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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Sheriff: Fires creates heated situations

Roatcap evacuation incident was avoidable

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

Weber Fire still smoldering in some areas

The Weber Fire, which started June 22 before being contained July 5, is still not completely out the Bureau of Land Management is reporting. Shannon Borders, BLM public affairs specialist for the...

DATE: Nov. 7, 2012 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Weber Fire still smoldering

The Weber Fire, which started June 22 before being contained July 5, is still not completely out the Bureau of Land Management is reporting. Shannon Borders, BLM public affairs specialist for the...

DATE: Nov. 3, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

County gears up for 2012 election

With Election Day just three days away, the Montezuma County Clerk’s office is preparing for a large number of voters, though that number will be diminished greatly by residents who have already...

DATE: Nov. 3, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arson suspect hears charges

The 53-year-old Dolores man accused of starting the Roatcap Fire south of Dolores on Oct. 24 appeared in Montezuma County Court Wednesday afternoon to hear the charges and potential sentences he...

DATE: Nov. 3, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff’s Office arrests suspect in Roatcap Fire

The Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office Thursday afternoon arrested a 53-year-old Dolores man in connection with starting the Roatcap Fire.The suspect, who the Montezuma County Court identified as...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Teacher facing assault charge

A 43-year-old Cortez Middle School teacher was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 24 after he allegedly punched a Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputy while trying to gain access to a blocked road to his...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Weber Fire suspect charged

More than four months after the Weber Fire started, the United States Attorney’s Office has filed a charge against a juvenile for setting the 10,000-acre fire.James Candelaria of the United States...

DATE: Nov. 2, 2012 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Teacher facing assault charge

A 43-year-old Cortez Middle School teacher was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 24 after he allegedly punched a Montezuma County Sheriff’s deputy while trying to gain access to a blocked road to his...

DATE: Nov. 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Weber Fire suspect charged

More than four months after the Weber Fire started, the United States Attorney’s Office has filed a charge against a juvenile for setting the 10,000-acre fire.James Candelaria of the United States...

DATE: Nov. 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Another murder trial for Greenlee?

Questions remain whether the 22nd Judicial District will decide to retry accused murderer Farrell Greenlee a second time after the court in October vacated his 2005 conviction of second-degree...

DATE: Nov. 1, 2012 | CATEGORY: Local News

Murder conviction vacated

After seven years of appeals, a 40-year-old Cortez man will get a second chance to convince a jury to acquit him of murder.District Court Judge Jeffrey Wilson on Oct. 22 vacated the 2005...

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

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