News

Pot shots

Public critiques city’s proposed regulations for retail marijuana

American 12th-graders score abysmally

Test shows fewer than half proficient in math, reading

Regional News

Utah’s Days of ’47 Parade turns down gay-rights group

Mormons Building Bridges, marching last year during the Utah Gay Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, has been turned down…

Dems open door to taking part in Benghazi probe

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., believes it is “good sign” that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi interested in taking part in…

GOP getting quick start

N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis talks with voter Donald Parrott of Charlotte during Tuesday’s primary election. Tillis beat several anti-establishment…

Repairs start on Fort Lewis athletic fields

No games until at least the fall on 15 acres leased by city of Durango

Census chief tours booming oil state

Local officials say so many new residents are moving to North Dakota, many of them are living in their cars,…

EPA illegally blocking probe, investigator says

McCarthydu1-i-syn WASHINGTON – A unit run by President Barack Obama’s political staff inside the Environmental Protection Agency operates illegally as…

Nation Briefs

New autoposy urged in botched execution OKLAHOMA CITY – An attorney for the Oklahoma inmate who died after a botched…

NATO, Japan agree to cooperate more

BRUSSELS – The U.S.-led NATO alliance and Japan, facing mounting security challenges in their respective neighborhoods, agreed Tuesday to cooperate…

Nigeria group claims kidnapping girls

Protesters in Nigeria say the president’s wife ordered the arrest of two protest leaders and accused them of belonging to…

U.S. dismisses Iranian threat to Navy carriers

The admiral in charge of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard naval forces says the U.S. Navy’s aircraft targets would be “easy targets”…

World Brief

Uruguay approves rules for legal marijuana MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – President Jose Mujica and his ministers have signed off on the…

Education

Education Briefs

Southwest Studies to host doctoral fellow The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College will offer a doctoral fellowship…

Ukraine tightens cordon around rebellious city

Pro-Russian gunmen carry their weapons at the local administration building in the center of Slovyansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 6, 2014.…

Lewinsky says she was ‘scapegoat’

Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern who had an affair with Bill Clinton while he was president, says she…

Hagel talks of tough defense choices after war

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the U.S. military will need to invest in cyber technology and new international partnerships…

Judge finalists selected

The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission has nominated two candidates for a San Juan County court judgeship created by the…

Business

Pets No. 1 around here

Durango stores aim to meet demands of owners

Regional News

Session comes to close today

Dems, GOP claim victories

County praised for open process

“Yay!” “Rasta Stevie” Smith’s enthusiastic comment was one of three that La Plata County commissioners heard about the county’s proposed…

Climate report warns of disruption

Rising temperatures affecting Americans’ lives, study says