Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

Arsonist pleads guilty to Roatcap fire, avoids jail

A Dolores man facing more than four decades in prison opted to plead guilty today to escape any jail time in connection to the 2012 Roatcap Fire. Accepted by District Court Judge ...

Suicide note questions jail policy

“MCSO have you ever heard of a suicide watch?” According to a 16-page Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office incident report recently obtained by the Cortez Journal from a concerned c...

Alleged arsonist plans to take polygraph test

Dressed in all black, James Alexander waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday on arson charges. Alexander, 20, of Cortez was charged in September with three counts of ...

Arsonist pleads guilty to Roatcap fire, avoids jail

A Dolores man facing more than four decades in prison opted to plead guilty today to escape any jail time in connection to the 2012 Roatcap Fire. Accepted by District Court Judge ...

Arsonist pleads guilty to Roatcap fire, avoids jail

A Dolores man facing more than four decades in prison opted to plead guilty today to escape any jail time in connection to the 2012 Roatcap Fire. Accepted by District Court Judge ...

Protection order tops misdemeanor violations

It isn't assault charges, drug cases nor DUI offenses that topped the list of most reported misdemeanors in Montezuma County. It's protection order violations. An annual statistic...

D.A. backs increased parolee spending

Furse says prisoners need 'tools to reintegrate into society'

Protection order tops misdemeanor violations

It isn't assault charges, drug cases nor DUI offenses that topped the list of most reported misdemeanors in Montezuma County. It's protection order violations. An annual statistic...

D.A. supports more parolee spending

Although punishment serves to deter criminal activity, the bulk of prisoners are eventually freed from incarceration. "We have to give these prisoners the tools to reintegrate int...

Mancos chooses to pause retail marijuana deals

Mancos leaders voted unanimously last week to extend the town's moratorium on retail marijuana sales through June 30. Following a half-hour discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 13, the v...

New board members take oaths

New board members for the Mancos School District got a lesson in governing Monday before assuming their posts. Colorado Association of School Board officials Randy Black opened a ...

Expert suggests raising water rates

The Town of Mancos needs to replace some 9,000 feet of deteriorating water lines at a cost or more than $1.5 million. Gabe Preston of Durango-based RPI Consulting presented town t...