law and justice

Local News

Coroner rules deaths near Oxford a murder, suicide

killed his girlfriend, then shot himself

March 13, 2019

Local News

High-speed chase ends in arrest

arrested on suspicion of eluding police

March 12, 2019

Local News

Couple living near Oxford may have died in murder-suicide

Autopsies planned for Tuesday, Wednesday

March 11, 2019

Local News

Irene Barry knew what to do when a gunman entered her school

teacher says active-shooter training needed in face of national crisis

March 11, 2019

Local News

Cortez man gets probation in drug, domestic violence cases

asks defendant why any judge would believe him

March 10, 2019

Local News

Cortez man faces up to 3 years in prison for domestic violence

Accused in separate case of chasing woman’s mom with baseball bat

March 9, 2019

Regional News

Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake

Agreement resolves every legal dispute between baker and state

March 5, 2019

Local News

Sergeant cleared in shooting of armed, ‘depressed’ Mancos man

‘Depressed’ man talked about suicide

March 4, 2019

Local News

Skid-steer driver charged with menacing, criminal mischief

Westlund allegedly went after people, troopers with Bobcat

March 1, 2019

Local News

Man gets 10 years prison for threatening, attacking deputies

Williams, 28, punched officers and threatened them with a knife

March 1, 2019

Film

Michael Jackson brothers say accusers’ film neglects facts

In this Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019, Marlon Jackson, second from left, Tito Jackson, second from right, and Jackie Jackson, far…

February 27, 2019

Local News

Man charged with burglary, trespassing in Mancos

Officers called for two separate incidents

February 27, 2019

Local News

Man charged with burglary, trespassing in Mancos

Officers called for two separate incidents

February 25, 2019

Local News

Two facing felony charges from Montrose community corrections

Investigation claimed charges based on false information

February 25, 2019

Local News

Cortez man in burglary, drug cases sentenced to community corrections

found no previous felony convictions

February 25, 2019

Local News

Police: Man tries to run over neighbors in skid-steer loader

Westlund, 37, was arrested at gunpoint

February 23, 2019

For the record

Sheriff Blotter

du1-i-syn 9:22 a.m.: A man at Montezuma County Detention Center, 730 E. Driscoll St., was served two failure to appear…

February 21, 2019

Local News

Felon fails to appear in Cortez court after Durango standoff

concerned for public safety

February 21, 2019

Local News

Driver suspected in hit-and-run detained by Mancos officers

du1-i-syn According to Marshal Justen Goodall, Cortez dispatch put out a radio call for the green sedan about 3:29 p.m.,…

February 19, 2019

Local News

New Mancos marshal speaks about priorities, community values

Journal sits down with new Mancos Marshal Justen Goodall

February 19, 2019

Local News

Body, blood found on County Road 201

Sheriff’s Office investigating suspicious incident

February 19, 2019

Local News

Repeat Cortez trespasser arrested on DUI

Bylilly cited or arrested seven times in January

February 18, 2019

Local News

Resident with shotgun chases off suspect in police chase

was at large for two weeks after car chase

February 17, 2019

Local News

Bill would create text reminders for court defendants

Program would apply to district, county, municipal courts

February 17, 2019