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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…
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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,…
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Storm hits Four Corners; Cortez classes mistakenly canceled
The National Weather Service forecast a chance of rain and snow before 8 p.m. Tuesday night, with a slight chance of snow between 8 p.m. and midnight and temperatures falling…
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Nowlin names Cortez native new undersheriff
Kingery has 19 years with Cortez Police, is called ‘honest’ and ‘hard-working’
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Mustang traps proposed to replace copters
A helicopter rounds up wild horses and herds them toward corrals in Disappointment Valley during a Bureau of Land Management roundup in August. Now, the BLM is asking for comments…
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Dedicated tennis players
Tom Champ, Luther Gilstrap and Gordon Barritt shovel the snow off the tennis courts in Parque de Vida so they can play the game in the winter months.Sam Green/Cortez Journal
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Snow conditions familiar to skiers in avalanche
Woman’s ski partner describes rescue efforts, deadly slide on Kendall Mountain
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Rain and snow mix expected this weekend
Rain and snow are in the forecast for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service forecast, but with daytime temperatures hovering in the low 40s, it’s unlikely anything will…
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Truck rolls over
A pickup truck clipped a car and rolled over, landing upright, on Empire Street about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. One person in the truck was transported to Southwest Memorial Hospital. Empire…
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Headed for warmer climes
Vance and Ty Koppenhafer and Kim Bradshaw keep their cattle in line as they move the herd down Road 27 headed for the Koppehafer ranch on Road 24. The cattle…
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New firefighting strategy aims to protect habitat
BOISE, Idaho – Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is calling for a new wildfire-fighting strategy that protects a wide swath of sagebrush country in the intermountain West that supports cattle ranching…
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Durango councilors back Utes’ water request
Lake Nighthorse, as seen west from Carbon Mountain, was created in part to fulfill water-right obligations to the Navajo Nation the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute…
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Tipton serves on caucus
Rep. Scott Tipton has been tapped as one of three vice-chairmen to the House of Representative’s Western Caucus. The announcement was made on Wednesday, the day after the 114th Congress…