Tag: Montezuma County
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Panel member ejected from one judge’s discipline case, as second judge challenges protocols in his proceeding
One member of a panel adjudicating the misconduct allegations against a county court judge has been replaced due to her alleged non-responsiveness, at the same time a different county court judge is objecting to the intended protocols in his own disciplinary case. Following voters’ passage of constitutional Amendment H in November 2024, adjudication of serious…
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Federal judge green-lights some claims for trial in death of Montezuma County jail detainee
Two state-law claims and one claim under federal law will proceed in the jail death of Kelroy Newman
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3 people found dead in Cortez in suspected fentanyl overdose
Less than three weeks after five Coloradans died in what is believed to be the largest single fentanyl overdose in the country, three more people were found dead in a hotel room in Cortez after ingesting fentanyl. One of the victims, 44-year-old Shondella Silas, was buried Thursday. Shondella Silas left behind five children, according to…
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Investigation underway after man attacked by mountain lion in Montezuma County
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are on the lookout for a mountain lion that attacked a 47-year-old man in Montezuma County on Sunday. The victim, Michael D. Warren, suffered puncture wounds to his right leg, wildlife officials said. “This is an ongoing investigation,” District Wildlife…
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Drought along a Colorado river calls for extreme efforts to enforce water laws: A badge and a gun
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CORTEZ — There’s an adage among Western farmers, ranchers and outlaws that has been uttered through generations of disappointment and joy: “Whiskey’s for drinking and water’s for fighting over.” And water scarcity driven by drastic climate-change along the Dolores River in southwest Colorado has been…
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Texas hunter fatally shot in southwest Colorado
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An out-of-state man is in custody after reportedly shooting and killing a Texas hunter in Dolores County on Friday. Ronald Morosko, of Elizabeth, Pa., is being held in the Montezuma County Jail on suspicion of committing a criminally negligent homicide, according to the Dolores County Sheriff’s Office. First responders were sent to the Kilpacker Trailhead…