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Local Briefs

A health-coverage guide from San Juan Basin Health Department will give hands-on instruction Saturday for people ready to sign up…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Ancient DNA raising hopes

The feat surpasses the previous age record of about 100,000 years for genetic material recovered from members of the human…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

FAA has road map for drones, but is behind schedule

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta released the five-year road map a month ago, which projected 7,500 unmanned aircraft in the skies…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Harvard poll: 57% of millennials disapprove of Obamacare

The new poll shows that Obama’s approval rating with 18- to 29-year-olds now stands at 41 percent, a dramatic 11-point…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Lawyer: Engineer in ‘daze’ before NYC train crash

A train passes by the scene of repair efforts at the site of a train derailment in the Bronx borough…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

HARTFORD, Conn. – As gunfire boomed over and over in the background, a janitor begged a 911 dispatcher to send…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Authorities find missing cobalt

Authorities believe a cargo truck containing highly dangerous radioactive material was not targeted by terrorists. The truck was taken from…

December 4, 2013

Local News

Sex offender registers with Sheriff’s Office

Ashburndu1-i-syn Steven Jeffery Ashburn, 42, has been released from the Colorado Department of Corrections and is now living at Days…

December 4, 2013

Good Earth

Fossils tell story of bygone ecosystem

Tar pits hold secrets covered by LA sprawl

December 4, 2013

Good Earth

Native seedlings to revive forest ravaged by wildfire

From cold storage to nursery to the burned slopes above Vallecito

December 4, 2013

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

A winter plant sale will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13 at the San Juan…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Report: Cellphone tracking pervasive

NSA computer program crunches data to find patterns of relationships

December 4, 2013

Local News

Land-use meetings postponed

Both Wednesday’s public meeting, scheduled to take place at the Durango Public Library, and today’s Planning Commission meeting, slated to…

December 4, 2013

Good Earth

Bulletproof plants for novice gardeners

People new to gardening can increase their odds for success by shopping for easy-to-grow plants such as peppers. Choose the…

December 4, 2013

Good Earth

North Dakota launching website to notify public of spills

In response to extensive media coverage and criticism from environmental groups, the North Dakota Health Department will launch a website…

December 4, 2013

Good Earth

Cutting trees to rid N.J. forest of beetles

Deep in the woods, the whine of chain saws pierced the fall air, and Steve Garcia shouted a warning to…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

U.S.-China talks reach no consensus on air zone row

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in China. After a state welcoming ceremony hosted by Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao,…

December 4, 2013

Nation & World

Obama targets income gap

President Barack Obama is promising to devote the remainder of his second term to trying to restore economic opportunity for…

December 4, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Combination burrito with green chili, tomato and lettuce, cilantro brown rice, salad bar and grapes. Durango…

December 4, 2013

Daily update

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

December 4, 2013

Local News

Havoc in the high country, little snow down low

CDOT to close some passes periodically to conduct avalanche-control operations

December 4, 2013

Local News

Rays of hope for winter tanners

But is this burning desire good for your health?

December 3, 2013

Regional News

Religious freedom cited in rejecting gay clients

An attorney for a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for Dave Mullins, right, and Charlie Craig…

December 3, 2013

Nation & World

Texas executes man for corrections officer’s death

Inmate Jerry Martin is the last Texas inmate scheduled to be executed in Texas this year. Martin was executed Tuesday…

December 3, 2013