law and justice

Nation & World

Kerry determines ISIS committing genocide in Iraq, Syria

Determination unlikely to change how U.S. fighting group

March 17, 2016

Local News

Mancos marshal candidates meet with town citizens

Joe Roberts, Jason Spruell and Ken Underwood are in the running for marshal in Mancos. Town trustees will appoint one…

March 15, 2016

Local News

Bill would make tampering with a body a felony

Redwine’s mother offers tearful testimony on ‘dark subject’

March 14, 2016

Regional News

Lack of jurors delays Navajo Nation discretionary-fund trial

councilor says he will be cleared of the 10 criminal charges

March 14, 2016

Regional News

Prison plays hide-and-seek with ex-polygamist sect leader

Such is the hide-and-seek game authorities play with the self-styled prophet of the breakaway Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of…

March 13, 2016

Local News

Montezuma County Courthouse rendering revealed

State-of-the-art building features kiva-style community room

March 13, 2016

Regional News

Second of two escaped N.M. inmates arrested

surrenders to police without putting up fight

March 12, 2016

Local News

Police reform measures advance in Legislature

emotion out of the way, stakeholders come together

March 10, 2016

Local News

Grand juries: What’s their proper role?

say they are a flawed tool easily manipulated by prosecutors

March 7, 2016

Regional News

Feds suggest counseling over detention for tribal youth

The Interior and Justice departments released their guidelines Monday, updating a three-decade-old juvenile justice code. The update recommends that detention…

February 29, 2016

Nation & World

Bundy, 15 others plead not guilty in Oregon refuge case

involved in 41-day standoff

February 24, 2016

Nation & World

Analysis Obama’s sacrificial lamb High-court pick to face long odds

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval sits in his office at the Capitol in Carson City, Nev., on April 17, 2015. Sandoval,…

February 24, 2016

Nation & World

Colorado woman guilty of cutting baby from stranger’s womb

From left, defense attorneys Kathryn Herold and Jen Beck stand with Dynel Lane as the jury leaves a Boulder District…

February 23, 2016

Regional News

Ex-surgery tech pleads not guilty to stealing painkillers

Prosecutors say Rocky Allen, 28, took syringes filled with painkillers at Swedish Medical Center in the Denver suburb of Englewood…

February 20, 2016

Nation & World

Six-hour standoff ends with Mississippi officer dead, 3 injured

Suspect killed after police storm residence

February 20, 2016

Nation & World

California detective keeping an eye out for bee rustlers

can cost owners thousands of dollars

February 19, 2016

Regional News

Woman says she fought attacker, tried to protect unborn baby

Attacker tried to claim baby was hers

February 16, 2016

Nation & World

FBI goes through evidence at wildlife refuge

Forty-one-day armed standoff in Oregon ended on Thursday

February 13, 2016

Local News

Effort to make it easier to deliver death sentence fails in Colorado

Roberts joins Democrats in opposition

February 10, 2016

Local News

Man shot at End-O-Day Motel in Durango

Gonzales flown to Albuquerque hospital in critical condition

February 10, 2016

Local News

Cortez police likely to face lawsuit in Make My Day case

In a 1,154-word letter dated Jan. 12, attorney Kathyrn Stimson notified city attorney Mike Green that a Cortez family was…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

2 remaining escaped inmates arrested in San Francisco

broke out of California jail on Jan. 22

January 30, 2016

Local News

Gold King Mine spill legislation drowns in Colorado Legislature

Measure sought to make it easier to sue federal government

January 27, 2016

Nation & World

Gunman kills 4 in Canada

Residents reeling in remote aboriginal community

January 23, 2016