Montezuma County held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for its new, $8.2 million combined courthouse project. Officials wielded golden shovels as they launched the construction project for a 28,000-square-foot building at Park and Driscoll streets in Cortez.
Above photo, from left: Jennilynn Lawrence, Montezuma County Court judge; Sonie Buffington, Montezuma County Chief Probation Officer; Eric Hogue, 22nd Judicial Court District Administrator; Larry Don Suckla, Montezuma County Commission Chair; Keenen Ertel, Montezuma County Commissioner; James Lambert, Montezuma County Commissioner; Doug Walker, Chief Judge; Monty Guiles, Owner's Representative