Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

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...

Roatcap arsonist barred from using fire

Convicted of starting the 2012 Roatcap fire, Roger "Bucky" Stratton was instructed to never use fire again. Ever. At a sentencing hearing on Jan. 23, the 54-year-old Dolores man w...

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...

Judge bars Roatcap arsonist from using fire

'You're the type of person that shouldn't have fire. That's it.'

Council, mayoral election set for April 1

The mayoral post and three council seats are up for grabs in April’s municipal election. Completing two four-year terms, both Mayor Dan Porter and Councilman Matt Keefauver will...

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...

Judge bars Roatcap arsonist from ever using fire

Convicted of starting the 2012 Roatcap Fire, Roger “Bucky” Stratton was instructed to never use fire again. Ever. “I’m taking fire away from you,” District Court Judge Todd Plewe ...

Judge won’t step aside for trial in Cronk case

Defender: Plewe is a victim of alleged embezzlement

Ute Mountain Casino upgrades

200 slot machines, bingo planned

Looking into past to build a future

Heart & Soul, residents meet to create a road map

Cortez a fiber optics leader for the state and region?

City was laying the groundwork in 1999