Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

Sheriff gets OK to buy 18 vehicles

$800,000 purchase includes 10 pursuit-rated SUVs

Mesa Verde wants plan to manage invasive weeds

Dozens of non-native plants competing with native species, park says

A look backstage at a traveling circus

‘What’s amazing is they take all day to set up, but then they’ll have it all tore down in about an hour-and-a-half’

City gets ready for upcoming election

Candidates can start circulating petitions Monday

Sheriff gets OK to buy 18 vehicles

$800,000 purchase includes 10 pursuit-rated SUVs

Southwest Colorado Community College offers free tax help

The adage that nothing’s free is being disproven this month at Southwest Colorado Community College. Starting Feb. 13, Internal Revenue Service-certified Southwest Colorado Commun...

Funding measures sought for new M-CHS

School leaders are hopeful that additional funding measures will be approved for the new Montezuma-Cortez High School. Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School Superintendent Alex Carter info...

Fan betting an arm (but not a leg) on Super Bowl

Andy Sanchez, Jr. predicts the Denver Broncos will defeat the Seattle Seahawks 42-28 in Super Bowl XLVIII. “The keys to the game for the Broncos is first downs, no penalties and s...

Cortez may get 2 inches of snow

Cortez is predicted to receive 1 to 2 inches of total snowfall this weekend, but Southwest Colorado mountain passes could see 3 feet. According to the National Weather Service, sn...

Super Bowl puts Hemp Talks on hold

Group moves meeting to larger venue

Judge refuses step aside for Cronk trial

Defender: Plewe a victim of alleged embezzlement

Dennis Spruell aims for 2nd term as sheriff

Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell has registered to seek a second four-year term. According to Colorado Secretary of State records, Spruell filed an affidavit to seek a seco...