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If the narrative of 2020 was dominated by the emergence COVID-19 and 2021 was cast as a period of slow but sure recovery, the story of Southwest Colorado in 2022 may be filed away as a year of transit...
An Ignacio man with a history of domestic violence was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday for the murder of his wife. Damon Mathews, 45, will spend the rest of his life in prison for th...
Letter: Rachel Ream’s death was unnecessary Durango, Colorado Currently Wed 55% chance of precipitation 54% chance of precipitation 68% chance of precipitation Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 5:33 AM Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Loading the Español audio player... The Herald’s report last Monday on the murder of Rachel Ream in Ignacio was hugely disturbing. While we are used to being the grisly murder capital of La Plata County, this one was still a shock. Violence against women has been endemic in the Four Corners, with both Native and non-N...
‘Breakdown in communication’ blamed for low bail amount leading up to killing Durango, Colorado Currently Wed 63% chance of precipitation 54% chance of precipitation 72% chance of precipitation Ignacio man, with history of domestic violence, suspected of shooting wife in head Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 2:19 PM Updated: Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 4:03 PM Mathews Toggle font size Prosecutors did not ask that a higher bail be set for Damon Lamont Mathews, who is suspected of killing his wife, after he was arrested in November for domestic violence,...
Pictured, Damon Mathews Ignacio Colorado. Police bookings. ‘I always knew he’d never be stopped until he murdered a woman’ Mathews was arrested Nov. 24 for third-degree assault in an incident that sent his wife to the hospital with a gash above her left eye, according to The Durango Herald. Cops then arrested him and put him in jail for the domestic violence incident in November. Upon his release on $1,500 bail, Matthews is alleged to have murdered his wife, less than a week later. Matthews a habitual offender was able to override demands to have bail set at $10,000. Mathews told inve...