Death and dying

Former Durango Mayor G. Michael “Mickey” Hogan was a key player in Durango in the second half of the 20th century. He died Sunday at the age of 89. “Water treatment, sewer system, even paving the...

More than 400 people turned out for the funeral of Marine Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer on Monday in a ceremonial farewell at the Cortez Elks Lodge. Military honors were presented, including a...

The death of a man that occurred July 4 west of Mancos is being investigated as a possible homicide, according to Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin. David Allen Mooney, 60, of Chino Valley,...

Healthy green grass is a welcome sight for cattle ranchers in Southwest Colorado who have faced an exceptional drought, low prices and a harsh winter. For Brad Fassett, owner of Fassett Hay and...

Police have identified the victim of a car crash who died early Sunday in west Durango as Kaila Craig, 19, of Durango. Craig was driving east on U.S. Highway 160 near the Twin Buttes subdivision...

Police on Tuesday released the identity of a man found dead in a stairwell last week on Main Avenue in downtown Durango. Ferlando James, 32, was found Friday morning in the stairwell of a business...

A 32-year-old man was found dead Friday in a stairwell outside a business in downtown Durango, according to Durango Police. Cmdr. Ray Shupe said a report came in about 8:30 a.m. that a man was dead...

“Still a Mystery,” a television show on Investigation Discovery , will air an episode tonight about Dylan Redwine’s murder. Mark Redwine, Dylan’s father, is accused of killing the 13-year-old boy...

The Durango Police Department has identified a man who died by suicide last weekend in the La Plata County Jail. Saul Hernandez, 21, of Pagosa Springs died of self-inflicted trauma around 5:35...

A Durango man died last week northeast of Atlanta, where he spent almost two weeks in an intensive care unit after law enforcement said he was beaten by a woman more than 20 years his senior. James...

Sheriff’s deputies found a man dead in the La Plata County Jail on Sunday, prompting an investigation by the Durango Police Department, the county coroner said. A 21-year-old inmate died by...