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18-year-old killed in crash near Fort Apache ID'd LAS VEGAS — The Clark County Coroners Office said Sunday that Rajaunay Lasherie Davis is the 18-year-old woman who was killed in a crash near Fort Apache Road and Sahara Avenue Wednesday night. Metro Police said Davis was one of the … Read more on KLAS-TV Was Acton...
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Stephen Collins Case: LA County Sheriff Probes Sex Crime Claims Collins and Grant are involved in divorce proceedings that started in 2012. Grant previously told ABC News in a statement: "With regard to the divorce proceedings, I am seeking no more than that to which I am legally entitled under the laws of the …...
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Government funds lawyers for immigrant children The grants to two organizations are part of a bigger $ 9 million project that aims to provide lawyers to 2,600 children. The move comes after the number of unaccompanied Central American children arriving on the U.S.-Mexico border more than doubled this … Read more on KVOA Tucson News Positive...
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Northern Water, Reclamation reach Windy Gap deal Currently, Windy Gap water rights are in priority during wet years, though paradoxically the C-BT project is often too full to hold excess water. Because the Windy Gap Project has a junior water right, it is often not able to divert water during dry … Read more on...
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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE The street address is purported to be: Vacant Land – Address Unknown, Apache County, AZ Tax Parcel Number 212-33-223 Original Principal Balance $ 26,010.00 Name and address of original Trustor Luis Jose Hernandez and Yvonne Marie Costa, 1500 … Read more on White Mountain Independent Renewable-energy project gives state fastest clean-energy job...
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Trans-county water pipeline makes sense

Trans-county water pipeline makes sense The reason we are pursuing these three water use options is that the district's water rights (that is, you the ratepayers' water rights) will expire in 2029. In California water law, now more than ever, "Use It or Lose It" applies. We are currently not … Read more on Eureka...
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Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General

Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, will resign his post after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and 5 1/2 years of fights with … Read more on KNAU Arizona Public Radio...
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The UN says water is a fundamental human right in Detroit The two special rapporteurs — one on "the human right to water and sanitation," the other on "adequate housing" — were invited to town not by the city, but by community groups that have been advocating for the poor. And their conclusion reinforces …...
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NewsAlert 26/9/14: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's Divorce Story – A case for … It was also gathered that many published reports had not obtained access to the divorce papers, attorneys on either side of the case or even a statement from contacts involved in this process. For gossip columns and tabloids, that may be okay and...
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The West is bone dry. Here's how to help

The West is bone dry. Here's how to help Drought is rampant these days in many parts of the American West, so consider this a pretty sweet gift: You've just been given the rights to some water. An acre-foot of it, to be exact, which is roughly enough to fill an NBA basketball court so...
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The Problem With Covenant Marriages and Fault-Based Divorce

The Problem With Covenant Marriages and Fault-Based Divorce That is so because many more divorce cases would go to trial, where they now settle out of court…. Thirdly, returning fault to divorce would inflict even more trauma and injury on the children of divorcing parents. Children suffer greatly when they … Read more on Huffington Post Women's Center pro-bono legal more »

High-stakes suit pits ranchers against water-sampling greens

High-stakes suit pits ranchers against water-sampling greens Ranchers claim that the case is about trespass and private property rights, which Jones said are being "trampled on, incrementally, little bit by little bit." But it's also a high-stakes gambit by Karen Budd-Falen, the attorney representing the … Read more on Environment & Energy Publishing BIA Head Kevin Washburn Speaks to ICTMN more »

Early tests don't find tainted water from oil boom

Early tests don't find tainted water from oil boom But the scientists caution that the results were unlikely to pick up contamination from surface spills or leaking well casings because the water they tested was from aquifers that predate oil and gas drilling. The U.S. Geological Survey study released … Read more on Montana Standard Delta tunnels the next big more »

Quiet title action supports constitutional rights

Quiet title action supports constitutional rights He completely ignores the fact that the Protect Our Water Rights (POWR) members did not file a lawsuit at all. They have simply requested a court to affirm their constitutional right to the reasonable use of the water under their property by granting a … Read more on Cal Coast News Interstate Stream Commission more »

Latinos Say Cash Missing After Arrests In Arizona

Latinos Say Cash Missing After Arrests In Arizona Several lawyers and advocates said they have heard dozens of complaints of missing money over the years from immigrants who were stopped by deputies. Mexican officials say they fielded about 10 calls last year from detainees in Arpaio's jails about … Read more on KJZZ Nurse, Aid Group Criticize Quarantine After Negative Ebola more »

Maricopa County, state launch ad campaign for no-burn days

Maricopa County, state launch ad campaign for no-burn days While the Maricopa County Air Quality Department has largely relied on members of the public to seek out that information themselves, officials are partnering with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for a second straight year to offer a … Read more on East Valley Tribune Snowflake Council Indicates Interest In Geocaching more »

City OKs water deal to benefit low-flowing Fork

City OKs water deal to benefit low-flowing Fork The deal is between the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co., which operates transbasin diversion tunnels underneath Independence Pass, and the city of Aspen and the Colorado River District, which works to protect water rights on the Western Slope. Read more on Aspen Journalism Letter: Keep track of county's water bank efforts more »

Attorneys focus on legal disputes before they hit court

Attorneys focus on legal disputes before they hit court These collaborative law practice groups have traditionally focused on family law and divorce but, in recognizing the benefits of the model, are beginning to branch out into cases involving estates, probates, trusts and conservatorships, Martin said … Read more on San Mateo Daily Journal Adultery as the reason for divorce There more »

Fact Check: Are state prisons cheaper than private prisons?

Fact Check: Are state prisons cheaper than private prisons? Apache County Sheriff Brannon Eager agreed, saying "it's obvious the existing sheriffs' jails could house inmates cheaper than in private prisons." Although there is no definitive study comparing prison costs, Rothans is correct to say that the state … Read more on azcentral.com Daily News high school sports: Malibu's Pietrzyk wins first more »

Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates

Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates Despite mass protests, the emergency management water shutoffs in Detroit have resumed, even as UN experts publish a press release calling the water disconnects "contrary to human rights" and activists decry them as "genocide." The corporate-led … Read more on Truth-Out Pandora Water Treatment Plant now functional The Pandora more »