News

India takes aim at privileges held by U.S. diplomats

Rajanish Kakade/Associated Press<br><br>India is stepping up pressure on the United States by revoking some of the perks diplomatic officials in…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Rodman sings happy birthday to North Korean leader

Kim Kwang Hyon/Associated Press<br><br>Dennis Rodman Wednesday blows a kiss to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Al-Qaida-linked group ramps up regional violence

Al-Qaida forces are hoping to turn the Syrian civil war into a wider conflict pitting Sunni communities against Shiite-dominated governments…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Obama nearing decision on NSA policies

President Barack Obama is expected to announce new policies on National Security Agency surveillance programs next week. He is meeting…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Egyptian leader seeks mandate to run

Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is enjoying soaring popularity among many Egyptians.Khalil Hamra/Associated Press CAIRO – Egypt’s military chief…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Gay marriages in Utah won’t be recognized

Salt Lake County clerk may refund marriage license fee

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Agency helps landowners conserve their resources

Water projects major part of broad mission in La Plata County

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

New forests, new fire hazards

After beetle kill, researchers look at how they burn

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Ute Mountain Utes tackle environmental issues

Buildings cleared, old leaking landfill will be capped

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Rio aims to clean water before Games

A worker on a garbage-collecting barge collects trash from the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro. The bay is contaminated…

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Rain forest’s diversity reflects battle to survive

The diversity of a tropical rain forest can be hard to fathom for people who have not seen one. Three…

January 8, 2014

Local News

Girl hurt at ski area released from hospital

Late December accident leads to multiple pelvis, facial fractures

January 8, 2014

Local News

S.W. Colorado snowpack on target

State as a whole a bit better off than last year

January 8, 2014

Local News

All together now? Legislature convenes

Both sides talk of bipartisanship

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Giffords completes skydive on shooting anniversary

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is marking the third anniversary of her shooting by a gunman in Tucson with a skydive…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Fallujah battle stirs vets’ memories

Many Marine veterans who helped capture the Iraqi city of Fallujah from Iraqi insurgents in 2004 have mixed feelings now…

January 8, 2014

Local News

New homeless shelter for families set to open in Durango

Two years ago, Linda West was working the checkout at the Methodist Thrift Store when a homeless man came in,…

January 8, 2014

Local News

Economy experts upbeat about ’14

Gradual improvement expected in region, state

January 7, 2014

Local News

A life on ice

Fulfillment once came from risky climbs, now from teaching others

January 7, 2014

Regional News

Avalanche is N. America’s largest

This landslide in April 2013, at Kennecott Utah Copper Bingham Canyon Mine in Bingham Canyon, Utah, has been determined by…

January 7, 2014

Local News

Jackson Gulch may expand

Project would increase Mancos-area irrigation

January 7, 2014

Regional News

Gay-marriage decision looms in Ariz.

PHOENIX – An attorney who filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Arizona’s same-sex marriage ban said Tuesday he hopes to…

January 7, 2014

Nation & World

Deep freeze strands rail, air travelers nationwide

Travelers are trying to reach their destinations as train, car and rail traffic is slowing to a crawl because of…

January 7, 2014

Nation & World

IRS: Identity theft prosecutions double in 2013

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service is seeing a big jump in thieves stealing Social Security numbers to fraudulently claim…

January 7, 2014