Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

School district to reveal budget

Proposed increase is attributed to accounting practices

Deputy in car chase speaks out

Iraq veteran Williams talks about high-speed pursuit and shooting

24 hours at Mesa Verde

An overnight adventure and history lesson with amazing sights and tastes

Native students get biggest dose of discipline

Unreleased data refute analysis presented to school board

Court upholds murder conviction

A judge has denied a defense motion to set aside the murder conviction in the shooting death of Cortez attorney Richard Luhman. Serving a life sentence without the possibility of ...

District backs off request for school tax

The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District has opted not to ask voters for additional tax revenue via a mill levy override. “There was no way it would’ve passed,” said Re-1 Superin...

Ute taskforce to tackle teen drug use

Through two grant programs, Ute Mountain Ute officials hope to reduce the number of tribal teenagers that use drugs. With a philosophy that local drug problems require local solut...

Women report using drugs inside jail

Several female inmates at the Montezuma County jail were questioned on Mother’s Day whether they had been getting high inside the 104-bed facility. According to a Montezuma County...

Deputy resigns amid probe

Ex-Blanding chief also faced a Utah investigation

Suspect ID'd in car chase

Fla. man, niece reportedly killed themselves as chase ended

Authorities ID suspect in car chase

Florida man, niece reportedly killed themselves as Cortez chase ended in Shiprock

Car chase ends in apparent suicides

100-mph pursuit, shots fired at deputy after 'gas skip' in Cortez