Canon City Daily Record

The Cañon City Daily Record is a daily newspaper based in Cañon City, Colorado. It features news from local, regional, national, and international sources. The newspaper is owned by Prairie Mountain Publishing, which is a part of MediaNews Group that acquired it in 2011.

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Housing shortage adds to homeless issue in Fremont County

1 day ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a year-long, monthly series looking into the Homeless Solutions Working Group and its subcommittees in Cañon City. Most unhoused individuals desire a safe, warm place to call home. With an affordable housing shortage in Fremont County, and with a lot of individuals having either a bad credit history, low income or a criminal record, it makes it nearly impossible for them to obtain housing.
New Fremont County veteran service officer hits the ground running

2 days ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

Fremont County’s newest Veteran Service Officer, Cheryl Baur, was formally introduced to the public during the second annual Women Veterans Day celebration June 12 at the VFW Post 4061. She served nearly 31 years in the U.S. Coast Guard, having retired in 2009. She later went on to work for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, doing claims, specialty claims in particular. Baur recently moved to the area from Florida and stopped by the FCVSO to learn how to volunteer.
Mesa County mail carrier sentenced to 5 years in prison for ballot thefts

2 days ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Katie Langford

Mesa County mail carrier sentenced to 5 years in prison for ballot thefts
Bond reduction denied for Cañon City man accused of assaulting parishioner

3 days ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

Magistrate Claire LeBeau denied the request for a bond reduction for the Cañon City man accused of assaulting a parishioner at St. Michael’s Church on May 3 during a hearing Wednesday. Delaney Sam, 25, is charged with assault in the second degree, a Class 4 felony. He is being held in the Fremont County Jail on a $3,000 cash-only bond. Sam’s public defender, Adam Tunink, filed a bond motion asking the court to modify the bond from cash only to cash surety.
PHOTOS: Story time at Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

3 days ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

Coraline Loyd, 7, reads to Anna Schultz, a resident at Skyline Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, on Tuesday. The Kids Klub brings six students to the facility every other week during the summer to read to the residents. Facility Administrator Rob Newman said that as a member of the community, the facility and its residents need to be involved. 'We wanted to create something that would help connect that bridge between the elderly and the young, as well.
Custer County judge: Jury will receive instruction regarding discovery violations in Westcliffe murder case

3 days ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

A Custer County judge has ordered that a jury will be provided an instruction regarding discovery violations as a sanction in the case of the Westcliffe woman who left the state with the man suspected in a triple homicide Nov. 20, 2023.
Holcim enters new chapter as Amrize

4 days ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

Holcim has been in the community for more than 100 years, and now, with a new brand and a newly approved conditional use permit, the business has plans in place to operate for another century. A limestone quarry and four generations of cement plants have been operating east of Florence since the late 1880s. The […] Subscribe to continue reading this article. Originally Published: June 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM MDT
Barry Morphew indicted in murder of missing wife, arrested Friday in Arizona

1 week ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

The 12th Judicial District Grand Jury on Wednesday returned an indictment charging Barry Morphew with the first-degree murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew. Morphew was taken into custody in Arizona today. The 12th Judicial District Attorney’s Office will seek to extradite Morphew back to the San Luis Valley. The investigation into the disappearance and murder […] Subscribe to continue reading this article. Originally Published: June 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM MDT
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen: potential healthcare cuts will be ‘gut-wrenching’

1 week ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Carie Canterbury

U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen hosted a town hall meeting Tuesday at Harrison K-8 School to give updates on what’s happening at the federal level and engage with local voices. One common theme she has heard across the 7th Congressional District is concern about President Donald Trump’s proposed budget bill, “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which she voted against May 22. “What’s gut-wrenching for me is the healthcare cuts,” she said.
ICE used group chat with Colorado sheriff to target woman for immigration enforcement, officials say

1 week ago | canoncitydailyrecord.com | Shelly Bradbury

Federal immigration agents arrested a Utah college student driving through Grand Junction in early June after they learned about her from local law enforcement — a situation that Colorado laws are designed to prevent. The federal agents identified the 19-year-old, who was born in Brazil, for immigration enforcement after a Mesa County Sheriff’s Office deputy pulled her over for a traffic stop on Interstate 70 near Fruita on June 5.