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HOLBROOK — Court records show Michael Abatti has retained a high-powered defense team, including multiple out-of-state attorneys who responded to our media inquiry. The documents show that victim impact statements were sealed and a gag order was issued prohibiting media disclosure of those statements.

LARIMER COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials say houndsmen and their tracking dogs were deployed after a woman was found dead along the Crosier Mountain Trail on New Year’s Day, in what investigators believe was a suspected, rare fatal mountain lion attack.

HOLBROOK, Ariz. — A California man accused of fatally shooting his estranged wife inside her Pinetop home has entered a not guilty plea to first-degree murder and remains jailed on a $5.5 million bond.

HOLBROOK, Ariz. — A man accused in a recent Pinetop homicide has been extradited to Arizona and booked into the Navajo County Jail, according to a media release issued.

PINETOP-LAKESIDE, Ariz. — The Pinetop-Lakeside Planning & Zoning Commission voted Dec. 11 to recommend code changes tied to a new state law shifting many development approvals from public hearings to staff review. Prompting feedback from Legislative District 7 Rep. Walt Blackman.