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Sanitation officials blame Cortez sewer problem on Montezuma County inmates’ flushing habits

Ramen packages clog system

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man questioned in Colorado prison chief’s death held after new attack

Thomas Guolee faces charges including attempted first-degree murder of a police officer

DATE: Jan 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado Supreme Court hears case of man freed 90 years early

DENVER – Colorado’s highest court is considering whether to free a convict who was sent back to prison after being mistakenly released from a 98-year sentence decades early and reforming his...

DATE: Dec 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bayfield sex offender gets 9 years in prison

Judge also sentences man to 12 years of probation

DATE: Nov 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cañon City residents mixed on possible Guantanamo transfer

CAÑON CITY – Prisons have long been a way of life in this southern Colorado community, where schoolchildren practice inmate-escape drills and almost everyone counts a relative who works in c...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Theater shooter held alone in cell

CENTENNIAL – Aurora theater shooter James Holmes is being held alone in a cell in a southern Colorado prison, where he is more closely monitored and has fewer privileges than other inmates, ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Frustration builds with the slow process of Guantanamo shutdown

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s struggling quest to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is mired in state and federal politics. Frustrated White House and Pentag...

DATE: Sep 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Youth-offender system works, sometimes

Program for juvenile felons offers hope, havoc

DATE: Aug 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Early-released man fights for freedom

Coloradan starts a family while on outside, then sent back behind bars

DATE: Aug 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Machete-wielding man gets four years in prison

CORTEZ – A father of five was ordered to serve two consecutive two-year prison terms in connection with terrorizing a Cortez neighborhood with a machete during the summer. After p...

DATE: Dec 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

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Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday