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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

Regional News

Here’s your new state, business logo

Some people hate Colorado’s new logo, and they want a second opinion. Legislators have killed an idea to let voters…

February 3, 2014

Regional News

Utah in gay-marriage filing: Kids need mom and dad

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah state attorneys filed their opening argument to the federal appeals court reviewing the state’s same-sex…

February 3, 2014

Regional News

Man killed in Arvada standoff

Pooley had nonviolent criminal convictions

February 3, 2014

Local News

How will Farm Bill affect S.W. Colo.?

Subsidies to be replaced by insurance-type program

February 3, 2014

Local News

Significant snow to hit mountains

Storms likely through Saturday

February 3, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Wednesday

Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main…

February 3, 2014

Local News

Spiffy, new home

Hundreds of parents and children turned out for the grand opening of Ignacio Elementary School on Tuesday evening in Ignacio.…

February 3, 2014

Local News

Stormwater project in first stages

Flood waters along 32nd Street threaten low-lying areas

February 3, 2014

Local News

Where’s the beef? Pagosa Springs residents on TV

As the local food movement continues to gain steam, ranchers and farmers in Southwest Colorado are getting some attention. This…

February 3, 2014

Local News

Schirard: Officers need range

Sheriff wants county to begin developing own shooting facility

February 3, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Durango Police Monday 10:39 p.m. A silent alarm was reported at Diamond Shamrock gas station, 1801 Main Ave. Durango Fire…

February 3, 2014

Nation & World

Hoffman among thousands of addiction victims

A makeshift memorial sits outside the home of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Monday in New York. Hoffman, 46, was found…

February 3, 2014

Nation & World

Study: Patients need training on new health insurance

WASHINGTON – New Medicaid patients in Oregon failed to use their benefits effectively because they did not understand how to…

February 3, 2014

Nation & World

Internet firms release data on NSA spy requests

WASHINGTON – Freed by a recent legal deal with government lawyers, major technology firms released new data Monday on how…

February 3, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. troop morale improving

A new Army report says that suicidal tendencies among troops in Afghanistan is down as U.S. forces transfer more of…

February 3, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Hotel operator reports possible data breach INDIANAPOLIS – A nationwide hotel operator is investigating a suspected data security breach that…

February 3, 2014

Nation & World

Native American groups ask for child welfare probe

PORTLAND, Ore. – Four national Native American organizations on Monday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation…

February 3, 2014