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Signing Day

Durango High School had a handful of student-athletes sign their national letters of intent on Wednesday’s national signing day. Alastair…

February 4, 2014

Regional News

Poll: Hickenlooper leads GOP challengers

Governor’s approval rating 52 percent

February 4, 2014

Local News

Medical examiner weighs options

La Plata County coroner a factor

February 4, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Thursday

Class for people with prediabetes, 9-11 a.m., Suite 140 of the medical office building at Mercy Regional Medical Center, 764-2720.…

February 4, 2014

Local News

Shhh! No German!

Outdated laws reveal history, character of Durango

February 4, 2014

Regional News

Navajo Nation gambling compact endorsed in N.M.

The Committee on Compacts voted 12-4 to forward the gambling agreement to the New Mexico House and Senate for a…

February 4, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Barry Hillmer, a silver life master, will teach a free bridge lesson on bidding at 3:30 p.m. today at the…

February 4, 2014

Local News

Uranium mill may face lawsuit

Group alleges violations in Utah

February 4, 2014

Local News

New Internet sales-tax bill brought forward

Democrats confident it will withstand legal challenge

February 4, 2014

Local News

Lawns bill to go before ag committee

Today is the day of reckoning for Sen. Ellen Roberts’ bill to limit the size of suburban lawns in order…

February 4, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Tuesday 2:28 p.m. A magazine sales scam was reported at Parkside Terrace Townhomes, 1 East Sixth Ave. 6:01 p.m. A…

February 4, 2014

Regional News

More air tours OK’d for the Grand Canyon

Bill in 2012 increased quiet-air technology incentives at park

February 4, 2014

Business

Feds want cars to be able to talk to each other

The action, still some years off, has “game-changing potential” to cut collisions, deaths and injuries, federal transportation officials said at…

February 4, 2014

Business

Banks versus retailers

Data breaches place Americans in the middle

February 4, 2014

Business

Business Briefs

Put A Cork In It announces its new location at 1127 Camino del Rio. The business is owned by Alan…

February 4, 2014

Business

A seller’s market

85 percent of county homes sold for less than $500K

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. official: Snowden leaks lead to Pentagon change

Defense Intelligence Agency chief Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told the House Intelligence Committee that his agency has to assume that…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Health law will cut U.S. workforce size

The Congressional Budget Office is predicting that 1 million fewer uninsured Americans will sign up for health insurance by the…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Navy said Tuesday it is investigating about 30 senior sailors linked to alleged cheating on tests meant…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate

Creation Museum head Ken Ham, right, argues that “creation is the only viable model of historical science confirmed by observational…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

Britain says advice on raid was ignored

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the British government doesn’t need to apologize for the minor role it played in…

February 4, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the country’s caches of chemical weapons, including bombs and artillery shells filled…

February 4, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Housing Solutions for the Southwest is the new administering agency of the Community Emergency Assistance Coalition, a one-time emergency financial-assistance…

February 4, 2014

Education

Texas revises textbook review rules

Changes attempt to limit influence of ideology on education

February 4, 2014