Sexual assault

Nation & World

Franciscan friars arraigned in child endangerment case

are charged with allowing sexual predator to remain employed for years

March 18, 2016

Local News

Retrial in Durango rape, homicide case postponed until June

Co-defendants to invoke Fifth Amendment, refuse to testify

March 10, 2016

Local News

Community Foundation infuses almost $1 million into Southwest Colorado

2015 giving added new impact grants to mix

March 9, 2016

Local News

Final preparations underway for new trial in 2007 rape, homicide case

Nakai suspected of raping, killing Nicole Leigh Redhorse in 2007

March 4, 2016

Nation & World

Rape or kids hazing? Pool cue assault divides law agencies

FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2016, file photo, Gatlinburg, Tenn., Detective Rodney Burns is sworn in as a witness…

February 29, 2016

Nation & World

Pope’s sex-abuse panel removes survivor Peter Saunders

Peter Saunders is a British advocate for survivors of abuse in the Catholic church as well as a survivor himself.…

February 6, 2016

Local News

Durango man pleads not guilty to knifepoint sex assault

Baty also charged with tampering with witness

January 26, 2016

Local News

Hesperus man found guilty of sexual assault

convicts him of six felony counts

January 20, 2016

Local News

Jurors deliberate sexual assault case involving Hesperus man Edmund Peter Marx

Marx takes witness stand in his own defense

January 19, 2016

Local News

Opening statements made in sex assault trial for Hesperus man

to hear victim testimony, audio recording of confession

January 12, 2016

Local News

Second trial starts for Hesperus man accused of child sex assault

Procedural error led to mistrial in October

January 11, 2016

Local News

Durango man to face trial in knifepoint sexual assault

Baty is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 26

December 22, 2015

Local News

‘Slut’ walk on Fort Lewis College campus in Durango an effort to help end sexism, rape culture

Students want to be part of conversation about objectification of women

December 8, 2015

Local News

Bayfield sex offender gets 9 years in prison

also sentences man to 12 years of probation

November 30, 2015

Regional News

Why 9 out of 10 colleges reported no rapes last year

That should be good news, but we know sexual assault is far more common than that. A 2014 survey of…

November 27, 2015

Local News

Trial begins for Hesperus man accused of child sex assault

will face nine felony counts

October 26, 2015

Local News

Sex offender pleads guilty

Bayfield man faces nine years in prison

August 20, 2015

Local News

Man arrested for attempted sexual assault at Iris Park

24-year-old suspect from Durango currently being held without bail

August 4, 2015

Local News

How do you define rape?

Protections may vary between married, single women

August 1, 2015

Local News

Sex offender returns to Durango

enforcement is required to notify public

July 30, 2015

Local News

La Plata County man charged with sexual assault

27-year-old suspect is accused of forcing himself on a woman at knifepoint

July 30, 2015

Local News

Lawmakers want end to backlog

Colorado is 1 of 7 states to enact own laws to test sexual assault

June 30, 2015

Nation & World

Rape kits help to bring answers and closure for two women

On the one hand, results from an old rape kit can bring relief. On the other, the news can upend…

June 7, 2015

Local News

New trial scheduled in 2007 homicide

District attorney recuses office for the rehearing

May 28, 2015