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

Lawyers state cases in sex assault, homicide retrial in Nicole Redhorse case

Harold Nakai granted new trial after prior conviction

Truck loses brakes, hits five cars on U.S. Highway 160

Five-vehicle pileup with minor injuries now cleared

Woman cited with trespassing for freeing pup from car

A Durango woman has been cited with criminal trespass for breaking into a car to “rescue” a puppy that didn’t need to be rescued. Shelby Perovich, 25, reached into the back window...

Jury selection underway in 2007 sexual assault case

Harold Nakai suspected of raping, killing Nicole Leigh Redhorse

Gunfire at J Paul Brown’s ranch under investigation

Incident with employee occurred June 5

Family remembers man killed in motorcycle crash

Tim Cooper was father, husband, entrepreneur

Former Mancos marshal arrested again for driving violation

John Cox suspected of operating vehicle on revoked license

Bail set for suspects in Fort Lewis College student’s slaying

Four men held on suspicion of first-degree murder in shooting death

Shooting victim lived simply, loved nature

Cortez student called ‘ambassador of natural world’

Marijuana robbery blamed in Cortez student’s slaying

Victim may have reached for flare gun

Durango art thief sentenced in ‘Afghan Girl’ heist

Gallery owner: Restitution ‘a drop in the bucket’

Formal charges filed against men arrested in child sex sting

One lawyer says client ‘entrapped’