Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum prevailed in La Plata County Republican caucuses Tuesday night.Participants favored him by 36 percent, with a total of 315 votes. Mitt Romney came in second with 28 percent, or 245 votes.Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich both tied with 18 percent each, 159 votes to Paul and 162 votes to Gingrich.

A celebration of life for La Plata County Sheriff8217s Deputy Hollis Troy Holland will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Whalen Gym at Fort Lewis College.Mr. Holland died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. A news story ran Feb. 3, 2012, and a short obituary ran on Feb. 4, 2012.

Minor pot possession will become illegal again in Durango on Feb. 16.The Durango City Council on Tuesday corrected a typographical error from 2009 when ordinances were amended to allow for medical marijuana.The error was prohibiting possession of an ounce or more of marijuana instead of an ounce or less.

After supervising countless public improvement projects, Otha Jack Rogers, director of public works for the city of Durango, will retire March 1.Rogers has been employed with the city for the last 29 years, overseeing the modernization of the city from the slide ruler to GPS, said City Manager Ron LeBlanc.

The Durango City Council annexed land in Grandview for a new commercial corridor of big-box retailers Tuesday after a heated debate between supporters hungry for jobs and development, and critics worried about these stores cannibalizing economic impact.

Durango School District 9-R will be taking a hard look at the fees it charges to students after a community members request brought the subject to light more than a year ago.The school board had a first look at lists of fees charged to district students during its Tuesday night meeting.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 27-year-old Denver man who died last weekend at his parents house near Arboles.Kyle Swain was found dead Saturday on a couch in the living room of his parents home, said Carl Macht, coroner for Archuleta County.

DENVER Mitt Romney arrived in Denver on Tuesday ready for a victory party in the Colorado Republican caucuses. He left stunned, as Rick Santorum claimed victory.Romney took the stage in front of a crowd of a few hundred supporters shortly before 10 p.m. and said the race was too close to call.

Durangoans who dont mind winters bite may want to set aside some time Saturday morning.The Durango Polar Bear Club will hold its second annual Polar Bear Plunge at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Animas River put-in at 32nd Street. Registration will begin at 930 a.m., and the plunge will occur at 10 a.m.

Authorities on Tuesday positively identified the body of a man who was found dead last weekend near another mans abandoned vehicle.Michael DeCoteau, 29, of Wenatchee, Wash., was found stuffed into a culvert with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the San Juan County N.M. Sheriffs Office.