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Aztec mobile home park tenants sue landlord, alleging unlawful rules, evictions and fees

Tenant of 16 years says he and family can’t afford rent increase

DATE: Dec 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Farmington police target street racers with new ‘grappler’ device

Aztec man pleads not guilty in fiery September racing crash

DATE: Dec 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Opening statements made in Durango motel homicide trial

Defense says killing was justified because of trespassing; prosecution says defendant eliminated a romantic rival

DATE: Dec 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Tina Peters’ request for release on bond dismissed by federal judge

A federal magistrate judge in Colorado on Monday dismissed former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus, one of several long-shot legal maneuvers Peters’ attorn...

DATE: Dec 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: News

Jury selection begins for Durango man accused in motel shooting death

Suspect faces life in prison for first-degree murder charge

DATE: Dec 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Federal judge restricts how ICE can arrest people in Colorado, calling past conduct ‘unlawful’

Ruling is critical of ‘indiscriminate,’ warrantless arrests

DATE: Nov 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Prosecutor, attorney general urge Gov. Polis to ignore requests to aid Tina Peters

A request from the Trump administration to transfer former Republican Mesa County clerk Tina Peters from state to federal custody is opposed by state officials, including the Republican dist...

DATE: Nov 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawyer, NM resident John Eastman among those Trump pardoned for 2020 election subversion

Attorney John Eastman, whose residence in Santa Fe prompted protests following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, is one of the 77 people President Donald Trump pardoned recently. That par...

DATE: Nov 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Colorado steps forward to protect wetlands

Over the past few years, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued decisions upending decades of well-established environmental protections. Earlier this year, in a case brought by Colorado county g...

DATE: Nov 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Judge finds Montrose church guilty in unhoused camp case

The Montrose United Methodist Church has been found guilty on four of five counts related to citations they received last winter for allowing unhoused residents to camp on their property. A ...

DATE: Nov 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life