Colorado City

Does the Legislature Need to Make Sure Colorado City's FLDS-Lovin' Cops Get Lost?

Attorney General Tom Horne's efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was killed in the state House last week, as the legislative session ended.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the Utah/Arizona border that child r ... More >>

Tom Horne's Effort to Get Rid of FLDS-Lovin' Cops in Colorado City Killed in Legislature

Attorney General Tom Horne's efforts to replace the police force in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was killed in the state House yesterday, which turned out to be the last day of the legislative session.Colorado City, for those joining late, is the city on the Ut ... More >>

AG Tom Horne Wants to Replace Cops in FLDS Haven Colorado City, Kid-Raping Polygamist Warren Jeffs' Old Stomping Grounds

​A bill that would replace local police in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was unanimously approved by a state Senate committee this morning.Colorado City, for anyone who doesn't know, is a haven for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ... More >>

Red Letter Drive

​A bill that would replace local police in Colorado City with deputies from the Mohave County Sheriff's Office was unanimously approved by a state Senate committee this morning.Colorado City, for anyone who doesn't know, is a haven for members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ... More >>

Colorado City Schools Set to be Returned to Local Control; AG's Office Sits on Fraud Investigation

Texas authorities last year released pictures of former FLDS leader Warren Jeffs making out with underage girls. ​ The Arizona Board of Education is set to return the Colorado City Unified School District to local control -- that control being by a bunch of polygamist inbreds. The corru ... More >>

Short Creek redux? Colorado City historian Ben Bistline on the FLDS, Warren Jeffs, and Yearning for Zion.

Texas authorities last year released pictures of former FLDS leader Warren Jeffs making out with underage girls. ​ The Arizona Board of Education is set to return the Colorado City Unified School District to local control -- that control being by a bunch of polygamist inbreds. The corru ... More >>

It's Texas' Turn to battle with Polygamy

Texas authorities last year released pictures of former FLDS leader Warren Jeffs making out with underage girls. ​ The Arizona Board of Education is set to return the Colorado City Unified School District to local control -- that control being by a bunch of polygamist inbreds. The corru ... More >>

Carolyn Jessop

Texas authorities last year released pictures of former FLDS leader Warren Jeffs making out with underage girls. ​ The Arizona Board of Education is set to return the Colorado City Unified School District to local control -- that control being by a bunch of polygamist inbreds. The corru ... More >>

It Practices What They Preach

Cast into the spotlight by fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, the mainstream Mormon Church's trying to distance itself from its infamous cousin

Authorities Swarm Polygamists

State and federal law enforcement launches a multifaceted campaign against fugitive fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Warren Jeffs and his followers

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, March 9, 2006

State and federal law enforcement launches a multifaceted campaign against fugitive fundamentalist Mormon Prophet Warren Jeffs and his followers

Rogue Cops

The police force in Polygamyland helps fugitive Prophet Warren Jeffs and his cult break the law

Big Eeeewww!

HBO's created a hot-soccer-mom fantasy in which Jeanne Tripplehorn plays the elder wife in a polygamous marriage

FBI Raids Polygs

Federal agents descend on fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs' followers with 66 subpoenas. Five were served

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, January 12, 2006

Federal agents descend on fugitive polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs' followers with 66 subpoenas. Five were served

Plundering the Faithful

Polygamists continue to pipe big money to their fugitive prophet as their towns face financial ruin

Forbidden Fruit

Inbreeding among polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border is producing a caste of severely retarded and deformed children

Crash Course

Fundamentalist Mormons lose control of Colorado City's school district, as a criminal investigation continues

Wanted: Armed and Dangerous

As the FBI chases polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, work continues 24/7 on his religion's foreboding new Texas capital

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, October 6, 2005

As the FBI chases polygamist Prophet Warren Jeffs, work continues 24/7 on his religion's foreboding new Texas capital

Under Siege

Polygamists are barricading their homes in the midst of mounting legal assaults by authorities

On a Wing and a Prayer

Finding the Colorado City school district's airplane could lead to polygamist prophet Warren Jeffs' arrest

Uncle Sam Wants Them

Military recruiters are grabbing student info from local schools without parents' permission

Education Reclamation

A new state law wrests control of Colorado City schools away from polygamist zealots

Derail Polygamy's Money Train

A bill before the Legislature would allow the state to begin reforming a society that steals public money and abuses underage girls

Commentary

Religious Wrong

A state lawmaker's assault on the campus press is trickle-down from Dubya's White House

Gutless Wonders

Here's an idea, county supes: Audit the freakin' sheriff's office for the first time ever!

Arrest the Polyg Prophet Now!

What are authorities waiting for? Pedophile Warren Jeffs has looted school coffers and is on the run

Janet's Missed Opportunity

Governor Napolitano went to Utah, and all we got was some lousy ring kissing.

Too Little, Too Late

The governor needs to help abused women and children in Colorado City. Now.

Blasphemous Backlash

Ross Chatwin said no way to polygamy's holy man before the national press. Will others join him now?

Double Exposure

Arizona's finally followed Utah's lead and launched serious action to stop abuses by polygamists

Politics Over Principle

Napolitano and Goddard exhibit cowardly conduct in the polygamy probe

Letters

Letters from the week of August 28, 2003

Victims' Refuge

Arizona and Utah officials decide to curb underage marriages by erecting a sheriff's substation in polygamy country

Utah Targets Polyg Prophet

While Arizona authorities languish, the Utah Attorney General's Office focuses on the leader of the fundamentalist Mormon Church

Eyes Wide Shut

From Governor Janet Napolitano down, Arizona authorities have protected polygamous sexual predators with their indifference

Dirty Tricks

A call to an ex-gubernatorial candidate's campaign cell phone is linked to forged documents used to slam Napolitano and Salmon.

Profits of Polygamy

Arizona launches a probe into alleged improper spending by the Colorado City school district

House Rules

A surprising settlement in a Morman case

How many wives is too many wives?

Letters from the week of May 8, 2003

Bigamy, Big Boys

Letters from the week of April 17, 2003

Polygamy in Arizona: The Wages of Sin

Arizona polygamist leaders are using public funds to support religious schools and line their own pockets. The state's done nothing to stop them.

Fornicating for God

As the case of a snatched Mormon girl from Salt Lake City unfolds, polygamists along the Arizona-Utah border face legal scrutiny

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona

For decades the state has let a feudal colony of fundamentalist Mormons force underage girls into illegal polygamous marriages

Polygamy Puzzle

Furor over mysterious memo masks difficulties in prosecuting illegal acts

An Abbreviated History of Polygamous Communities

Furor over mysterious memo masks difficulties in prosecuting illegal acts

Cover-Up (Arizona Attorney General internal memo)

Arizona faces a "Waco-level" threat from Mormon fundamentalists.

Rapture & Rupture

Heavenly deliverance, 'ethnic cleansing' and child-snatching in polygamous Colorado City

Trouble in the Kingdom of God

Rebel polygamists in Colorado City win a crucial court victory