Police blotter

Wednesday, June 7 9:31 a.m.: A woman was arrested in the 1200 block of East North Street on a warrant for failure to appear on a local misdemeanor after police responded to a report...

Tipton on task force to battle opioid abuse epidemic

Families impacted by heroin addiction to speak to panel

Sheriff’s blotter

Thursday, Sept. 22 10:36 a.m.: A deputy assisted Cortez police in recovering a vehicle that had been reported stolen and found a suspect in a residence in the 16400 block of County ...

Montezuma deputies chase down criminals on foot

Sheriff’s office reports surge of runners

SW Colorado town curbs pain pill abuse; heroin use grows

Interventions intended to reduce over-prescription of pain medicine may be feeding heroin use in Aouthwest Colorado.

Police Blotter

Wednesday, July 20 8:11 a.m.: Two bicycles were reported stolen from Community Connections, in the 300 block of S. Pine St. 9:40 a.m.: A woman reported that someone ha...

Heroin traffic travels at greater speed in the West

Illicit drugs move through the West at greater speeds

Sheriff: Marijuana makes Colorado a source for traffickers

Sheriff says state’s legal pot the reason

Pain pills give rise to heroin in West

Near Sacramento, California, nearly a dozen people died from opioids in recent weeks

Three arrested in Durango during drug ring investigation

$1.3 million in drugs reportedly seized

Woman, 66, gets 4 years in meth case

Defense notes 60 law-abiding years

More arrests made in Dolores River pot case

A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals suspected of illegally growing marijuana on BLM lands along the lower Dolores River. According to court documents, in April a Bur...