Gail Binkly
News ReporterGail Binkly is a career journalist who has worked for the Colorado Springs Gazette and Cortez Journal, and was the editor of the Four Corners Free Press, based in Cortez.
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Montezuma-Cortez School Superintendent Tom Burris announced his resignation at Tuesday night’s meeting of the District Re-1 board. -
A local woman has been indicted on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her five-year-old daughter in 2022.
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser talked with an audience in Cortez on Friday about a number of issues faced by rural communities, including opioids, broadband access, economic development, and water.
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Voters in Montezuma County will have several local questions to answer in November’s election, depending on where they live.
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The Georgia corporation that owns Dollar General stores is again suing the Montezuma County commissioners over their rejection of a store proposed on County Road N at Highway 145.
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Two Cortez residents accused of beating a man to death and seriously injuring two other men in Veterans Park the evening of Aug. 20 appeared in District Court Friday.
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Some 225 people stood along Cortez’s Main Street for an hour Monday evening to express support for workers and criticism of the Trump administration. And during Tuesday’s meeting of the Montezuma County Commission, Chair Jim Candelaria spoke out against what he called misinformation on social media.
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People who came to Dolores on Wednesday night to see Third District Congressman Jeff Hurd had to make do with asking questions of the Montezuma County commissioners instead.
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A local citizen spoke up at Tuesday’s meeting of the Montezuma County commissioners to challenge the idea that the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and other sovereign nations don’t pay their fair share for public services.
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A man who is being sued for defamation by Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Harry (Tom) Burris has filed a motion to have that lawsuit dismissed.
