Position: Reporter

Email: michaelm@cortezjournal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6034

About: Michael Maresh is the education, county and public lands reporter for the Journal. Maresh grew up in Phoenix Ariz., and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in the late 1990s and has been a reporter for various newspapers for the last 15 years, most recently with the Rio Grande SUN in Española, N.M. which is 23 miles north of Santa Fe.
When not working, Maresh likes to run, hike, barbecue and is a sports fanatic to the fullest when it comes to football, basketball and baseball.
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Flu season gets off to slow start

The flu season in Montezuma County has been slowed due to the warmer weather health experts are saying.Dave Mortensen, director of pharmacy of infectious disease control for Southwest Memorial...

DATE: Nov. 30, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Council awards $3K to center

The Cortez City Council gave the Cortez Cultural Center $3,000 from the money the city had allocated for grants in 2012.The city had $4,100 remaining from the $30,000 2012 budget and the Cultural...

DATE: Nov. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Murder suspect asks for bail

A 40-year-old Cortez man, who had his second-degree murder conviction vacated in October due to ineffective counsel at his 2004 trial, could be getting out of jail soon.Russell Wasley, district...

DATE: Nov. 29, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Volunteer posse boosts MCSO

The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office benefits from about 2,000 volunteer person-hours a year, which frees up more time for sheriff’s deputies and officers to concentrate on investigations.The...

DATE: Nov. 27, 2012 | CATEGORY: MT - Living

Road project moving along

The wintry weather that recently came to Cortez had little affect on the Highway 160/491 South Broadway reconstruction project that started in July.Nanci Regnier, project public information manager...

DATE: Nov. 12, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

A wintry weekend awaits

It may be just about time to break out the snow shovels and snow tires again.Montezuma County is expected to get the first snowfall of the year throughout the weekend.Paul Frisbie of the National...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Veterans Day Parade is Monday

As the American Legion Parade prepares to take place Monday at 1 p.m., organizers are still accepting applications for those wanting to participate in the parade.John Shriner, parade chairman of...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

County stuck in lawsuit limbo

Not much has been decided on the lawsuit filed by the Denver Hospital Authority against the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office several months ago, following the care given to Zachary Sullivan, who...

DATE: Nov. 10, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suckla wins District 3 commissioner seat

Larry Don Suckla will be joining Keenen Ertel as the two new members on the Montezuma County Commission in January after winning the District 3 commissioner seat in Tuesday’s election. Unofficial...

DATE: Nov. 9, 2012 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Voters overwhelmingly pass 3B bond

There will be a new high school in Cortez.After voters overwhelmingly approved a school bond, Montezuma-Cortez School District officials and supporters celebrated the news. The bond will pay 48...

DATE: Nov. 9, 2012 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Suckla wins District 3 commissioner seat

Larry Don Suckla will be joining Keenen Ertel as the two new members on the Montezuma County Commission in January after winning the District 3 commissioner seat in Tuesday’s election. Unofficial...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Voters overwhelmingly pass 3B bond

There will be a new high school in Cortez.After voters overwhelmingly approved a school bond, Montezuma-Cortez School District officials and supporters celebrated the news. The bond will pay 48...

DATE: Nov. 8, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

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