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City Hall to close for a few hours for drill

An emergency drill will take place under the pretense of a make-believe fire Thursday, but one effect will be real.…

August 16, 2013

Local News

Bear bites camper near Pagosa Springs

Victim treated for puncture wounds

August 16, 2013

Nation & World

Thousands join Graceland vigil to honor Elvis

Elvis Presley fans have been coming from across the country to mark the 36th anniversary of the rock n’ roll…

August 16, 2013

Nation & World

NSA revelations raise new concerns

New revelations that the National Security Administration has violated privacy rules with its surveillance of Americans is raising new concerns…

August 16, 2013

Business

401(k) borrowing may be good idea in right situation

Sometimes, you really don’t have a choice. All other savings, including your emergency savings, are depleted. There’s a pile of…

August 16, 2013

Business

Company bringing drone technology home

This photo provided by DJI North America shows the Phantom, a $700 drone made by DJI of China. The tiny…

August 16, 2013

Nation & World

King Richard’s bones spur fight

Ancestors of King Richard III will challenge plans to rebury to English monarch. A court said the family can challenge…

August 16, 2013

Nation & World

Violence continuing to escalate in Egypt

CAIRO – Egypt’s capital descended into chaos Friday as vigilantes at neighborhood checkpoints battled Muslim Brotherhood-led protesters denouncing the ouster…

August 16, 2013

Nation & World

Colorado releases insurance exchange rates

DENVER – Coloradans without health insurance found out Friday what it will cost them to comply with the insurance mandate…

August 16, 2013

Local News

New mural

Mariah Kaminsky puts the final touches for the prospector mural on the side of Garcia & Co. Jewelers at Harrison…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

Soldier shot 12 times during Fort Hood rampage

FORT HOOD, Texas – One of the soldiers killed during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood suffered a dozen…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

Cost of raising child hits $500,000

If you think the cost of rearing a child is expensive, you’re right. A new government report says child-rearing has…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

New school year awaits kids who survived twister

In this Monday, May 20, 2013 photo, Ruby Macias, is carried from the rubble of Plaza Towers Elementary school following…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

Pentagon announces plan to address sexual assaults

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon announced a plan Thursday to deal with sexual assault in the ranks, including tighter control of…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

NASA heads back to future

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Navy are practicing for the first ocean recovery of a space craft since…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

Japan shrine still flashpoint 68 years after war

The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo is visited by thousands every year to remember the soldiers who died during World War…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

U.N. chief rips settlements

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, is “deeply troubled” by Israel’s expansion of settlements in the West Bank. He made his…

August 15, 2013

Local News

No glove? Catch the ball in your cup of beer

La Plata County Extension Office Director Darrin Parmenter caught a foul ball in his beer during Tuesday night’s Rockies game…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

NASA gives up trying to fix planet-hunting telescope

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration wants to look at how it can continue using the broken Kepler spacecraft. The…

August 15, 2013

Nation & World

Death toll continues to soar across Egypt

CAIRO – Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo…

August 15, 2013

Local News

No new details in Redwine case

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office declined to release any new information Thursday about the search it conducted Wednesday at…

August 15, 2013

Local News

Investigators search Mark Redwine’s house

Sheriff says he expects to learn today if anything significant was found

August 14, 2013

Local News

Boys of the gridiron

‘Sometimes it hurts, but it goes away’

August 14, 2013

Local News

Shut-down Mancos mill fined $337,167

State board says mercury, arsenic at unacceptable levels

August 14, 2013