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New Internet sales-tax bill brought forward

Democrats confident it will withstand legal challenge

February 4, 2014

Local News

Lawns bill to go before ag committee

DENVER – Cities and developers have a message for senators: Keep off the grass. Today is the day of reckoning…

February 4, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Durango Police Tuesday 2:28 p.m. A magazine sales scam was reported at Parkside Terrace Townhomes, 1 East Sixth Ave. 6:01…

February 4, 2014

Regional News

More air tours OK’d for the Grand Canyon

Bill in 2012 increased quiet-air technology incentives at park

February 4, 2014

Business

Feds want cars to be able to talk to each other

WASHINGTON – Your car might see a deadly crash coming even if you don’t, the government says, indicating it will…

February 4, 2014

Business

Banks versus retailers

Data breaches place Americans in the middle

February 4, 2014

Business

Business Briefs

Put A Cork In It has new location Put A Cork In It announces its new location at 1127 Camino…

February 4, 2014

Business

A seller’s market

85 percent of county homes sold for less than $500K

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. official: Snowden leaks lead to Pentagon change

WASHINGTON – A top U.S. military intelligence official said Tuesday that the Pentagon will have to make costly changes to…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Health law will cut U.S. workforce size

The Congressional Budget Office is predicting that 1 million fewer uninsured Americans will sign up for health insurance by the…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Navy investigating own cheating scandal WASHINGTON – The Navy said Tuesday it is investigating about 30 senior sailors linked to…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate

Creation Museum head Ken Ham, right, argues that “creation is the only viable model of historical science confirmed by observational…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Britain says advice on raid was ignored

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the British government doesn’t need to apologize for the minor role it played in…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

Libya: Chemical arms have been destroyed TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the country’s caches of chemical weapons,…

February 4, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

New agency to run emergency assistance Housing Solutions for the Southwest is the new administering agency of the Community Emergency…

February 4, 2014

Education

Texas revises textbook review rules

Changes attempt to limit influence of ideology on education

February 4, 2014

Education

eSchool in class of its own

Online curriculum offers variety of subjects to wide range of students

February 4, 2014

Education

Education Briefs

Special needs students to attend dance Friday Durango High School’s Peer Influence Club will host its second annual Valentine’s Dance…

February 4, 2014

Education

GOP sees promise in preschool programs

Popularity spans economic groups

February 4, 2014

Local News

Commissioners delay vote on pot rules

County to consider recreational marijuana next week

February 4, 2014

Local News

Measure to keep seizure-prone off Colo. roads fails

Rep. Coram says discussion of problem needed

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

GOP lawmakers target endangered species law

BILLINGS, Mont. – Republicans in Congress on Tuesday called for an overhaul to the Endangered Species Act to curtail environmentalists’…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Senate sends farm bill to Obama

J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press<br><br>A new farm bill that was approved by the Senate Tuesday and sent to President Barack Obama…

February 4, 2014

Local News

What’s a Sochi?

From ‘big dudes’ to Putin, Durangoans sound off on Games

February 3, 2014