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Bayfield High School briefly on ‘hold-in-place’ amid gunshot report

Threat ultimately unfounded, school and police officials say

DATE: Feb 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Welcome to the ‘Hotel California’ case: The trial over handwritten lyrics to an Eagles classic

NEW YORK – In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a d...

DATE: Feb 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Durango police chief says assaults on first responders were more frequent in 2023

Part 1 offenses such as murder return to lower pre-pandemic levels

DATE: Feb 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango police investigate suspicious white powder spread around buildings

Courthouse and police station were closed Tuesday morning

DATE: Feb 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ax-wielding man suspected of threatening neighbors, barricading himself in apartment

Police spent about four hours negotiating Grimes before forcing entry to make arrest

DATE: Feb 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Fotokite’ gives Durango police a bird’s-eye view of Snowdown crowds

Tethered drone was used during Snowdown Light Parade

DATE: Feb 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hesperus man arrested on suspicion of child sex assault

Paul Richardson accused of inappropriate contact involving two children

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango’s quality-of-life reporting tool heavily used in debut year

660 reports filed through SeeClickFix app and online program in 2023

DATE: Jan 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jury convicts La Plata County man of manslaughter in shooting death

Nicolo Tonelli found not guilty of more serious charge of second-degree murder for the death of Jamison McMaster

DATE: Jan 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman with about 100 tickets sentenced to 45 days in jail

Kristie Boughan declined to participate in inpatient treatment program

DATE: Jan 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mancos man found guilty of vehicular homicide in 2021 crash

Scott Edouard Chilleen denied he was driving in crash that killed woman

DATE: Jan 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Courts and Crime

Former director of Southwest Colorado nonprofit suspected of embezzlement

Ashley Hein allegedly spent more than $21,000 on personal items

DATE: Jan 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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