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New local CASA volunteers sworn in Lacey Enderle and Barbara Casey were sworn in as CASA volunteers Nov. 22 by District Court Judge Douglas Walker. Court appointed spec...

DATE: Dec 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Pot sales are up in air

Recreational users have few options

DATE: Dec 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Business

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

Fish weren’t biting

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State insurance enrollment up

Health exchange is set to surpass worst-case scenario after its debut

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

MCEDA announces specialist, new board

The Montezuma Community Economic Development Association has hired a part-time development specialist and has named officers for the next year. According to the MCEDA, specialist ...

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

Colorado New Year’s expected to bring historic marijuana sales

DENVER – Early in the morning on New Year’s Day, someone in Colorado – probably in Denver – will purchase the world’s first government-approved, over-the-counter recreational marijuana. ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Blackburn presents book 'Prayer Rock'

Fred Blackburn will discuss his work Prayer Rock: In the Shadow of the Bear on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m., at the United Methodist Church, 515 Park St. Prayer Rock sits in the hea...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Agriculture

Go slowly with those New Year’s resolutions, nutritionist says

It’s common to resolve to swear off sweets and sign up for a gym membership for the new year. But Kelly Proctor, a health advocate and nutritionist, advises starting out slowly r...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds delay decision to protect wolverine

Scientists debate climate-change impact on habitat

DATE: Dec 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News