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U.N. committee faults U.S. civil-rights record GENEVA – A U.N. panel has found serious shortcomings in the United States’ civil-rights…

FLC funding likely secured

House deal includes $20. 8 million for Berndt Hall

Meeting to examine gun-range access

New facility planned at Bodo Industrial Park

A high-tech helicopter may aid firefighters

CENTENNIAL – It costs federal taxpayers $34,000 just to keep the U.S. Forest Service’s newest heavy air tanker on the…

Being kind has its pluses

Character now part of grades at Durango High

Former defense secretary James Schlesinger dies

James Schlesinger is dead at 85. The onetime economics professor served three presidents in various capacities, including serving as defense…

IMF readies Ukraine loans

Russia urged United Nations to vote against a non-binding resolution affirming Ukraine’s territorial inte-grity, arguing that its annexation of Crimea…

Commanders fired in nuke missile cheating scandal

The Air Force is allowing Col. Robert Stanley II, commander of Malmstrom Air Force Base’s 341st Missile Wing, to resign…

Body cameras on hold for now

Local law-enforcement agencies are still hands-off with the new technology

N.M. revamps police training

Effort aims to cut back on deadly force encounters

N.M. chile numbers down

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A combination of dwindling water supplies in southern New Mexico and the availability of farm labor…

Dayplanner Friday

Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main…

Prairie chicken listed as threatened

The Obama administration is placing the lesser prairie chicken on a list of threatened species, a move that could affect…

Colo. recall election changes clear hurdle

GOP: Sour grapes from gun-control recall losers behind tweaks

Snowy morning

The Blotter

Durango Police Wednesday 1:45 p.m. An intoxicated man was passed out inside the Durango Transit Center, 250 West Eighth Street.…

Red Mountain rockslide documented

A rock slab the size of a football field sliding down the mountain. Helicopters landing on one skid to drop…

Most like sanctions, but not so for Obama

President Barack Obama’s job performance rating has dropped to its lowest level ever, with 59 percent of Americans disapproving of…

Peace Corps aims to boost recruiting

DETROIT – The leader of the Peace Corps elaborated on the group’s plans to simplify the application process for perspective…

Millions could get extra time for health sign-ups

President Barack Obama, with Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, is leading a last-minute campaign to get more people…

World/Nation Briefs

North Korea fires missiles during summit SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles Wednesday, South Korea…

El-Sissi makes it official

Egyptian military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is expected to win the presidency in next month’s elections, restoring the country’s longtime legacy…

Pilot at center of probe, investigator says

Officials are trying to get family members of Malaysia Airlines pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah to talk about his mental state…

Space wasteland grows busy

Scientists speculate there are probably thousands of tiny worlds in the inner Oort cloud that surrounds the solar system. Researchers…