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It’s a hit, and a kick

Orlando Griego gets after the heavy bag at the Durango Community Recreation Center on Wednesday afternoon. Griego says that while…

Clues found to aid forecasting killer heat waves

Meteorologists say a specific pattern of high and low pressure spots across the globe may help them predict killer heat…

Walmart greeter reinstated

After talks with family, store offers Bayfield man his job back

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic hires director

Racer, sports manager takes helm

Farm waste taints park

Ammonia to blame for Rocky Mountain National pollution

Doodles of snow

Two perspectives take on drought, water in West

Art, actuality address theme of DAC program

Nervous Fed won’t take chances

Stimulus reduction may be on hold

Lexus, Toyota top auto reliability survey

The 2014 Audi Q5 TDI is one of this year’s top-rated automobiles, according to the latest edition of Consumer Reports.…

‘Fat bikes’: A better winter ride

Bike shops prepare for snow and ice with gloves, coats

Group seeks immigration bill

Heading to Washington to spend Tuesday urging House Republicans to take up a broad immigration overhaul, the team of Utah…

Museums find likely Nazi-looted artworks

The 1921 painting “Odalisque” is one of 139 art pieces identified by Dutch museums as possibly having been illegally seized…

Russia breaking ‘zero waste’ pledge

Constractors for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are dumping construction waste in a quarry near Akhshtyr, despite Russia’s pledge…

Health-care change facing new problem

Marilyn Tavenner, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, says the administration is now expecting a small…

Official defends spy program

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says other countries spy on U.S. officials, too. In testimony before Congress Tuesday, Clapper…

Shuttle survives mishap

The Sierra Nevada Corp.’s Dream Chaser spacecraft is carried by a helicopter during a test in Sparks, Nev. The test…

UN officials confirm polio outbreak in north Syria

UNICEF officials are urging a cease-fire in Syria’s civil war to vaccinate people after 10 cases of polio were confirmed…

Survivors honor memories of those lost amid Sandy

Before signing herself, a woman looks at a large board with supportive messages for victims of Superstorm Sandy in the…

Stories of their lives

Mountain Middle School students act out their memoirs

Home schooling eases transitions for military families

Josh Gillespie, 8, talks about a math problem with a parent volunteer Shannon Morgan, during a math lesson with teacher…

Malala inspires school lessons

Promoting education led to girl’s shooting

Lawmakers: US spy programs may have gone too far

A bipartisan plan is being discussed in Congress to limit the National Security Agency’s collection of information in the wake…

Senators bicker over state stand-your-ground laws

Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, arguing that Congress needs to act to reverse…

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Wet snow temporarily covered high-country roads and mountain passes Tuesday in Southwest Colorado. A northbound Colorado Department of Transportation plow…