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

HUD announces $2.6 million in grants for Ute tribes

Money will benefit low-income families

Rockslide on U.S. 550 may take a week to clear

Estimated 700 tons of debris landed on road

Mercury takes on parent company’s name, Vantiv

One of final steps after purchase of credit card processor

Durango woman hit in head by art at the rec center settles lawsuit

Kite-like structure fell, hit woman at recreation center

Jurors deliberate sexual assault case involving Hesperus man Edmund Peter Marx

Marx takes stand in his own defense

Three arrested in Durango during drug ring investigation

$1.3 million in drugs reportedly seized

Durango-La Plata County Airport ranks low for delays compared to other airports

Weather, remoteness cited as reasons by airport director

Body scanner returns to Durango-La Plata County Airport

Equipment speeds up security checks for passengers, official says

Colorado travel information sometimes fuzzy during big storms

CDOT uses several communications media; sometimes, signals get crossed

Rodent’s nest sparks car fire on Hwy. 160

Pack rat survives blaze; 1998 Jeep doesn’t

Durango woman dies in U.S. 160 crash

Highway closed, traffic diverted to Colo. 140 at Hesperus

Durango kayaker reacts to Animas River photo that went viral

It is now the iconic photo of a mine cleanup gone wrong - a photo that has been seen by countless people and one that defines the enormity of an environmental disaster. Since the ...