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The forecast’s never been so good

Weathermen’s predictions less cloudy as to whether you’ll see rain

DATE: May 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

We’re skeptics about climate change

Americans rarely rank environmental concerns highly

DATE: May 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Needham to host tree-planting project The fourth annual tree-planting project at Needham Elementary School is underway. Trees will be planted on the north side of t...

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Cows can milk themselves

EASTON, N.Y. – Something strange is happening at farms in upstate New York. The cows are milking themselves. Desperate for reliable labor and buoyed by soaring prices, dairy opera...

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Soil map may unlock mysteries

From climate change to crimes, data to serve many purposes

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Hello, spring, you’re early again

Season arrives three weeks earlier than in Thoreau’s time

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Bee season arrives

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Earth Day celebration to be held Saturday Durango Nature Studies’ fifth annual Earth Day 5K Celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at For the Birds and Rotary Pa...

DATE: Apr 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

‘Big data’ unsettles farmers

With promise of higher crop yields comes fears of exploitation

DATE: Apr 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Looking for diamond in the rough

Crowdsourcing a solution to mine waste in Silverton

DATE: Apr 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

One-fifth of China’s farmland is polluted

BEIJING – Faced with growing public anger about a poisonous environment, China’s government released a yearslong study that shows nearly one-fifth of the country’s farmland is contaminated w...

DATE: Apr 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Rural-schools committee to meet The San Juan National Forest Secure Rural Schools Act Resource Advisory Committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 29 at the San Juan Public L...

DATE: Apr 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

About a dozen cutbow trout thrown from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife truck

Durango High School baseball defeats Montrose 8-4 on Saturday

Photos: Senior day for Durango High School boys lacrosseDHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

DHS boys lacrosse defeats Montrose High School 17-7

Photos/video: Galloping alongThe Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

The Rio Grande Southern Galloping Goose No.5

Photos: It’s all about sportsmanship at annual Bowker Games

Play ball: Demons in action at homeDurango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Durango High School baseball wins over Montezuma-Cortez on Tuesday

Photos: Hands Off! RallyAbout 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

About 1,000 people participate on Saturday in the Hands Off! Rally in Durango

Photos: Hadestown Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

Durango High School Troupe 1096 rehearse Hadestown Teen Edition

DHS lost to Grand Junction High School 10-4 on Friday afternoon