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Scientists find big cat fossil

An artist rendering by Mauricio Anton of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows a reconstruction of an extinct…

November 14, 2013

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey told senators Thursday he is not opposed to Congress speaking with the survivors of…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Secret Service investigating new allegations

This time, two supervisory agents assigned to President Barack Obama’s protective detail have been investigated for misconduct involving sexually suggestive…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Egypt welcomes Russian officials

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, right, says his country is not seeking to replace U.S. aid with Russian assistance even…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Dems target tax fix

Democrats are asking Republican lawmakers to consider closing several tax loopholes as a way to raise new revenues to avoid…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Typhoon-hit city begins burying its dead

Aid is beginning to reach the thousands of displaced typhoon victims in Tacloban, the Philippines. Authorities buried several unidentified victims…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

TORONTO – Toronto’s mayor denied Thursday that he pressured a female employee for oral sex, in an obscenity-laced statement on…

November 14, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

Advantage Physical Therapy & Wellness, P.C., 3600 Main Ave., Suite A, will hold its eighth annual Advantage Blanket and Coat…

November 14, 2013

Local News

Forest Service calls truce in ski water spat

Won’t take rights from resorts

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

N.Y. court says gold tablet still belongs to museum

This 3,200-year-old gold tablet will be returned to a German museum that lost it during World War II. The tablet…

November 14, 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 14, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: BBQ brisket, cheesy potatoes, broccoli peanut salad, salad bar, wheat roll and cantaloupe. Durango School District…

November 14, 2013

Daily update

Dayplanner Friday

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 14, 2013

Nation & World

Obamacare fix on table

Effect on consumers, industry unclear

November 14, 2013

Local News

Activists pressure Tipton

Rallies demand immigration reform

November 13, 2013

Local News

Power to the victim

Groups work to bring ease, support when reporting sexual abuse

November 13, 2013

Regional News

Seized ivory crushed in Denver

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officers carry confiscated ivory to a crusher to be pulverized at the National Wildlife Property…

November 13, 2013

Local News

The Blotter

Thursday 2:27 a.m. A man was sleeping inside Walmart. Wednesday 7:51 a.m. A vehicle was vandalized overnight in a parking…

November 13, 2013

Local News

A helping hand

Fort Lewis College sophomore Spencer Edsall steadies the head of fellow sophomore Sierra Jeffers during a mock wilderness first-aid scenario…

November 13, 2013

Local News

Durango woman to appear on ‘Let’s Make a Deal’

La Plata County residents can tune in and see Sarah Shedd navigate “deals” and “zonks” on the long-running CBS program…

November 13, 2013

Local News

Colorado senators seeking to protect same-sex couples

Udall, Bennet support nondiscrimination bill

November 13, 2013

Local News

Renewable energy focus at tribal conference

Nation’s 566 tribes bring concerns to White House

November 13, 2013

Good Earth

Scientists warn of hot, sour, breathless oceans

The world’s oceans are getting more acidic at an unprecedented rate, faster than at any time in the past 300…

November 13, 2013

Nation & World

Warhol painting fetches record $105 million at New York auction

Andy Warhol’s “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)” by Andy Warhol was auctioned off for $105 million Wednesday, seting a record…

November 13, 2013