News

Attorney defends NSA violations

“Complicated technology systems frequently don’t work as they expect them to,” Robert Litt, general counsel for the Director of National…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Obama popularity falling

A Washington Post/ABC News poll says 55 percent of respondents now disapprove of Obama’s performance, the worst rating of his…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Dinosaur fossils fail to sell

This photograph provided by Bonhams auction house shows the “Montana Dueling Dinosaurs,” fossils of two dinosaurs discovered on a Montana…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Winter-like storm drawing a bead on Four Corners

Paul Frisbie, forecaster with the National Weather Service in Grand Junction, said temperatures in the valleys of Southwest Colorado likely…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Karzai to support deal on U.S. troops

The United States and Afghanistan are hammering out final language for an agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

ROME – The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest…

November 19, 2013

Education

All-boys NYC schools serve at-risk population

Model is delivering above-average results

November 19, 2013

Education

Education Briefs

Joseph Bruchac – writer of poetry, short stories, novels, anthologies and music that reflect his Abenaki Native American heritage and…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Poll: Guv slides, still leads GOP field

51 percent of Coloradans support fracking

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Police: Son suspect in murder-suicide try

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds campaigns with his son Gus in Halifax, Va., in 2009. Deeds is hospitalized with stab…

November 19, 2013

Daily update

Dayplanner Wednesday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

November 19, 2013

Daily update

Community Road Work Conditions

The city of Durango Community Development Department’s fall construction of the Downtown Sidewalk Improvement Project has resumed. Each side street…

November 19, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Herbed baked chicken, chicken gravy, chopped spinach, carrots, salad bar, wheat roll and strawberry shortcake. Durango…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Federal funds will help bring more local food to schools

Durango School District 9-R awarded $100,000 grant

November 19, 2013

Regional News

Gun-control debate is far from finished in Colo. Legislature

Two Democratic senators who supported the gun laws were recalled in September, and a third faces a possible recall vote…

November 18, 2013

Local News

Two Durangoans injured in Myanmar

Both back home to heal

November 18, 2013

Local News

Getting ready to blast

Three employees with Yenter Companies drill rock on U.S. Highway 550 at Bondad Hill, preparing to blast and remove the…

November 18, 2013

Local News

School board looking to fill two seats

In 2015, board shrinks from 7 to 5 members

November 18, 2013

Regional News

Leak spurs talk of monitoring schools’ carbon monoxide monitors

Local and state officials said Tuesday they’re reconsidering Utah’s policy, noting monitors could have prevented levels of exposure that required…

November 18, 2013

Regional News

Early votes in opposition to Albuquerque abortion ban

Signs advocating for and against a late-term abortion ban hang on a fence outside of a voting site at Eisenhower…

November 18, 2013

Local News

The Blotter

Monday 10:47 a.m. Someone reported smoke near Elmoreâ€™s Corner. 8:50 p.m. A fire alarm was set off in the 300…

November 18, 2013

Local News

Whitewater Park ready to rock

$850K construction project begins on Smelter Rapid

November 18, 2013

Nation & World

Thousands expected for Gettysburg Address event

Thousands of people are expected to visit Gettysburg, Pa., this week to mark the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s…

November 18, 2013

Nation & World

Newly declassified surveillance documents released

The Supreme Court says it won’t take hear a request to stop the National Security Administration from collecting records of…

November 18, 2013