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Herald releases apps for newspaper

Amundsondu1-i-syn Recent-year subscribers of The Durango Herald have had access – if they chose – to the e-edition, which is…

May 10, 2013

Local News

Business is flowering

With Mother’s Day coming Sunday, Amy Long, owner of April’s Flowers, was busy Friday loading contract drivers’ cars full of…

May 10, 2013

Regional News

Olympians, execs to greet Prince Harry

SEDALIA – Britain’s Prince Harry will mingle with Olympians including Missy Franklin as well as British business executives, students and…

May 10, 2013

Local News

One day their prince did come

Durango Herald intern Stefanie Dazio, left, and former intern Leigh Giangreco next to her, appear on the front page of…

May 10, 2013

Local News

Housing agency hires director

Planner from Alaska will help put 5-year plan into action

May 10, 2013

Nation & World

1,776 feet: Spire installed atop 1 World Trade Center

The 408-foot spire at the top of 1 World Trade Center was put into place Friday.Mary Altaffer/Associated Press NEW YORK…

May 10, 2013

Nation & World

Carbon dioxide levels highest in human history

For the first time in recorded human history, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have surpassed 400 parts per…

May 10, 2013

Nation & World

State Department sought to change Libya response

Senior State Department officials pressed for changes in the talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used after the deadly…

May 10, 2013

Nation & World

IRS targeted conservative groups

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was “inappropriate” targeting of conservative political groups during…

May 10, 2013

Daily update

New starts for Durango growers and the Regional Housing Alliance.

The Durango Farmers Market kicks off its season Saturday, with a crop of younger growers making a debut and the…

May 10, 2013

Nation & World

After 17 days buried alive, Bangladesh seamstress pulled to safety

Survivor Reshma Begum lies on a stretcher Friday after being pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed…

May 10, 2013

Nation & World

For some Detroit services, call Department of D.I.Y.

Volunteers pick up government work

May 9, 2013

Nation & World

King, Messiah: New baby names show high hopes

WASHINGTON – Talk about high expectations for a newborn: King and Messiah are among the fastest-rising baby names for American…

May 9, 2013

Nation & World

Military moms honored at tea

WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama and military mothers had high tea like the Brits. The first lady and Jill Biden, wife…

May 9, 2013

Nation & World

Afghan president says U.S. wants to keep 9 bases

KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. wants to keep nine bases in Afghanistan after American combat troops withdraw in 2014 and…

May 9, 2013

Nation & World

Prosecutor: Suspect lured Ohio captives into car

This image provided by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s office shows the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center booking photo of Ariel Castro,…

May 9, 2013

Nation & World

Spending on prescription medicine shows rare dip in 2012

TRENTON, N.J. – Spending on prescription medicines in the U.S. fell for the first time in decades last year, slipping…

May 8, 2013

Nation & World

Ohio man’s ex-relatives describe abusive behavior

CLEVELAND – A man accused of keeping three women captive in his run-down home for about a decade and raping…

May 8, 2013

Nation & World

Boston chief: Wasn’t told FBI got Tsarnaev warning

WASHINGTON – The FBI did not initially share with Boston police the warnings it had received from Russia about one…

May 8, 2013

Nation & World

Tunisian man denies N.Y. terror cell plot claims

NEW YORK – A Tunisian man accused of radicalizing a Canadian resident charged in a plot to derail a train…

May 8, 2013

Nation & World

Minn. House approves gay marriage; would be 12th

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A historic vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in…

May 8, 2013

Nation & World

NYC weighs allowing many immigrants to vote

NEW YORK – Hundreds of thousands of immigrants could get the right to vote in New York City elections under…

May 8, 2013

Nation & World

Tornado activity hits 60-year low

The USA in the last 12 months has seen the fewest number of tornadoes since at least 1954, and the…

May 8, 2013

Nation & World

Ohio captive suffered 5 miscarriages

Ariel Castro, 52, is being held on $8 million bail for imprisoning three young women and beating them repeatedly over…

May 8, 2013