Author - The Durango Herald

Shane Benjamin

Position: Herald Staff Writer

Phone Number: (970), 375-4547

Grant helps schools get two-way radios

A regional educational support network has received a $22,200 grant to buy 122 hand-held radios to be distributed among 44 area schools in an effort to improve safety. The two-way...

DATE: Dec 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Thieves target La Plata County mailboxes

Residents asked to be on lookout

DATE: Dec 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

James Ranch beef involved in recall

Front Range company to blame

DATE: Dec 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trailer catches fire west of Durango

Firefighters saved a trailer home from possible destruction Monday at the Westside Mobile Park in west Durango. Residents used a torch to try to melt frozen water pipes but accide...

DATE: Dec 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Deadly car crash spurs lawsuit

Three died in 2011 west of Hesperus

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

10 hours: Iron Horse tour sells out in record time

Registration for the 43rd annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic tour from Durango to Silverton sold out in a record 10 hours this week. That is 26 hours faster than last year, said Je...

DATE: Dec 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News