News

Egyptian leader seeks mandate to run

Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is enjoying soaring popularity among many Egyptians.Khalil Hamra/Associated Press A presidential run by Gen.…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Gay marriages in Utah won’t be recognized

Salt Lake County clerk may refund marriage license fee

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Agency helps landowners conserve their resources

Water projects major part of broad mission in La Plata County

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

New forests, new fire hazards

After beetle kill, researchers look at how they burn

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Ute Mountain Utes tackle environmental issues

Buildings cleared, old leaking landfill will be capped

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Rio aims to clean water before Games

A worker on a garbage-collecting barge collects trash from the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro. The bay is contaminated…

January 8, 2014

Good Earth

Rain forest’s diversity reflects battle to survive

It is tempting to look at all those species living so close together as a picture of peaceful coexistence. But…

January 8, 2014

Local News

Girl hurt at ski area released from hospital

Late December accident leads to multiple pelvis, facial fractures

January 8, 2014

Local News

S.W. Colorado snowpack on target

State as a whole a bit better off than last year

January 8, 2014

Local News

All together now? Legislature convenes

Both sides talk of bipartisanship

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Giffords completes skydive on shooting anniversary

Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is marking the third anniversary of her shooting by a gunman in Tucson with a skydive…

January 8, 2014

Nation & World

Fallujah battle stirs vets’ memories

Many Marine veterans who helped capture the Iraqi city of Fallujah from Iraqi insurgents in 2004 have mixed feelings now…

January 8, 2014

Local News

New homeless shelter for families set to open in Durango

The experience stuck with West and spurred her to action. On Jan. 15, she and local service providers will open…

January 8, 2014

Local News

Economy experts upbeat about ’14

Gradual improvement expected in region, state

January 7, 2014

Local News

A life on ice

Fulfillment once came from risky climbs, now from teaching others

January 7, 2014

Regional News

Avalanche is N. America’s largest

This landslide in April 2013, at Kennecott Utah Copper Bingham Canyon Mine in Bingham Canyon, Utah, has been determined by…

January 7, 2014

Local News

Jackson Gulch may expand

Project would increase Mancos-area irrigation

January 7, 2014

Regional News

Gay-marriage decision looms in Ariz.

The lawsuit filed by four same-sex couples who live in Arizona came Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court halted same-sex…

January 7, 2014

Nation & World

Deep freeze strands rail, air travelers nationwide

Travelers are trying to reach their destinations as train, car and rail traffic is slowing to a crawl because of…

January 7, 2014

Nation & World

IRS: Identity theft prosecutions double in 2013

The IRS launched 1,492 criminal investigations into identity theft last year, a 66 percent increase from the year before. Prosecutions…

January 7, 2014

Nation & World

Iraqi government: airstrike kills 25 militants

Emad Matti/Associated Press<br><br>Security forces and civilians Tuesday gather at a crater caused by a suicide car bomb attack in Kirkuk,…

January 7, 2014

Nation & World

Gates: Obama gave up on Afghan strategy

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says in his new book, Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War, that President…

January 7, 2014

Nation & World

Big chill breaking records in East, South

The “polar vortex” is continuing to bring shivers to much of America. The arctic storm that is gripping much of…

January 7, 2014

Business

Toyota debuts hydrogen fuel-cell car in U.S.

Toyota is touting its new hydrogen fuel-cell car at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company says…

January 7, 2014