Crime

Sunset Mesa Funeral Home owners, convicted of selling body parts, get same sentences in resentencing

Instead of cremating bodies, mother and daughter duo sold remains and delivered fake cremains

DATE: Apr 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado fights Trump administration’s bid to help imprisoned loyalist Tina Peters

U.S. Justice Department requested former elections clerk be freed while she appeals

DATE: Apr 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Vandals, undeterred by fences, leave their mark at Bakers Bridge north of Durango

Graffiti on cliffs defaces natural landscape, upsets residents

DATE: Apr 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Emergency alert sent to residents after domestic violence incident in Cortez

Two suspects arrested; man is found hiding in a closet

DATE: Apr 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Courts and Crime

Funeral home owner who left corpse in hearse for a over a year pleads guilty

Miles Harford faced a dozen counts including four counts of abuse of a corpse

DATE: Apr 15, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Cortez Police Department announces warrant for arrest of Duece Martinez

Martinez was sentenced in five cases in January

DATE: Apr 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Courts and Crime

Who’s watching? In Durango, it’s a flock of license plate readers

Cameras allow police officers to access thousands of images from nationwide network

DATE: Apr 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango duo fined for disturbing Canyonlands cultural site

Pair to pay combined $1,550, barred from Utah federal lands for one year

DATE: Apr 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Early morning gunshot shatters Durango Rec Center window

Joe Brinkerhoff, 76, was arrested in connection with shooting

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado ski coach charged with sexual assault of a minor

The Frisco man was arrested in Taos, New Mexico

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Trump DOJ seeks 20-year sentence for Colorado man accused of Tesla arson

U.S. attorney general called the incident part of ‘a wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties’

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Plea hearing for Cortez theft suspect rescheduled

Rayah Chowen arrested on suspicion of theft, identity theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor

DATE: Mar 20, 2025 | CATEGORY:

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