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

Pot sales begin in Telluride, and ‘business is good’

On New Year’s Day, the first day to sell recreational marijuana legally in Colorado, Adam Raleigh said he’s glad he ignored his father’s advice against becoming a ganjapreneur. “B...

DATE: Jan 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jail inmate's death blamed on heart

Man found in cell in distress, pronounced dead at hospital

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Another jail inmate dies; aneurism cited

A 47-year-old Cortez man was found unresponsive at the Montezuma County jail Friday morning. He was later pronounced dead at Southwest Memorial Hospital. Montezuma County Sheriff ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Beleaguered schools getting help for teachers

Montezuma-Cortez picked for residency program

DATE: Dec 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Another county jail inmate dies

Nurse administered CPR; death attributed to aneurism

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters get new rescue truck

Awaiting its first official call, a new 2013 Kovatch Mobile Equipment rescue pumper now sits in the parking lot of the Cortez Fire Protection District. “It has that new-car smell,...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sex offender sent back to prison

A Towaoc man was recently sentenced to 20 months in prison for failing to register as a registered sex offender. Glen Earl Cotonuts, 54, of Towaoc was sentenced Dec. 16 by U.S. Di...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Christmas dinner feeds hundreds in Cortez

Hundreds of holiday meals were served at the 25th annual Community Christmas Dinner in Cortez on Wednesday. Held Christmas Day at the Montezuma County Annex, the free dinner is ma...

DATE: Dec 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters will serve as Santa’s helpers

Santa Claus will partner with the Cortez Fire Protection District on Christmas Eve to deliver holiday gifts and meals to 11 local families. “Santa Claus is coming to town,” said f...

DATE: Dec 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

M-CHS breaking ground for school during solstice

Band, dignitaries<br/>plan to be there

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red Arrow now under new ownership

All Red Arrow Gold assets, including the keys, are now in the custody of a Texas bankruptcy court. Donald Allen, attorney for Jaeger Kottmeier Associates, informed Colorado Distri...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

A week in court: murder, fire, sex and firearms

Last week, an arraignment hearing was scheduled in February for a Cortez woman facing second-degree murder charges. In custody on a $250,000 cash-only bond, Valerie Espinoza, 38, ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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