Position: Journal Staff Writer

Email: tbaker@the-journal.com

Phone Number: 970-564-6033

Bail bond agents featured on reality TV

A duo of local bail bond agents hit the small screen Sunday when Animal Planet premieres its new six-part series, Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters. According to a press release, the TV series follows...

DATE: April 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff defends LEA funding

With a $100,000 assessed property value, county residents pay $11.55 annually to the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Authority. Business owners with the same assessed value pay...

DATE: April 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Airline casts doubt on service

The president of Great Lakes Airlines said he was keeping his fingers crossed to maintain current services at the Cortez Municipal Airport. During a half-hour conference call Tuesday, Great Lakes...

DATE: April 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sheriff defends LEA funding to commission

With a $100,000 assessed property value, county residents pay $11.55 annually to the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement Authority. Business owners with the same assessed value pay...

DATE: April 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

Livestock may lose brewery grains

Livestock that feed on spent brewery grains are some of the happiest animals around. "Cows love the stuff," said Main Street Brewery brewmaster Brandon Miller. "When the truck rolls up, they...

DATE: April 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News

FDA proposal seeks to end use of brewery grains for livestock feed

Livestock that feed on spent brewery grains are some of the happiest animals around. "Cows love the stuff," said Main Street Brewery brewmaster Brandon Miller. "When the truck rolls up, they...

DATE: April 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Sheriff defends LEA funding to commission

With a $100,000 assessed property value, county residents pay $11.55 annually to the Montezuma County Sheriff's Office Law Enforcement Authority. Business owners with the same assessed value pay...

DATE: April 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Firefighters save garage structure

Because of quick response from fire crews, a woodworking shop was saved from destruction during a Sunday morning blaze. The Cortez Fire Protection District was dispatched to a structure fire...

DATE: April 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Council gets a lesson on how to elect mayor

At a workshop on Tuesday, the Cortez City Council is expected to receive a refresher on how to choose the city’s next mayor. The April 22 decision can be made in one of two ways. According to City...

DATE: April 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Carter has hope for grant, teachers

Over the next year, the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District is expected to receive two resident teachers as part of a multimillion grant. The Colorado Department of Education recently awarded...

DATE: April 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Education

FDA seeks to end use of brewery grains as livestock feed

Livestock that feed on spent brewery grains are some of the happiest animals around. “Cows love the stuff,” said Main Street Brewery brewmaster Brandon Miller. “When the truck rolls up, they...

DATE: April 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

The world behind bars

Equipped with 67 cameras, a single deputy monitors the Montezuma County Detention Center. From a darkened control room, a deputy visually inspects prisoner pods and monitors jail operations from...

DATE: April 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

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