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Family prays for Dylan Redwine's safe return Play Video
December 3, 2012 12:37 AM
Nearly two weeks after his disappearance, the search continues for Dylan Redwine, the 13-year-old boy who vanished from his father's home in La Plata county in southwestern Colorado. Redwine was visiting for Thanksgiving when he vanished. Now as Christmas approaches and time slips away without any progress in his... more » -
Search for missing Colorado Springs teen continues
November 24, 2012 12:43 PM
The search continues for 13-year-old Dylan Redwine of Colorado Springs. He was reported missing last Monday during a court ordered Thanksgiving visit to his father's home in Vallecito; that's 22 miles northeast of Durango. Search crews are focusing on the Bayfield area, just south of Vallecito. That's where authorities... more » -
Colorado Springs police join in search for missing boy
November 21, 2012 8:44 PM
Colorado Springs Police Department is now part of the search for a missing 13 year old boy. Dylan Redwine was reported missing on Monday afternoon, November 19, 2012 from his father's house in La Plata County. The home is near Durango. A witness reported seeing Dylan walking along... more » -
Runner found after dog walker hears call for help
May 30, 2012 11:29 AM
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - A lost runner who spent a night in the mountains with only her running gear has been found safe after a dog walker heard her call for help. The Durango Herald reports 31-year-old Marla Luckey was found cold but in good health Tuesday after spending the... more » -
Remains of missing Durango woman identified in New Mexico
March 3, 2012 10:13 PM
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say the remains of a La Plata County woman who went missing more than a year ago have been identified in New Mexico. Detective Burke Baldwin with the Durango Police Department says the remains of Alesha Daniel, who would have been 38 years old, were... more » -
Man arrested for murder near Durango
April 23, 2011 2:24 PM
Investigators with the La Plata County Sheriff's Office have arrested a man they believe is connected to a shooting death from earlier this week. A sheriff's office spokesman says Justin Wiese, 35, was taken into custody Friday at the sheriff's office, where he turned himself in after a judge... more » -
Emotional letter announces La Plata County layoffs
January 24, 2011 7:55 AM
DURANGO (AP) - The slowdown in the economy and a corresponding reduction in work in La Plata County's Building, Planning and Geographic Information Systems departments has led to layoffs, which were announced in an emotional e-mail. The Durango Herald reports county Manager Shawn Nau told employees they are losing... more » -
Avalanche slams Durango home
January 26, 2010 10:32 AM
Heavy snow in southwest Colorado is causing avalanches, including one that slammed into a Durango home. That avalanche below Animas Mountain crashed into a three-level house, blasting loose drywall and filling a bedroom with snow. But no one was hurt because the residents hadn't moved in yet. Two... more » -
Stricter smog caps could snare Colorado counties
January 8, 2010 8:44 AM
Two southwestern Colorado counties will violate federal air pollution standards if proposed stricter regulations are approved. La Plata and Montezuma counties could join nine along Colorado's more populous Front Range as being in violation of ozone levels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed a maximum ozone level ranging... more » -
Colorado State Patrol finds pipe bombs in wreckage
September 29, 2009 1:02 PM
Authorities want to know why a man killed in a truck accident was carrying two pipe bombs and a load of firewood. The unusual death of 53-year-old Eino "Sonny" W. Murrietta has the Colorado State Patrol trying to figure out where the bombs came from. Murrietta was killed Sunday when... more »
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