Tobie Baker
Position: Staff reporter

Navajo commission tells of rights complaints

Group assessing border town justice will visit Cortez

No-shows at Navajo hearing

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – No citizens attended a Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission public hearing Thursday that had been called to assess the treatment of Navajo by law enforcement in the city ...

Allmon faces retrial in sex case

Jury failed to reach a verdict last week

Sex case ends in mistrial

Jury unable to return a verdict; DA Furse wants new trial

Could pot boost local ag industry?

Advocates say yes, release field report

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...

Grant for M-CHS stadium is denied

‘Back to the drawing board,’ Carter says

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 Tues...

Nowlin outlines sheriff's agenda

New policies, job testing, mounted patrol are on tap

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 ...

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, J...

Nowlin outlines sheriff's agenda

New policies, job testing, mounted patrol are on tap