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

More than $72,000 worth of items stolen from property in Vallecito area

Law enforcement executed nine search warrants, made five arrests

Man suffers critical injuries in house fire north of Ignacio

Sheriff’s Office says victim had mental health crisis, set structure ablaze

Durango man wakes up Tuesday after surviving avalanche last weekend

Search and Rescue sent Flight for Life to rescue victim

Durango man suspected of shooting gun, hitting hiker in San Juan National Forest

Suspect allegedly fired gun at sign; shrapnel hit bystander in arm

Firefighters save a cat, two dogs; dilapidated house is demolished

Blaze started Tuesday evening southeast of Bayfield

House fire, ‘almost fully engulfed,’ reported southeast of Bayfield

Blaze was reported shortly after 5 p.m. on County Road 523

Hesperus woman who died in crash at New Mexico state line is ID’d

Heather Taylor, 29, had four children, did online sales and was active with church

Durango man suspected of jail escape, shooting police officer appears in court

Elias Buck waives right to hearing, will be held without bail

Most Colorado school districts ditch mask mandates

Decisions come amid steep decline in omicron wave

Update: Woman killed in crash near New Mexico state line

Vehicle with driver and three children rolled 30 feet down embankment

Frontier ends twice-weekly flights between Las Vegas and Durango

DRO aviation director says demand wasn’t there

Durango man suspected of drunken driving, driving high in rollover crash on Farmington Hill

Passenger flown to Grand Junction hospital with critical injuries