Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

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...

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, ...

Gun permits up among local women

Spike parallels Obama inauguration, spurs demand for designer handbags

Gun permits up among area women

Spike parallels Obama inauguration, spurs demand for designer handbags

Jury to decide domestic violence case

A Native American woman alleges she was repeatedly punched in the face and hit in the head with a baseball bat during a domestic violence incident in June. Arrested June 27th in c...

Carrying purses and packing heat: Permits up among women

A snapshot of women and guns shows concealed-carry permits up in county

Australians may buy Red Arrow

A New York-based hedge fund has provided an Australian company with the financing to secure the Red Arrow gold mine outside of Mancos. A Dec. 11 company press release reveals that...

Sewer rate hike OK’d

CSD votes 3-1 despite opposition

Native of Mancos selected to lead San Juan forest

A Mancos native has been tapped as acting forest supervisor for the San Juan National Forest. Born and raised in Mancos, where his parents still reside, Ron Archuleta will assume ...

Calkins Building eyed for City Hall

Renovation cost is estimated at $7M

Cortez approves budget, rate hikes as session ends

Municipal leaders unanimously approved a $26.6 million budget for 2014 and a number of service and rate hikes Tuesday at their last meeting of the year. City finance director Kat...

Native of Mancos is selected to lead San Juan National Forest

A Mancos native has been tapped as acting forest supervisor for the San Juan National Forest. Born and raised in Mancos, where his parents still reside, Ron Archuleta will assume ...