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Vacant house fire

Firefighters responded to a vacant house on fire Friday evening in the 300 block of Bayfield Parkway in Bayfield. Randy…

October 25, 2013

Regional News

Cost of college rises in Utah

Nationally, college costs look to be leveling off. Tuition and fees in the U.S. grew by 2.9 percent during the…

October 25, 2013

Local News

Travel writer not sold on old mining towns’ main streets

In “The Daily Traveler,” he made a recommendation about what to skip in a visit to Southwest Colorado: “All of…

October 25, 2013

Local News

State’s best, brightest students visit Durango

3-day leadership conference draws 500

October 25, 2013

Local News

Gov. Hickenlooper taps Denver judge for Supreme Court

Denver District Judge William Hood on Friday received Gov. John Hickenlooper’s nomination to the state’s highest court, where he will…

October 25, 2013

Local News

Rain, snow forecast for next week

San Juans could get 1 foot or more

October 25, 2013

Local News

A little help from friends

Rye Standifer, 5, gets a little help from her mom, Faith Standifer, and 6-year-old Orea Pollock while skating Friday at…

October 25, 2013

Local News

Septmeber DUIs/DWAIs

These are convictions made in September 2013 for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent or…

October 25, 2013

Regional News

Searching for gold, Lost Dutchman Mine

Many have sought the riches long rumored buried there. Many have gone missing and even died in their efforts. And…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Both sides agree: No major budget deal foreseen

Instead, the Wisconsin Republican and the Nevada Democrat both say the best Washington can do in this bitterly partisan era…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Syria claims al-Qaida linked group’s leader killed

Questions remained over whether Abu Mohammad al-Golani, head of Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front, had indeed died. State TV…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Five people injured in ride mishap at NC State Fair

Fairgrounds police secure a barricade around the Vortex after an accident closed the ride just after 9 p.m. Thursday at…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Foreign leaders seek U.S. pledge on spying

German spy chiefs will travel to Washington shortly to talk with U.S. officials about the spying allegations that have so…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Syria nears completion of chemical weapons plan

The plan could involve moving most bulk or precursor chemicals to a single location, where they can be transported out…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Reporting rules for oil spills raising worries

According to records obtained by The Associated Press, the pipeline spills – many of them small – are among some…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Obama returns to campaign mode in NY

President Barack Obama is in New York on a fundraising tour for Democrats, the first of about a month of…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

Feds eye protection for bird

Officials in rural Western counties are worried about how a proposal to declare the sage grouse a threatened species will…

October 25, 2013

Local News

FBI seeks man with local ties

Benallydu1-i-syn Patrick Lynn Benally, 25, has relatives in the Durango area, but he may be on the Navajo Indian Reservation…

October 25, 2013

Local News

Gas restored to most homes

“As of 10 a.m., there were about 45 homes we tagged that we haven’t been able to get to yet,”…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

AP sources: Foreign help to US could be exposed

The two Western diplomats said officials from ODNI have continued to brief them regularly on what documents the director of…

October 25, 2013

Regional News

Jurors wanted child abuse charges against Ramseys

Newly released grand jury documents show a grand jury indicted Patsy and John Ramsey on charges related to the death…

October 25, 2013

Nation & World

More victims of online abuse reach out to parents

Brian Blanco/Associated Press<br><br>A new poll suggests more kids are telling their parents when they become victims of cyberbullying. Sarah Ball…

October 24, 2013

Nation & World

NSA drawing more criticism

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, says reports that the United States has monitored European leaders’ communications is harming America’s relationship…

October 24, 2013

Nation & World

Communists may back Czech party

General elections taking place in the Czech Republic this week may give the the Social Democratic Party a role in…

October 24, 2013