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Local News

Will Election Day voter registration open fraud’s door?

Republicans do – and they’re upset the measure got passed

February 11, 2014

Local News

And in this corner … ‘Buffie’ McFadyen

Your current U.S. Rep. Tipton may not be ‘maverick’ enough

February 11, 2014

Local News

Rapidly rising

Workers are finishing the second of four whitewater features under construction at Santa Rita Park. Scott McClain, the city of…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion

A Time Warner Cable truck is parked in New York. Comcast has agreed to buy Time Warner Cable for $45.2…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Congress clears bill ending military pension cuts

Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, supreme allied commander of NATO forces, walks Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind. on Capitol Hill…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Results confirm tribes’ lineage

Native Americans have DNA links to earliest people

February 11, 2014

Local News

County works to keep rural taps flowing

Meeting of minds aims to clarify who provides water service just beyond city limits

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Afghanistan frees detainees U.S. calls ‘dangerous’

A U.S. military guard walks down a corridor between detainee cells at the Parwan detention facility near Bagram, Afghanistan. An…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Health insurance sign-ups gaining steam

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is calling the increase in health-care insurance signups “encouraging.” Her department released new…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Euthanasia for kids?

Belgian politicians debate the bill on child euthanasia at the Belgian federal parliament in Brussels Wednesday. Belgium, one of the…

February 11, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Thursday

Meetings and Events Durango High Noon Rotary, noon meeting, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango,…

February 11, 2014

Local News

Coffee clubs brew friendships

Men’s java groups in Durango can be traced back more than 60 years

February 11, 2014

Local News

Should your kid’s teacher pack heat?

Republican gun measures fail

February 11, 2014

Local News

Barnes gunning for top Olympic spot

Durangoan’s biathlon event is Friday morning

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Obama gets debt bill after Senate approval WASHINGTON – Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Nuke reform drive features ideas tried 5 years ago

WASHINGTON – Five years ago the Air Force considered a series of proposals to boost morale and fix performance and…

February 11, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Historian to discuss bars and boneyards Fort Lewis College History Department will present “‘Dr. Colorado’ Confessions of a Public Historian:…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Rival Koreas hold senior-level meeting

U.S. Army tanks and fighting vehicles are unloaded to replace the U.S. Forces Korea’s 2nd Infantry Division’s existing ones at…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

College really does pay off

WASHINGTON – The earnings gap between young adults with and without bachelor’s degrees has stretched to its widest level in…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

House approves raising debt limit WASHINGTON – Unwilling to spook the markets and divided among themselves, House Republicans backed away…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Let ex-felons vote, Holder asks states

Attorney General Eric Holder plans to work with tea party conservative Sen. Rand Paul to reform federal policies on mandatory…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

Iran marks anniversary of 1979 revolution TEHRAN, Iran – President Hassan Rouhani called Tuesday for “fair and constructive” nuclear talks…

February 11, 2014

Nation & World

Americans back Cuba ties

MIAMI – A majority of Americans and an even higher proportion of Floridians support re-establishing relations with Cuba, Washington’s Cold…

February 11, 2014

Education

More students choose the challenge of AP classes

A student writes notes in the Advanced Placement physics class at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington. The number of…

February 11, 2014