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

Two trucks carrying onions crash in matter of weeks on Coal Bank Pass

Driver of first rig not surprised a second vehicle also lost control

21-year-old man arrested in connection with making threat of gun violence at Fort Lewis College

Campus was closed, classes were postponed and the students went into lockdown

Thousands lose power in Archuleta, La Plata counties

Wet, heavy snow weighs on lines and snaps tree branches across LPEA service area

Fire destroys La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s house

Two dogs successfully escaped blaze north of Ignacio

Mancos good Samaritan who gave aid at crash dies from injuries

Lori Nightingale was helping man when secondary accident resulted west of Durango

Good Samaritan critically injured in chain-reaction crash west of Durango

Fog, icy road conditions partly to blame for four-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 160

Court documents reveal details of shooting death involving two friends in southwest La Plata County

Man being held on $250,000 bail in connection with second-degree murder

Four-vehicle crash with serious injuries snarls morning commute west of Durango

Accident involves a semitrailer; cleanup expected to take several hours

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office identifies suspect, victim in shooting death

Durango man being held on suspicion of second-degree murder

La Plata County Sheriff’s Office responds to ‘accidental shooting’

Law enforcement declines to release any details of incident

Durango police identify driver in fatal crash; alcohol suspected

Vehicle slammed into a trolley stop shelter on north Main Avenue

One killed in crash on north Main Avenue in Durango

Witness says vehicle swerved sharply before crashing into trolley stop