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La Plata jail commander accused in strip-search case faces second class-action suit

18 victims seek damages, changes to strip-search policies

DATE: Sep 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police officer resigns after being linked to New Mexico DWI scandal

Daniel Carr completed training in May, resigned on Wednesday

DATE: Jun 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

As DOJ looks into Tina Peters’ prosecution, Colorado officials field pleas from her supporters

‘They are all talking about how Tina Peters has been victimized’

DATE: Mar 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Santa Rita Park shooter sentenced to 45 years prison

Two more defendants await adjudication in alleged ambush-style shooting

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Do Trump’s immigration directives conflict with Colorado laws?

At issue is whether federal executive orders override existing local and state statutes

DATE: Jan 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Amendment I: Should Colorado judges be able to deny bail to people charged with first-degree murder?

Measure is an effort to remedy an unintended consequence from when state’s death penalty was abolished in 2020

DATE: Oct 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Montezuma County joins six others in lawsuit against state

Seven counties have joined together since the state took money from the local government severance tax fund

DATE: Sep 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Update: Sheriff’s Office investigates DWI in DA Hatfield’s crash

Montezuma County DA involved in single-car crash near Farmington

DATE: Sep 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Courts and Crime

Colorado, U.S. Department of Justice sue RealPage over alleged price-fixing scheme to drive up rent

The federal lawsuit says RealPage controls as much as 80% of the national market for landlord revenue management software, giving it outsize power to “subvert competition” and distort the free market to the detriment of renters

DATE: Aug 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

District attorney’s office begins reviewing all arrest, search warrant affidavits

Order seeks to better demonstrate probable cause, keep judges out of legal fray

DATE: May 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jason Eley withdraws from 6th Judicial District attorney’s race

Sean Murray now the lone candidate in primary election

DATE: Mar 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s public defenders say they need 230 more attorneys to provide effective counsel

Biggest factor driving need is a 4,500% increase in volume of evidence in the digital age

DATE: Feb 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News