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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

Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capita...

DATE: Apr 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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

Durango man remembered for quiet presence, deep bond with nature

Keith Marske, 86, disappeared in January after going for a walk in the Falls Creek area

DATE: Apr 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

John Feinstein, bestselling author and one of country's foremost sports writers, dies at 69

WASHINGTON (AP) — John Feinstein, one of the country's foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, died unexpectedly Thursday. He was 69. Feinstein died of natural ...

DATE: Mar 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Details remain scarce in death of missing Durango woman

Jacquline Chavez, 49, likely died of hypothermia; foul play not suspected

DATE: Mar 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Body of missing Durango woman found on Colorado Trail

Jacquline Chavez, 49, was discovered Thursday morning; cause of death remains under investigation

DATE: Mar 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Jim Judge, professor and Durango archaeologist, dies at 90

Colleague says his leadership and approach to archaeology modernized research methods

DATE: Feb 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Late Duane Smith honored with celebration of life at Fort Lewis College

Community remembers storied legacy of history teacher, Cubs fan and friend to all

DATE: Jan 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango alpinist Kurt Blair presumed dead on New Zealand peak

‘He was living his dream,’ sister said of the 56-year-old climber

DATE: Dec 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado funeral homeowners who let nearly 190 bodies decay plead guilty

COLORADO SPRINGS – The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly 190 bodies decay in a room-temperature building and gave grieving families fake ashes pleaded guilty on Friday to corp...

DATE: Nov 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News