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Leaders consider rules for pot sales

SILVERTON – San Juan County commissioners have gotten their first look at a draft ordinance that would allow marijuana-related businesses…

January 11, 2014

Local News

Flat out

Mark Peuny tests his skills on what Chapman Hill employee Aaron Blue calls a “flat-down-flat” rail Friday afternoon. Chapman Hill…

January 11, 2014

Regional News

New chile variety comes to institute in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The new seeds are inconspicuous, filling a handful of 1.5-pound coffee bags and tucked at the…

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Brother describes finding sibling’s plane wreckage

BOISE, Idaho – When Dellon Smith spotted the wreckage of his older brother’s airplane on the side of a central…

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Parts of failed school plan will be revived

Focus will be on popular parts of tax measure

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Feds weigh in on same-sex debate

Recently married Utah couples and supporters of gay marriage gather Friday in the rotunda at the Utah State Capitol to…

January 11, 2014

Local News

La Plata County foreclosures plunge in 2013

Fewer distressed properties are entering market

January 11, 2014

Local News

179 county residents lose jobless benefits

Federal extension out as state’s unemployment drops

January 11, 2014

Local News

Ice for all ages

Beginners and experts head to Ouray climbing fest

January 11, 2014

Local News

Preservationists begin work on Mancos Times building, press

Frank Matero and John Hinchman record information on one of the antique linotype machines at The Mancos Times office. At…

January 11, 2014

Regional News

AMC announces premiere for ‘Better Call Saul’

Program is a spinoff of recently ended ‘Breaking Bad’

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Oral history project seeks to record flood stories

In a photo taken Sept. 13, 2013, residents of Eastwood Mobile Home Park in Evans salvage some items from their…

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

Millionaire seeks wage hike

Silicon Valley multimillionaire and registered Republican Ron Unz, shown in an Aug. 27, 1997, file photo, predicts that an increase…

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

Israel’s ‘Arik’ Sharon, 85, dies

JERUSALEM – It was vintage Ariel Sharon: His hefty body bobbing behind a wall of security men, the ex-general led…

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

Christie’s aide used private emails

Such accounts aren’t subject to public record requests

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

Violence in Africa not so atypical

2014 builds on previous years’ internal friction

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Bison industry grows over the last decade

At Spomer Ranch in Milliken, customers can purchase the processed meat from a whole bison for about $4,500. Increasing consumer…

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Skull Valley General Store to close at end of month

SKULL VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) – After nearly 100 years of service, the historic Skull Valley General Store is closing its…

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

Ultraconservatives vying for power grab in Egypt

Group seeks to influence shaping new national constitution

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

3 UN peacekeepers wounded in north Mali BAMAKO, Mali – A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says…

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Bill would ban use of food stamps at Colorado pot shops

DENVER – Food stamps for a pot brownie? It’s an urban myth in Colorado, but state lawmakers want to make…

January 10, 2014

Regional News

Utah man may leave family to colonize Mars in 2025

Ken Sullivan is considering leaving his family in Farmington, Utah, if he is chosen for a private mission to Mars…

January 10, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Saturday

Meetings and Events Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society meeting, 10:30 a.m., Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management Public Lands Center,…

January 10, 2014

Local News

A lift from the big kids

High school students mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters

January 10, 2014