News

Weaker sales slowed U.S. home price gains in March

Economists are predicting that existing home sales will barely rise from last year’s 5.1 million. Real estate data provider CoreLogic…

Business

Looking for new frontiers in investing?

NEW YORK – Finding stocks that zig when others zag is a key goal for investors, and mutual fund managers…

Business

Apps can help moms-to-be track baby

WebMD’s Pregnancy app offers a pregnancy calendar and weekly illustrations showing the development of your baby.WebMD/Associated Press NEW YORK –…

Floating lab showcases ‘aliens of the sea’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Researcher Leonid Moroz emerges from a dive off the Florida Keys and gleefully displays a plastic…

California may reverse course on water

SAN FRANCISCO – Water has flowed from Northern California’s snow-capped peaks to the south’s parched cities ever since the California…

Area hives all the buzz

Herald Staff report About 40 people gathered Saturday outside Durango Joe’s near Walmart, but they weren’t on a tasting tour…

Who are charters for?

Animas High School is finding its stride nearly five years after opening to its initial class of freshmen. The school’s…

Man with DUI past killed by an alleged drunk driver

DANA POINT, Calif. – An Orange County man recently released from rehab after three drunken driving convictions died when authorities…

Dayplanner Sunday

Meetings and Events Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. American Legion will host…

Party for former city attorney raises some eyebrows

Durango officials defend nearly $17K expense

Former state senator takes aim at Tipton’s seat

Democrat Abel Tapia brings message to Durango

Tractor ride at Farmers Market

Five-year-old Cooper Manganaro and his mom, Danna Manganaro, visited the Durango Farmers Market on opening day Saturday in the parking…

Regional News

Hickenlooper signs broadband expansion

DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Friday that reroutes part of a $54 million annual ratepayer subsidy to telecom…

Seismic study begins in Dolores District

Work has begun on the Kinder Morgan 3-D Seismic Study for the Doe Canyon Deep Unit in the “Glade” area…

Obama presses for road repairs

Funding, taxes are needed to keep projects going

Insurgents abduct wife, 2 kids in Nigeria

Joint effort to rescue schoolgirls starts

Same-sex marriage arrives in Bible Belt: Ark. issues licenses

Jennifer Rambo, right, of Fort Smith, Ark., kisses her partner, Kristin Seaton, of Jacksonville, Ark., after their marriage ceremony Saturday…

Ukraine president warns about eastern sovereignty

What will happen after vote is still up in the air

Nation Briefs

Arizona Phoenix VA health system appoints interim director PHOENIX – An interim director will take over the embattled Phoenix VA…

Let the sun shine in: White House goes solar

What’s not known is the amount of tax dollars spent

Is your new baby’s name in the top 20 for last year?

Here is the list compiled by the Social Security Administration

World Briefs

Cuba briefs U.S. on detained exiles HAVANA – U.S. diplomats confirmed Saturday that Cuban officials have given them some information…

Syrians re-enter Homs after rebels expelled

Their surrender is exchanged for safe passage