News

Deals aim to ease mountain traffic

The Colorado Department of Transportation and a consortium of local governments and resorts along I-70 are offering special deals on…

January 25, 2014

Nation & World

Ukraine extends an offer

Protesters have seized government buildings in scores of other cities in the European-leaning western part of the country.Osman Karimov/Associated Press…

January 25, 2014

Nation & World

Syrian antagonists take ‘half-steps’ at peace talks

Lakhdar Brahimi also said the painstakingly choreographed conference would continue today, focusing on humanitarian aid – the one topic the…

January 25, 2014

Nation & World

White House: 3 million signed up on health exchanges

The numbers include new January enrollees announced by California and New York this week. Those two states by themselves have…

January 25, 2014

Nation & World

Police say 3 dead after shooting at Maryland mall

Howard County police said via Twitter that a shooting took place at the Mall in Columbia, a suburb of both…

January 25, 2014

Regional News

GOP calls for Colo. fire fleet

Republicans will introduce legislation Monday requiring the state to buy four military planes and lease three helicopters to aid firefighting…

January 24, 2014

Regional News

Conservative, religious political party seeking 2014 Utah ballot

Started in 1998 in Utah, the Independent American Party gained support from tens of thousands of voters nationwide in its…

January 24, 2014

Regional News

State’s big school districts deal with threats

Arapahoe High School senior Lily Boettcher, right, and 2013 Arapahoe graduate Joy Dafoe hug at a tribute site for Claire…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Jury sides with Courtney Love, ruling tweet was not defamatory

The verdict came after roughly three hours of deliberation in a case that spanned eight days and focused on the…

January 24, 2014

Local News

American journeys

Traveling Smithsonian exhibit explores 400 years of our history

January 24, 2014

Local News

Durango schools face cuts to budget

Public invited to help close projected $1.6M deficit

January 24, 2014

Local News

Workers to install netting Sunday

As rocks continue to tumble, Red Mountain Pass stays closed

January 24, 2014

Local News

Sign of the times

Ricky Unruh with Fast Signs examines the sign at the former King Center Laundry in preparation for its removal. The…

January 24, 2014

Local News

New candidate in treasurer’s race

Allison Morrissey sole challenger to Bobby Lieb

January 24, 2014

Local News

Rise in pertussis cases in La Plata County

Health officials recommend vaccination

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Poll finds Obama regaining public support

A new poll finds that fewer than one-third of Americans rate President Barack Obama as an above-average president, although nearly…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Bombings in Egypt raise fears of Islamist violence

An image taken from CCTV in Egypt shows a bomb exploding in Cairo, one of four bombings that killed at…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Mangled metal, victims’ screams mark Indiana pileup

Emergency crews Thursday work at the scene of a massive pileup involving more than 40 vehicles along Interstate 94 near…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Ukraine clashes resume, fires light up night sky

Protests are spreading across the Ukraine as opposition members continue to put pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych to step down.Darko…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Union membership holds steady at 11.3 percent

In a turnabout, there are now slightly more union members working for private firms than in government, the Bureau of…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Natural gas soars as cold grips homes, drillers

The frigid winter of 2014 is setting the price of natural gas on fire. On Friday, the price in the…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Internet community helps crack grandma’s code

The front of an index card is filled with letters written by Dorothy Holm. A brain tumor took away Holm’s…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Study: New Madrid fault zone alive, active

It’s “not dead yet,” said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough, who was part of the study published online by…

January 24, 2014

Nation & World

Norway’s curlers get funky

Members of the Norway’s Men’s Olympic Curling Team, from left, Thomas Ulsrud, Torgor Nergard, Christoffer Svae and Havard Vad Petersson…

January 24, 2014