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Local Briefs

Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues with a southbound single-lane closure. The lane closure will remain…

December 10, 2013

Local News

The Blotter

Wednesday 1:44 a.m. A 22-year-old man involved in an altercation in the 2000 block of Main Avenue had a broken…

December 10, 2013

Regional News

New probe begins into raided pot shops

Federal grand jury investigation looks at possible drug-cartel links

December 10, 2013

Local News

Grant helps schools get two-way radios

The two-way radios will allow staff members to have direct communication with school offices, which is convenient and can save…

December 10, 2013

Regional News

N.M. trial looks at assisted-suicide law

Cancer patient seeks option of ending life

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Police clash with protesters in Ukrainian capital

Ukrainian riot police storm pro-European Union activists gathered in their tent camps on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday.…

December 10, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

Blackhat Humane Society will have its first adoption day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Petsense…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Cobalt-60 finally removed from Mexican cornfield

Juan Eibenschutz, director general of the National Commission of Nuclear Safety and Safeguards, said a robot was used to scoop…

December 10, 2013

Business

Big data has role in holiday-shopping season

Holiday shoppers are being monitored more than ever this year, as retailers employ more and more technology to try to…

December 10, 2013

Business

Business Briefs

Dr. Kirsten “Kicki” Searfus recently purchased Mountain View Family Healthcare from Dr. Megan Lewis Grotefond, who has relocated out of…

December 10, 2013

Business

Stocks dip after reaching record

The market has hit several all-time highs in recent months, but with the holiday season and end of the year…

December 10, 2013

Business

Helium to rise in Dolores County

Operations expected to begin in April 2015

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

European probe on course for comet rendezvous

An artist’s rendering shows the European Space Agency’s Rosetta space probe in space. The space agency hopes to launch a…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Lawmakers push to set record straight on Nazi atrocity

That is starting to change. Last year, black Marines who served during World War II, named Montford Point Marines after…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

BANGKOK — The head of Thailand’s protest movement on Tuesday extended his extraordinary claims to holding power over government activities,…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

BOSTON – Democrat Katherine Clark has defeated three opponents to win a special election to fill a vacant Massachusetts congressional…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Gunmen kill two French troopers

French President Francois Hollande says deploying French troops to the Central African Republic is necessary to help the country avoid…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Egypt’s Moussa defends draft charter

Amr Moussa, the chairman of Egypt’s 50-member panel tasked with amending its Islamist-drafted constitution, says he believes the group’s proposed…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Justices hear environmental case

Court members agree cross-border pollution issue is complex, tough

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Kerry defends Iranian deal

Delay of new sanctions draws fire from House members

December 10, 2013

Education

Education Briefs

The Durango Foundation for Educational Excellence is celebrating its 30th birthday by getting a new name – Durango Education Foundation…

December 10, 2013

Nation & World

Bipartisan negotiators reach modest budget pact

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., say a tentative agreement on…

December 10, 2013

Local News

County commissioners pass $71 million budget

Employees will not receive raises in 2014

December 10, 2013

Local News

Thieves target La Plata County mailboxes

Residents asked to be on lookout

December 10, 2013