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Study: Hot weather leads to hot heads

Solomon Hsiang of the University of California, Berkeley, says as the world gets warmer, people are more prone to get…

Colorado’s teachers soon will be graded

State prepares for standardized educator-effectiveness ratings

Illinois governor to sign medical marijuana bill

CHICAGO – After months of keeping his decision-making close to the vest, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is set to sign…

Prosecutor says kidnapped Ohio women kept diaries

Ariel Castro, who pleaded guilty to 937 counts related to kidnapping and raping three women he kept imprisoned for years…

Raiders of ‘Hitler’s gas station’ reunite in Ohio

World War II veterans who took part in an air assault on “Hitler’s gas station” in 1943 are meeting in…

UK files include nuclear war speech for queen

LONDON — British officials drafted an emotional rallying cry for Queen Elizabeth II as part of an exercise simulating the…

House OKs student loan bill

Legislation lowers rates but ties them to U.S. economy

U.S. triples its solar energy capacity

The U.S. has tripled its solar-power-generating capacity since 2010 and increased it tenfold since 2007, according to a new report…

Stopping erosion in its tracks

Project aims to preserve hillside at old mine site near Durango

‘Microplastic’ is polluting Great Lakes

Tiny pellets being linked to personal hygiene products

Community Road Conditions

Community Road Work Conditions for Thursday, Aug. 1. U.S. Highway 160 Eastbound/Westbound between Cortez and Towaoc (Milemarker 37-27). Through October…

Defense chief warns budget cuts could harm military forces

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is warning that budget cuts scheduled to take effect next year could force the Pentagon to…

Afghan casualties rising, U.N. reports

More Afghani civilians are being killed and wounded as the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan pulls its forces out of the…

Ballantine newspapers name CEO

Media leader seeks growth as a content provider in digital, print

Mercury rising

Matt Taylor, CEO of Mercury, said the company is planning to move into its new 78,000-square-foot facility next to Durango…

New trail gets ‘progressive’

Snakecharmer provides options for Horse Gulch mountain bikers

Judge OKs man for trial in stepfather’s death

Ignacio resident, 31, restored to mental competency

On monsoon break

State workers get first raise in four years

Colo. Republican says more accurate information needed

Tribe backs horse slaughterhouse

ALBUQUERQUE – The Navajo Nation is jumping into the emotional and divisive fray over a return to domestic horse slaughter,…

Health-insurance rates release gets delayed for 2 weeks

DENVER – Colorado residents who need health insurance by the end of the year are going to have to wait…

Tipton’s healthy-forest bill makes it through House panel

Democratic foes predict measure’s doom in Senate

Lawyer: S.D. mayor not given harassment training

SAN DIEGO – The attorney for San Diego’s embattled mayor says the city failed to provide Bob Filner state-required sexual…

Lawmakers fault poor TSA record on discipline

Federal lawmakers criticized the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday for uneven disciplinary action in misconduct cases that a government watchdog…