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

Durango woman suspected of stealing $2,400 worth of eyeglasses

Police say April Wallace has history of property crimes

Authorities identify Colorado man who fell to death in Chicago Basin

La Plata County Search and Rescue spent parts of Monday and Tuesday recovering victim’s body

Durango firefighter killed in bicycle-vehicle collision

It is the second death in less than a week to hit close to home for fire district

Farmington man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, sexual assault in Durango

Police say Terrell Hardy preyed on intoxicated woman

La Plata County sheriff says road closures also apply to bicyclists

Sean Smith watched as cyclists rode through work zone

Durango man suspected of attempted murder in road-rage incident

Brian Kruse allegedly hit pedestrian with car after altercation

Firefighters reach full containment on Twin Buttes Fire; blaze measured at 4 acres

About 30 people remain on scene ‘fortifying’ lines

Firefighters respond to ‘creeping’ wildfire west of Durango

Blaze scorched about 2 acres of oak brush east of Twin Buttes subdivision

Fort Lewis College clears bomb threat; campus reopens

School closed and asked people to evacuate ‘out of an abundance of caution’

La Plata County man suspected of shooting, burning dogs

Father told law enforcement he and son argued the previous night

Man killed in ATV crash near Silverton

23-year-old Colorado Springs man was a passenger on vehicle

Texas man arrested on suspicion of burglary, shooting up a house north of Durango

Reverse-911 call issued to Hermosa-area residents