 each. Five percent of the proceeds from the sale on Frida...

Red Arrow cleanup remains in limbo

Montezuma County landfill moves to limit costs of accepting waste

County delays KM bid to inject well

Montezuma County officials have temporarily halted a Kinder Morgan plan to convert a dormant 31-year-old production well into a new injection well. Kinder Morgan agent Bob Clayton...

Fire guts mobile home

Firefighters protect two homes nearby

Deadline extended for sage grouse protection

Court grants 6-month extension to list fowl as endangered

Murder suspect’s hearing delayed

Competency evaluation still unavailable

Kinder Morgan to invest $344 million in Montezuma County

Kinder Morgan officials announced Tuesday it plans to invest more than $670 million to grow its carbon dioxide (CO2) infrastructure in southwestern Colorado and New Mexico. The c...

Farms planning hemp test

Mancos, Yellow Jacket picked

Quarter of all ballots decide Lewis-Arriola Fire District election

Slightly more than a quarter of all mail-in ballots were cast in the Lewis-Arriola Fire District election on Tuesday. Election officials said a total of 1,958 ballots were mailed,...

Two women elected to Cortez fire district

Two women now serve on the Cortez Fire Protection District board. Fewer than 200 ballots were cast to decide Tuesday’s election. Unofficial results for the election wer...