News

Obama credits success to MLK

Chairs, metal risers and video screens are ready for Wednesday’s celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King…

August 27, 2013

Nation & World

U.S., allies readying case to attack Syria

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration tried to bolster its case Tuesday for possible military action against Syria within days, with…

August 27, 2013

Local News

Crew ruptures gas line; residents evacuate

Emergency over after 45 minutes

August 27, 2013

Local News

West Fork fires caught in time-lapse video

While residents of southwest Colorado dealt with road closures and smoke from the West Fork fires complex, Mesquite, Texas cinematographer…

August 26, 2013

Local News

City could pay more for fire services

$4.3 million in added fees would pay for new station, bonds

August 26, 2013

Local News

In the West, an unkind budget cut for overgrown forests

Lack of funding makes strange bedfellows in U.S. Congress

August 26, 2013

Local News

The Colorado Trail, my way

486 miles of toil done by myriad methods

August 26, 2013

Local News

County temporarily bans retail pot

Residents blast commissioners for ignoring voters

August 26, 2013

Nation & World

Manning lawyer gives more details on gender change

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who was previously known as Bradley Manning, decided to announce that she wanted…

August 26, 2013

Nation & World

Migrants tell of ordeal in train crash that killed six

Central American migrant workers said they were threatened and extorted by armed men while riding atop a cargo train to…

August 26, 2013

Nation & World

Feds to restore cuts in mineral payments to states

BILLINGS, Mont. – Federal officials reversed course in a dispute over mineral payments Monday as they agreed to pay states…

August 26, 2013

Nation & World

Islamist groups seek truce with Egyptian army

CAIRO – Two former militant groups offered to call off street protests if the government agrees to ease its pressure…

August 26, 2013

Nation & World

Fire threatening Bay area water

Flames from the Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park are threatening San Francisco’s main water supply, the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.…

August 26, 2013

Nation & World

Obama awards Medal of Honor to Afghan war veteran

President Barack Obama Monday awarded the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter for actions taken to rescue…

August 26, 2013

Nation & World

Syria must be held accountable, Kerry says

Kerrydu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – The Obama administration moved closer to military action against Syria on Monday as Secretary of State John…

August 26, 2013

Local News

Hanging them high

Doug Dowers, with the city of Durango, stretches a banner across Main Avenue on Monday, welcoming the expected thousands of…

August 25, 2013

Local News

All West Fork Fire-related closures are lifted

But some areas may still be dangerous

August 25, 2013

Local News

Lessons in the debris

Big Front Range fires show the benefits, limits of forest thinning

August 25, 2013

Local News

Mandated statewide fire code proves controversial

DENVER – Several members of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration are pushing for a statewide code to require homeowners in wildfire-prone…

August 25, 2013

Local News

Art program unveils new work

Forty students, two semesters of work leads to sculpture gracing library garden

August 25, 2013

Local News

Two-hotel project provokes backlash

Planning Commission recommends approval

August 25, 2013

Regional News

N.M. county ordered to issue same-sex marriage licenses

From left, Heidi MacDonald and her spouse Monica Ewing, from Santa Fe, and Krista Turner and her spouse Lisa Hunsicker,…

August 25, 2013

Regional News

Wildfire-spawned flash floods run up costs on Western Slope

Volunteer and recent high school graduate Alex Caffery, center, helps local merchants wash mud off merchandise that was heavily damaged…

August 25, 2013

Business

Nasdaq breakdown ups pressure for action

Trading halt points to technological vulnerabilities

August 24, 2013