News

Pop star Justin Bieber leaves jail after DUI arrest

These police booking mugs made available by the Miami Dade County Corrections Department show pop star Justin Bieber, Thursday, Jan.…

January 23, 2014

Local News

Ballantine is Citizen of Year

Ecosphere Environmental Services named Business of Year at Durango Rocks! award show

January 22, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Friday

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…

January 22, 2014

Regional News

Denver mayor backs late-night option

DENVER – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced Thursday he and the City Council support state legislation that gives cities the…

January 22, 2014

Local News

Sen. Udall wants more oversight of data collection

Udalldu1-i-syn U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said Thursday that President Barack Obama’s speech last week announcing changes to the National…

January 22, 2014

Local News

Sad sendoff for DEVO mainstays

Co-founder Chad Cheeney and wife bound for Bend, Ore.

January 22, 2014

Regional News

Utah governor says he would consider civil unions in state

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Gov. Gary Herbert indicated Thursday that he would be open to considering a law allowing…

January 22, 2014

Local News

Mancos residents oppose retailer

Family Dollar wants to build after ban ends

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Texas executes man despite opposition from Mexico

America Tamayo Sotelo of Miacatlan, Mexico, is surrounded by media as she speaks on the phone to relatives in Texas…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Obama praises ‘Roe vs. Wade’

President Barack Obama has put out his annual statement on the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, praising the 1973 Supreme…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Panel seeks changes to make voting easier

States should make voting easier by expanding early voting, increasing online voter registration and checking their voter registration lists against…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. seeks new child car-seat rules

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acting Administrator David Friedman plans to accept public comments on new rules to require child…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Company confirms new leak into river CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A second chemical was released during a spill that contaminated the…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Obama names task force to combat campus sex assaults

President Barack Obama is giving a new task force 90 days to come up with recommendations on what colleges can…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Vermont, lover of snow, jealous of storms elsewhere

Barre Sno-Bees Snowmobile Club Trailmaster Tim Stone stands in front of the tractor the club uses to pull trail grooming…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Lawyers: Case against ex-Va. governor no slam dunk

Legal experts say it will be difficult for the government to prove former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife,…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

Opposition demands new Ukraine elections KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Officials downplay threat against Winter Games

European Olympics officials are dismissing a new threat of terrorism at next month’s Winter Olympics Games in Sochi, Russia. Officials…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Obama speaks to Putin about Olympics

President Obama and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin spoke by phone Tuesday, 2½ weeks before a Winter Olympics shadowed by worries…

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

China soils skies in U.S.

Pollution travels across the ocean

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Discounted energy assessment available The Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency (4CORE) is partnering with the city of Durango on…

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Mule deer population falls in S.W. Colorado

Drought, development may be hurting numbers

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Drought begins to inflict wounds in Calif.

‘It’s never been this bad,’ fifth-generation rancher says

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Massive bee deaths may stem from virus

The mysterious mass die-offs of honeybees that have wiped out about a third of commercial colonies each year since 2006…

January 22, 2014