The Public Record
Belongs to the Public.
This week, The Craig Gazette filed three Colorado Open Records Act requests targeting public agencies in Moffat County. The requests were submitted simultaneously — to the City of Craig, the Craig Police Department, and the Moffat County Sheriff's Office — and are a matter of public record from the moment of filing.
CORA is not a weapon. It is a receipt. It is the mechanism by which citizens confirm that their government is doing what it says it is doing. Every record we request already belongs to this community. We are simply asking to see it.
The Gazette will report on every response received, every extension claimed, and every denial issued. Silence is also data. The public will know what their government chose to share — and what it chose to withhold.
▽ CORA Requests Filed · July 2026 ▽
Contact: K. Carmody · kcarmody@cityofcraig.org
Request: All records related to civil cases 2025CV10, 2026CV09, 2026CV11, 2026CV12 — including communications, legal invoices, settlement discussions, and executive session minutes to the extent permitted by law.
Contact: K. Carmody · kcarmody@cityofcraig.org
Request: All K9 unit records, dangerous animal incident reports, and use-of-force logs for calendar years 2023–2026. All records related to Moffat County Resolution No. 2024-30 enforcement.
Contact: C. McIntyre · cmcintyre@sheriff.moffat.co.us
N. Businger · nathanbusinger@sheriff.moffat.co.us
Request: All records related to the Dangerous Dog Registry under Colorado § 35-42-115 and Resolution No. 2024-30, including registered animals, incidents, and enforcement actions 2024–2026.
Under Colorado law, public agencies have three business days to acknowledge a CORA request and a maximum of seven business days to respond, with limited extensions permitted. The Gazette will publish the response timeline for each agency in Issue No. 005.
"Silence is also data. The public will know what their government chose to share — and what it chose to withhold."Rigby Donovan · The Craig Gazette
Dangerous Dog Registry: Who Is On It?
Moffat County Resolution No. 2024-30 established a Dangerous Dog Registry under Colorado § 35-42-115. The resolution passed. The registry exists. The question the Gazette is now formally asking: who is on it, what incidents triggered registration, and is the county enforcing its own statute?
Our CORA request to the Sheriff's Office filed this week specifically targets these records. The community has a right to know whether animals designated dangerous are being tracked — and whether that designation carries real consequence or exists only on paper.
The Gazette will publish the full registry data as received, with incident context, in a forthcoming Cora Vertical report.
Coal Transition: Where Is the Money?
Moffat County holds a Tier One designation under Colorado's coal transition framework. That designation unlocks federal and state funding streams — OJT Coal Transition grants, OEDIT Just Transition funds, and Tri-State economic development resources — specifically allocated for communities impacted by the decline of coal employment.
The designation is real. The money exists. The Gazette is asking a straightforward question: who is applying for it, who controls the pipeline, and what is it actually being used to build?
Contacts active at Tri-State (Shannon Scott, Craig City Hall) and OEDIT Just Transition are being developed. A full accounting will be published when records are in hand.
What Powers This Paper
The Craig Gazette is published by Ticonderoga Systems Holdings LLC, a rural behavioral analytics and commerce intelligence platform headquartered in Craig, Colorado. The Gazette is the public-facing editorial vertical of the Ticon Recon intelligence layer.
Every issue is filed under the TEAKWOOD Protocol — Truth-first, Event-immutable, Audit-locked, Write-once. Every record we publish is timestamped, chained, and unalterable. We hold ourselves to the same standard we apply to the agencies we cover.
Beginning with Issue No. 005, the Gazette will introduce a community participation layer — a system by which readers who submit verified tips, share verified records, or contribute documented community intelligence earn recognition in the network. Details forthcoming.