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Health summit tackles reform

Changes bring care to county

September 20, 2013

Local News

Rooms of last resort

College students find temporary home in motels

September 20, 2013

Local News

Playing fields between rocks and hard place

City’s Smith Sports Complex won’t be ready anytime soon

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

DNA helps crack Utah cold case

Without the efforts of Wasatch County Sheriff Todd Bonner, the case would have been forgotten long ago. For Bonner, however,…

September 20, 2013

Local News

Touching up Florida

Road crews should finish the chip-and-seal work on Florida Road today, Karen Gillum of Branson Traffic Control said Friday. Crews…

September 20, 2013

Regional News

Race to fix mountain roads before winter

More than 200 miles, 50 bridges are damaged

September 20, 2013

Local News

EPA grants $30,000 to Durango nonprofit

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet announced the grant Friday in a news release. 4CORE is one of two Colorado organizations to…

September 20, 2013

Local News

Meth dealer pleads guilty, looking at 12 years in prison

Members of the Southwest Drug Task Force observed Joshua Swartz, 30, making at least three hand-to-hand drug deals July 11…

September 20, 2013

Local News

Mesa Verde park plans 10-acre burn

The goal is to reduce wildland fire hazard and promote regeneration on acreage populated mainly by ponderosa pine, scrub oak…

September 20, 2013

Local News

Hometown pride

Jim Foltz puts up flagpoles bearing the Durango High School Demons’ red at Riverview Sports Complex on Friday afternoon. Jim’s…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

Biden in Mexico, meeting with president

Launching the High Level Economic Dialogue to boost trade and investment ties, Biden urged the two countries to develop a…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

Employers cut jobs in 20 U.S. states in August

“The picture is decidedly mixed,” said Jim Diffley, chief US regional economist at IHS Global Insight. “We’re still optimistic about…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

Obama, Rouhani meeting possible

No meeting is scheduled, but experts are speculating that President Barack Obama and Iranian President Hasan Rouhani may meet while…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

House sets collision course

President Barack Obama is accusing Republicans of acting irresponsibly by trying to hold a budget agreement hostage. The president attack…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

U.S., Iran talk nicely, but nuke progress uncertain

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani is coming to the United States for a U.N. General Assembly meeting and could meet with…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

Reports emerge of Navy Yard gunman’s unstable behavior

The New York Times reports Friday that Alexis was struggling to cope with his behavior while staying at a Residence…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

Syria submits report on chemical weapons

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is reviewing a declaration from Syria outling its chemical weapons. Syria turned…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

EPA proposes strict emission limits on new power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new regulations to require new coal plants to install expensive new technology to reduce…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

House votes to derail Obamacare, fund government

The fight is coming on a stopgap funding measure required to keep the government fully running after the Oct. 1…

September 20, 2013

Nation & World

Mexico victims recount horror; toll rises to 97

ACAPULCO, Mexico – With a low, rumbling roar, an arc of dirt, rock and mud tumbled down the hillside in…

September 19, 2013

Nation & World

Minnesota DQ manager’s good deed gets attention

Dairy Queen employee Joey Prusak is winning praise and job offers after a customer’s email to Dairy Queen’s headquarters was…

September 19, 2013

Nation & World

Obama takes on coal with first-ever carbon limits

The Environmental Protection Agency, which is headed by Gina McCarthy, will have until next summer to develop rules that will…

September 19, 2013

Nation & World

How can red flags be missed like Navy shooter’s?

Operations are returning to normal at the Washington Navy Yard, three days after a gunman killed 12 people at the…

September 19, 2013

Nation & World

House OKs food stamp cuts

House conservatives won a victory Thursday by pushing a bill through the House that will cut $4 billion from the…

September 19, 2013