DUI

Texas suspect in head-on crash goes dark on investigators

A 27-year-old Texas man suspected of drunken driving and causing a head-on crash earlier this month is not responding to investigators after abruptly leaving Mercy Regional Medical Center’s...

DATE: March 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango woman who crashed into Main Avenue bump-out pleads guilty to DUI

The woman who plowed into bump-outs this summer on Main Avenue, sending four people to the hospital, pleaded guilty Tuesday to driving under the influence of alcohol and four counts of reckless...

DATE: Feb. 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico women cited with DUI in crash near Bayfield

A woman from New Mexico was cited on suspicion of driving under the influence, careless driving and possession of an open container of alcohol in a crash last week on U.S. Highway 160 in front of...

DATE: Nov. 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fight leads to single-vehicle crash, arrests on County Road 203

Two women were arrested for assault and another cited for driving under the influence after skirmish that resulted in a crash early Sunday on County Road 203, about four miles north of Durango,...

DATE: Aug. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Social distancing reduces number of Detox referrals

The number of people seeking care at Detox has halved since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, but as restrictions and stresses build through the monthlong stay-at-home order, numbers may rise....

DATE: April 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Arizona driver who dragged dog to death is sentenced

A Colorado judge sentenced an Arizona man to probation Friday after he spent months in jail for killing a dog that jumped from the bed of his truck while he was driving drunk. Nathan Begay, 41, of...

DATE: Feb. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado kicks off DUI enforcement for Super Bowl weekend

The Colorado State Patrol and Department of Transportation on Friday kicked off The Heat Is On DUI enforcement for Super Bowl weekend. Ninety-one law enforcement agencies are participating in the...

DATE: Jan. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Suspect in DUI, indecency case allegedly left signature in Durango theater

A Bayfield man was arrested Friday after allegedly urinating the first initial of his name on a wall in a movie theater at Allen Theatres’ Durango Stadium 9. Around 11 p.m. Friday, the Durango...

DATE: Jan. 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

High drivers aren’t under the radar in La Plata County

A recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found a majority of Americans think it’s “unlikely a driver will get caught by police for driving while high on marijuana,” among other...

DATE: June 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Trooper Tips: A Call to Action, Part 2

Last month, I talked about crashes over the 2018 holiday season which took nine lives in seven crashes over a 72-hour period. We now need to start looking at the causes of these crashes. Each of...

DATE: Feb. 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Driver in crash that injured councilman faces four charges

The driver of a plumbing truck involved in a crash that injured Cortez City Councilman Mike Lavey faces additional charges, according to the District Attorney’s office. A citation against Lavey for...

DATE: Feb. 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowdown brings winter fun, increased crime to Durango

Durango’s Snowdown was originally conceived in 1979 to bring something fun and festive to Colorado’s long winter, and while the annual event still fulfills that mission, it also brings a lot of...

DATE: Feb. 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

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