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Police investigators remain unsure what caused an early morning fire on Main Street that destroyed three businesses on Sunday. “It’s inconclusive,” said Cortez Police Department Det. Lt. Jim...
DATE: Feb. 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
An early morning blaze in downtown Cortez on Sunday gutted three businesses in a historic building, closed a coffee shop and halted traffic on Main Street for hours. Emergency fire crews were...
DATE: Feb. 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News
An early morning blaze in downtown Cortez on Sunday gutted three businesses and halted eastbound and westbound traffic on Main Street for hours. Emergency fire crews were dispatched to Stewart's...
DATE: Feb. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: MT - News
“Nobody loses in Special Olympics,” said Brandon Eubanks. “Everybody’s a winner.” A Cortez Special Olympics basketball coach, Eubanks led a group of 17 special needs athletes this past weekend at...
DATE: Feb. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: High School Sports
A Cortez woman pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Monday for the Sept. 19 stabbing death 62-year-old Charles Chaves. Valerie Espinoza, 38, repeatedly smiled, frowned, scowled, sobbed and even...
DATE: Feb. 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
A comprehensive archaeological documentation of traditional wooden Ute tribal dwellings, the Colorado Wickiup Project, recently received the Governor’s Award for Historic Preservation. Lt. Gov. Joe...
DATE: Feb. 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
An early morning blaze in downtown Cortez on Sunday gutted three businesses and halted eastbound and westbound traffic on Main Street for hours. Emergency fire crews were dispatched to Stewart’s...
DATE: Feb. 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Over the past 25 years, more than 36,000 acres of old-growth forests have been destroyed by wildfires at Mesa Verde National Park. The result, an invasion of aggressive, nonnative plant species...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
After analyzing some 12,000 Great Pueblo-era pottery sherds from Hovenweep National Monument, Four Corners archaeologist Jonathon Till riveted the Colorado Archaeology Society's Hisatsinom Chapter...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Explosions at the new Montezuma-Cortez High School site are expected any day. Officials with Nunn Construction Inc. issued the warning this week, indicating the company needed to blast rock from...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
Steve Nowlin, a 37-year law enforcement veteran, recently announced he is coming out of retirement to seek the Montezuma County sheriff’s post. A Republican candidate in the November election,...
DATE: Feb. 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office has been approved to purchase 18 new vehicles with Law Enforcement Authority funds. Collected from property taxes, Law Enforcement Authority funds were...
DATE: Feb. 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: DS - News