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BEIRUT – Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group is considering an invitation for informal meetings involving Syrian government representatives in Moscow…

November 7, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

Hanson Honda will hold its annual “Fill the Ridgeline for the Echo Food Bank” food drive from 10 a.m. to…

November 7, 2013

Nation & World

‘Catastrophic’ typhoon strikes Philippines

Telephone lines appeared down as it was difficult to get through to the landfall site 405 miles southeast of Manila…

November 7, 2013

Local News

Car crashes into day care playground

No one hurt after driver apparently suffers seizure

November 7, 2013

Nation & World

Student skills still lagging

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, says fourth and eighth graders are doing better than their predecessors in math and reading…

November 7, 2013

Nation & World

Senate OKs bill protecting rights of gays in workplace

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada leads a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday as Democrats…

November 7, 2013

Local News

‘Routine’ procedure grounds flights

Some Durango-La Plata passengers sit through three-hour delays

November 7, 2013

Local News

Guv: Prop. AA passage means more cabbage in the pot

Proposed budget includes $223 per-pupil school increase

November 7, 2013

Daily update

Community Road Work Conditions

U.S. Highway 160 Eastbound/Westbound between Cortez and Towaoc (Milemarker 37-27). Through November from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to…

November 7, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Chicken Parmesan pasta, Sicilian blend veggies, salad bar, garlic bread and mixed fruit. Durango School District…

November 7, 2013

Daily update

Dayplanner Friday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

November 7, 2013

Nation & World

Police stun stepdad trying to save his son from fire

Riley Jeffrey Rieser Miller died early Oct. 31 in the Mississippi River town of Louisiana. A city police officer fired…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Billions in tax refunds scammed

IRS claims crackdown to thwart identity theft

November 6, 2013

Local News

A glorious finish

Boden Philippon, a fifth-grader at Riverview Elementary School, takes down Old Glory with care at the end of school Wednesday.…

November 6, 2013

Local News

For kids, it’s a capital idea

Youngsters to sell toys as benefit for local soup kitchen

November 6, 2013

Regional News

New dinosaur predating T. rex found in Utah

A full skeletal replica of the carnivore – the equivalent of the great uncle of the T. rex – was…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

AP source: OSHA wants safety reports made public

The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will announce the plan on Thursday as part of a proposed rule that…

November 6, 2013

Business

Twitter sets IPO price at $26, will raise $1.8 billion

Twitter stock goes on sale for the first time Thursday morning. The company set a $26 per share price on…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Services fight each other for pieces of shrinking budget

Pentagon budget battles heat up

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Voters opt for consensus in state elections

Even so, heading into a 2014 midterm election year, Tuesday’s results in New Jersey and Virginia carry plenty of warning…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The number of poor people in America is 3 million higher than the official count, encompassing 1 in…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Sebelius takes GOP criticism over “Obamacare”

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, admits the government’s HealthCare.gov website is still “not where we need to…

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

Economy makes $2B from wildlife refuges

A new report says visitors to federal wildlife refuges generate more than $2 billion a year in economic activity, helping…

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

Nuclear power receives backing

Experts say wind, solar not enough to slow warming

November 6, 2013