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Dayplanner Thursday

Meetings and Events “Raptor Identification Made Easy (Seriously)” raptor workshop, by Catherine Ortega, 11 a.m., For the Birds, 1560 East…

Community Menus

Community menus for Thursday, Dec. 12. Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Herb chicken, scalloped potatoes, green beans, wheat roll and ambrosia.…

Community Road Work Conditions

Community Road Work Conditions for Thursday, Dec. 12. Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues, with a…

High-tech meters days away

While system down, parking free downtown

Coats for Christmas

NSA chief: Surveillance programs necessary

‘There’s no other way to connect the dots’

A happy hospital starts with the stomach

Mercy cafeteria serves more than patients, staff

U.S. charity buys ancient masks to return to Hopi, Apache tribes

PARIS – A U.S. charitable foundation said Wednesday that it was the anonymous bidder that paid $530,000 for 24 Native…

Local Briefs

Closures continue on Main Avenue Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues with a southbound single-lane closure.…

The Blotter

Durango Police Wednesday 1:44 a.m. A 22-year-old man involved in an altercation in the 2000 block of Main Avenue had…

New probe begins into raided pot shops

Federal grand jury investigation looks at possible drug-cartel links

Grant helps schools get two-way radios

A regional educational support network has received a $22,200 grant to buy 122 hand-held radios to be distributed among 44…

N.M. trial looks at assisted-suicide law

Cancer patient seeks option of ending life

Police clash with protesters in Ukrainian capital

Ukrainian riot police storm pro-European Union activists gathered in their tent camps on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday.…

Local Briefs

Pet adoption day scheduled for Saturday Blackhat Humane Society will have its first adoption day from 10 a.m. to 5…

Cobalt-60 finally removed from Mexican cornfield

MEXICO CITY – A shipment of highly radioactive cobalt-60 was safely recovered Tuesday evening after sitting in the cornfield where…

Big data has role in holiday-shopping season

Holiday shoppers are being monitored more than ever this year, as retailers employ more and more technology to try to…

Business Briefs

Durango family clinic has new owner Dr. Kirsten “Kicki” Searfus recently purchased Mountain View Family Healthcare from Dr. Megan Lewis…

Stocks dip after reaching record

NEW YORK – Stocks fell modestly Tuesday as investors took a breather from a market that notched yet another record…

Helium to rise in Dolores County

Operations expected to begin in April 2015

European probe on course for comet rendezvous

An artist’s rendering shows the European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe in space. The space agency hopes to launch a…

Lawmakers push to set record straight on Nazi atrocity

History has been slow to recognize the contribution of African-American troops throughout America’s military history. That is starting to change.…

World Briefs

Thailand protest leader claims more powers BANGKOK — The head of Thailand’s protest movement on Tuesday extended his extraordinary claims…

Nation Briefs

State senator wins special election BOSTON – Democrat Katherine Clark has defeated three opponents to win a special election to…