News

Sad sendoff for DEVO mainstays

Co-founder Chad Cheeney and wife bound for Bend, Ore.

January 22, 2014

Utah governor says he would consider civil unions in state

No such proposal is pending, but the Republican governor was asked about the idea during his monthly televised news conference.…

January 22, 2014

Local News

Mancos residents oppose retailer

Family Dollar wants to build after ban ends

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Texas executes man despite opposition from Mexico

America Tamayo Sotelo of Miacatlan, Mexico, is surrounded by media as she speaks on the phone to relatives in Texas…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Obama praises ‘Roe vs. Wade’

“We reaffirm our steadfast commitment to protecting a woman’s access to safe, affordable health care and her constitutional right to…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Panel seeks changes to make voting easier

Lines at some polling places were so long on Election Day 2012 that people were still waiting to vote when…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. seeks new child car-seat rules

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acting Administrator David Friedman plans to accept public comments on new rules to require child…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A second chemical was released during a spill that contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians,…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Obama names task force to combat campus sex assaults

President Barack Obama is giving a new task force 90 days to come up with recommendations on what colleges can…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Vermont, lover of snow, jealous of storms elsewhere

Barre Sno-Bees Snowmobile Club Trailmaster Tim Stone stands in front of the tractor the club uses to pull trail grooming…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Lawyers: Case against ex-Va. governor no slam dunk

Legal experts say it will be difficult for the government to prove former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife,…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday to call early elections…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Officials downplay threat against Winter Games

European Olympics officials are dismissing a new threat of terrorism at next month’s Winter Olympics Games in Sochi, Russia. Officials…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Obama speaks to Putin about Olympics

The presidents “discussed how best to advance shared U.S.-Russian interests, including a safe and secure Sochi Olympics, for which the…

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

China soils skies in U.S.

Pollution travels across the ocean

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency (4CORE) is partnering with the city of Durango on residential and commercial energy…

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Mule deer population falls in S.W. Colorado

Drought, development may be hurting numbers

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Drought begins to inflict wounds in Calif.

‘It’s never been this bad,’ fifth-generation rancher says

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Massive bee deaths may stem from virus

The research, reported this week in the online version of the academic journal mBio, found that the increase in honeybee…

January 22, 2014

$Dems kill effort to limit aid to towns that ban fracking$

Local News

Dems kill effort to limit aid to towns that ban fracking

Bill would have cut off revenues from drilling tax to some Front Range towns

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Thousands brave cold for abortion protest in D.C.

Anti-abortion demonstrators march up Constitution Avenue toward the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday during the annual March for Life. Thousands…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Syria: Assad must remain in power

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem says Bashar Assad’s role as Syrian president will not be up for debate during peace…

January 22, 2014

Local News

Red Mountain Pass closed indefinitely

Rockslide causing grief for businesses and travelers

January 22, 2014

Local News

1 place, 14 cameras: Get peek at S.W. Colo.

Herald debuts webcams from around the region

January 22, 2014