Police stun pedestrian 5 times

After instructing a disoriented and intoxicated man to vacate a Main Street parking lot, Cortez police officers followed the subject and then tased him five times. In a three-page...

Sheriff reports case of smashed mailboxes is solved

It took local authorities nearly three weeks to crack the case connected to 35 smashed mailboxes last month. Earlier this week, the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office posted a pres...

Former sheriff hopeful arrested

Conner faces child-molestation allegations

Pedestrian injured during arrest

Apparently intoxicated man bloodied during takedown

Cortez police officer tackles pedestrian

Patrolman has history of anger issues

Man on probation for baby’s death is caught

Kuhn skipped hearing on July 9

Texas sex offender arrested in Dolores

A convicted sex offender from Texas was arrested last week in Dolores after failing to notify officials of his new address. During a cooperative investigation with La Plata County...

Sex offender nabbed in Dolores

A convicted sex offender from Texas was arrested last week in Dolores after failing to notify officials of his new address. During a cooperative investigation with La Plata County...

Judge weighs motion to dismiss in tribal case

A public defender from Durango has requested that a DUI charged be dismissed, saying the court doesn’t have jurisdiction to decide the case. Public defender Amy R. Smith told the ...

Officer involved in Make My Day case deploys stun gun

Cortez faced department reprimand in 2014

Man walks away from attempted carjacking

A 25-year-old man has been charged in a reported carjacking incident that occurred near the Cortez Public Library. Jeremiah Jim, 25, address unknown, was arrested by Cortez police...

Man faces child abuse for infant’s 17 fractures

Records point to multiple incidents of abuse