After years of pressure from the State, the Montezuma County Commissioners decided late last year to build a new court house and cobbled together about $7.5 million in construction money through grants and reserves. Now, both prospective builders have told the County that the project, as designed, can't be done for less than $10 million--more than $2 million over the original budget.
Jeff Pope and Gail Binkley sat down with the Four Corners Free Press' David Grant Long who has been covering the story.