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Durango’s Toh-Atin Gallery owner dies at 75

Jackson Clark II recognized by artists, dealers and collectors throughout the Native American art world

DATE: Aug 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College’s all-time winningest men’s basketball coach dies

Bob Hofman led program for 19 seasons

DATE: Aug 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his influence ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Family of inmate who died in La Plata County Jail files lawsuit

Parents say nurses, deputies ignored man’s pleas for 15 hours

DATE: Jul 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango mortuary under new ownership

Park Lawn Corp. acquires Hood Mortuary assets; longtime owners continue providing services

DATE: Jun 17, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado funeral homeowner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year sentenced

DENVER – A Colorado funeral homeowner who pleaded guilty to leaving a woman’s corpse in the back of a hearse for over a year and improperly stashing the cremated remains of at least 30 peopl...

DATE: Jun 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bloomfield police identify man who shot, critically wounded officer during traffic stop

Officer Timothy Ontiveros in critical condition at UNM Hospital

DATE: May 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Sunset Mesa Funeral Home owners, convicted of selling body parts, get same sentences in resentencing

Instead of cremating bodies, mother and daughter duo sold remains and delivered fake cremains

DATE: Apr 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capita...

DATE: Apr 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Funeral home owner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year pleads guilty

Miles Harford faced a dozen counts including four counts of abuse of a corpse

DATE: Apr 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Durango man remembered for quiet presence, deep bond with nature

Keith Marske, 86, disappeared in January after going for a walk in the Falls Creek area

DATE: Apr 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

John Feinstein, bestselling author and one of country's foremost sports writers, dies at 69

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Feinstein, one of the country's foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was 69. Feinstein died of natural ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports