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

2 die in Highway 550 head-on

Durango resident is one of victims

Meth dealer pleads guilty, looking at 12 years in prison

A La Plata County man will be sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty Friday in 6th Judicial District Court to selling methamphetamine, his second offense. Members o...

Mother charged with attempted murder

Prosecutors say Durangoan tried to kill self, children

Heroin dealer gets 10 years in prison

A Durango man was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for dealing heroin. Jonathan Huehl, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of heroin, a felony, in a plea agree...

Sudden storm strikes

Rain, mudslides, hail close roads, raise havoc

Taking back from criminals

When authorities confiscate property, should they profit?

Greasy rags fill Bent with smoke

Sports bar escapes catching on fire

Elk-herd tracking gets man lost in Weminuche

Rescuers find hunter after he makes satellite-phone call

Fall seriously injures mountain biker along the Colorado Trail

A mountain biker fell and suffered a serious injury Monday near Kennebec Pass along the Colorado Trail. The 27-year-old man is from France, said Butch Knowlton, director of La Pla...

Bayfield woman dies in ATV crash

A 22-year-old Bayfield woman died late Friday or early Saturday while driving an all-terrain vehicle on a rough dirt trail north of Bayfield town limits. The woman was identified ...

City mirrors split nation

While most say avoid military force, Syria’s chemical use abhorred

Who you gonna call? Think twice before dialing 911

Fewer than half of calls turn out to be real emergencies