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Shane Benjamin
Position: Herald Staff Writer
Phone Number: (970), 375-4547

Art thief sentenced in ‘Afghan Girl’ heist

Gallery owner: Restitution ‘a drop in the bucket’

Memorial walk honors law officers who fell in the line of duty

Eight cannon shots pierced the evening air Tuesday above Durango, each one in honor of an area law enforcement officer who lost his life in the line of duty. Residents and service...

Allison, Arboles, Tiffany residents call meeting about crime

Residents worry about response times

Formal charges filed against men arrested in child sex sting

One defense lawyer says his client was ‘entrapped’

Obstacles remain when going solar

La Plata County a hot spot for photovoltaic potential

Vehicle slides on beer mash, rolls over near Durango Airport

A pickup truck rolled over Thursday morning near the Durango-La Plata County Airport after sliding on spilled beer mash. The crash occurred about 10:10 a.m. on Colorado Highway 17...

Judge ponders plea agreement in Halloween stabbing

District Judge Jeffrey Wilson is having a tough time deciding whether to accept a plea agreement that would grant a probationary sentence to a Cortez man who stabbed another man with a knife...

Hesperus man sentenced for child sex assault

Jury convicted Edmund Marx on six felony counts

Truck rolls over near Santa Rita Drive

The driver of a Ford F-150 apparently suffered a medical emergency Tuesday and drove off the side of Colorado Highway 3, rolling down an embankment and landing upside down. The dr...

Police: Man arrested in BB gun shooting over drug deal

Dylan Beltran held on $5,000 bail for felony menacing

Search called off for man with broken arm north of Durango

A 19-year-old man believed to have broken his arm in a fall in the Falls Creek area north of Durango apparently made it out of the wilderness on his own power, according to scanner reports. ...

Powerhouse Science Center revving up a year after closure

Durango science center closed suddenly one year ago