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Rotary Club of Durango to meet Tuesday Terry Hutchison of YESS The Book Hutch will present to the Rotary Club…

January 10, 2014

Regional News

When should reporters divulge?

Colo. lawmaker seeks revision of shield laws

January 10, 2014

Regional News

Academy sexual assaults decline

DENVER – Reports of sexual assaults at the Air Force Academy declined by seven during the last academic year, the…

January 10, 2014

Local News

FLC office cuts down on cash it carries

December break-in major motivator for electronic transactions

January 10, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Durango Police Friday 2:34 a.m. Someone found a wallet in the Walmart parking lot with a lot of money in…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Air Force drug probe grows to 10 officers

WASHINGTON – An Air Force investigation into alleged drug use in the ranks has expanded to include 10 officers at…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Court upholds 2012 oil spill settlement

Vessels operate in the area of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf of Mexico in July 2010.Dave Martin/Associated Press…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Report: Sexism part of military academies’ culture

Defense officials say cadets at U.S. military academies are being encouraged to come forward when they know of incidents of…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

GOP House targets health-care law; 67 Dems join in

Republican House members say a bill that passed the House Friday is needed to ensure that the Obama administration notifies…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Arkansas lieutenant governor says he’ll resign over ethics case

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr Friday said he would leave office Feb. 1, giving in to pressure from Democrats and…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Congresswoman wants pensions for top brass rolled back

Pensions for three- and four-star generals and admirals should be rolled back to pre-2007 levels, before Congress approved hikes of…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Deal reached on ads

Tobacco companies are a step closer today to putting out “corrective statements” about their history of defrauding the American public…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. withdraws diplomat from India

An attorney for Devyani Khobragade, who served as India’s deputy consul general, says his client is glad to be home.Mohammed…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Weak hiring numbers surprise economists WASHINGTON – It came as a shock: U.S. employers added just 74,000 jobs in December,…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Renoir painting ordered to museum

French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Paysage bords de Seine” is being returned to a Baltimore museum, where the museum’s director called…

January 10, 2014

Local News

Hickenlooper: I hate this experiment

In Durango, governor talks marijuana and business

January 10, 2014

Local News

Expect only dusting in town

Thirty percent chance in Durango on Sunday

January 10, 2014

Local News

Ex-Labor secretary: Where’s the equality?

Robert Reich says income gap widening

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Dial 9 before 911? Hotel death prompts petition

A 9-year-old girl tried to call 911 from a hotel room where she could hear her mother, Kari Hunt Dunn,…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Target reveals wider breach of security

A passerby walks near an entrance to a Target retail store in Watertown, Mass. Target says that personal information —…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. economy adds 74K jobs; rate falls to 6.7 percent

The U.S. jobless rate dropped to 6.7 percent in December, largely because of people stopping to look for work. December’s…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Threat remains unclear from chemical leak

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is delivering more than 1 million liters of water to nine West Virginia counties affected…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

FBI director: Snowden not a ‘hero whistle-blower’

WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey says he’s confused when he hears people referring to former national security contractor Edward…

January 9, 2014

Nation & World

How cold was it? Not much, really

As cold as it was for many Americans this week, scientists say the arctic freeze that gripped much of the…

January 9, 2014