Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: tbaker@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6033

Could pot boost local ag industry?

A local medical marijuana advocate says the area’s agriculture industry could receive a boost if farmers were allowed to grow cannabis. Last summer, Montezuma County commissioners voted to prohibit...

DATE: Jan. 16, 2015 | CATEGORY: Business

Testimony concludes in child sex case

Testimony in the trial of a previously convicted sex offender charged with molesting an 8-year-old girl in 2013 concluded Wednesday afternoon. Closing statements were set to start at 10 a.m. on...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Grant for M-CHS stadium is denied

School officials have announced that they didn’t receive a state funding request to construct athletic facilities at the new Montezuma-Cortez High School. In a weekly report dated Jan. 9, Re-1...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Officer in Make My Day case is reprimanded

A patrol officer with the Cortez Police Department was chastised last year four days after he was allegedly stabbed.The Cortez Journal obtained all performance evaluations, internal affairs...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez native tapped as new undersheriff

Aiding his command, new Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin has selected local police detective Jim Kingery as his go-to man. Immediately after taking his oath of office on Tuesday, Jan. 13,...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Nowlin outlines sheriff's agenda

Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin intends to institute new policy and procedure guidelines within days of his inauguration. District Court Judge Todd Plewe administered Nowlin's oath of office...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Medical expert testifies at sex trial

The alleged victim in a child sexual molestation case didn’t sustain a physical injury, according to a medical expert. Dr. Robert Heyl, a private family physician, was instructed by law enforcement...

DATE: Jan. 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trial for convicted sex offender underway

Public defenders representing a convicted sex offender on new child sex charges told jurors this week that their client was innocent. In a 15-minute opening statement on Monday, Jan. 12, public...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nowlin outlines sheriff's agenda

Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin intends to institute new policy and procedure guidelines within days of his inauguration. District Court Judge Todd Plewe administered Nowlin's oath of office...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Nowlin names Cortez native new undersheriff

Aiding his command, new Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin has selected local police detective Jim Kingery as his go-to man. Immediately after taking his oath of office on Tuesday, Jan. 13,...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cortez native tapped as new undersheriff

Aiding his command, new Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin has selected local police detective Jim Kingery as his go-to man. Immediately after taking his oath of office on Tuesday, Jan. 13,...

DATE: Jan. 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Jury picked from pool of 400 in sex case

Some 400 Montezuma County residents were summoned for jury duty last week. More than 100 were questioned privately in the judge’s chamber. Court officials explained that jurors who indicated they...

DATE: Jan. 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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