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Protesters: Improve access

Activists with disabilities make their case downtown

June 17, 2013

Business

Stocks rise waiting for Fed word

U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflation. But the Federal…

June 17, 2013

Local News

Senate committee passes San Juan Wilderness Act

Bill would allow heli-skiing to continue on Sheep Mountain

June 17, 2013

Business

Water: Fracking’s mounting cost

Fracking fuels water fights in driest regions

June 17, 2013

Local News

Fire activity slows in Wolf Creek blazes

“We did have a good day today,” Pam Wilson, spokeswoman with Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center, said Tuesday evening. “We…

June 17, 2013

Local News

Four Corners Gay Pride Festival starts tonight

More than 1,200 expected to be in attendance

June 17, 2013

Local News

Car flip closes Hwy. 160

Durango Fire & Rescue Authority firefighter Lou Vito surveys the scene after a single-vehicle rollover on U.S. Highway 160 in…

June 17, 2013

Regional News

More residents return after Black Forest Fire

Renee Seay looks into the basement of her father’s house and what was her childhood home Tuesday. Dick Hoffman lost…

June 17, 2013

Regional News

Radar shows tornado touched down at Denver airport

Scott Morlan was able to photography the funnel cloud that briefly touched down Tuesday afternoon near Denver International Airport.Scott Morlan/Associated…

June 17, 2013

Business

Businessman has eye on building pot empire

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox, left, and Jamen Shively, CEO of Diego Pellicer, spoke during a news conference in Seattle…

June 17, 2013

Local News

Power plant powerwash

Steve Scheid of Vivid Color Painting of Durango powerwashes the smokestack Monday at the old power plant that is now…

June 17, 2013

Local News

Traffic to be detoured away from Main Avenue

All northbound traffic will be detoured to East Second Avenue so construction crews can make repairs to the storm drainage…

June 17, 2013

Local News

Déjà vu: ‘Paddy’ Lynch arrested in dog incident

Second arrest for trespassing at a shelter in five years

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

Ariz. citizenship-proof law illegal, court rules

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens…

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

Report: Slowdown in costs for health care to continue

A report Tuesday from accounting and consulting giant PwC projects lower overall growth in medical costs for next year, even…

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

4 women among NASA’s 8 new astronauts

Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter…

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

Obama’s immigration enforcement director to resign

In an internal letter to colleagues on Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced he would depart the…

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

More possible Zimmerman jurors asked to return

A defense attorney questioned a potential juror extensively about her views on the case and whether she was bothered by…

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

Marriage rate may be low, but more weddings predicted

Cultural changes about whether and when to marry, the fact that two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation and…

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

Newspaper: Snowden won’t return voluntarily to U.S.

“The U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me,” he said.…

June 17, 2013

Local News

Firefighters to safeguard ski area at Wolf Creek

Windy Creek Fire burning in dead spruce causes worry

June 17, 2013

Nation & World

Supreme Court: Arizona citizenship proof law illegal

A police officer keeps watch outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Monday. With a week remaining in the current…

June 17, 2013

Local News

Fireworks expected for Fourth

Phone-camera photos of city documents banned

June 16, 2013

Local News

Our civic doody

Dog owners leaving bagged-up waste on Durango trails

June 16, 2013