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Durango’s weather now from Durango

Sounds obvious, but data used to come from airport

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Obama OKs increase of military support to Syrian rebels

A Syrian woman cries near Dar El Shifa hospital while the body of her brother, killed by Syrian Army, lies…

June 12, 2013

Local News

Swift Energy gearing up to construct new well site

Firm executives are saying fracking may not be needed

June 12, 2013

Local News

‘Opening our arms and our hearts’

The Rev. Koenigsfeld is leaving St. Columba after 10 years

June 12, 2013

Regional News

2 found dead in Black Forest Fire

Fire surpasses Waldo Canyon as state’s most destructive; 360 homes lost

June 12, 2013

Local News

EPA cleans up Rico’s mineral legacy

Settling ponds and wetlands help clean contaminated water from mines near Rico. An abandoned water treatment tank sits in the…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case

Attorney Craig Weintraub addressed the death penalty issue after his client, 52-year-old Ariel Castro, pleaded not guilty to hundreds of…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Iran nuke policy ‘unchangeable’ no matter who wins

A banner showing Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, a nuclear negotiator, is carried at a campaign rally, two days prior…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Pa. girl’s double-lung transplant a success

Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, center, received a lung transplant Wednesday at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.Murnaghan Family, File/Associated Press Sarah Murnaghan, who…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5

Elroy Chester, 44, said that he didn’t want relatives of his victims to have “hate in your heart for me.”…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Bloomberg pressures donors over gun control votes

Some of the victims’ families also vowed to keep up the pressure for stricter gun control as they met with…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Kuwaiti premier visits Iraq, tightening bonds

The warming bonds between Shiite-led Iraq and Sunni-ruled Kuwait are noteworthy in a region increasingly plagued by the sectarian divisions…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

NY judge: Fed plan for morning-after pill sales OK

The finding by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman came in response to a Department of Justice decision this week to…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Fukushima plant steps closer to fuel-rod removal

Plant chief Takeshi Takahashi told journalists on a plant tour Wednesday that workers have cleaned up much of the debris…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Southern Baptists officially oppose gay Scout rule

While some action against the Scouts was widely anticipated, given the denomination’s very public opposition to the change, the resolution…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

CIA deputy director Michael Morell retires

When President Barack Obama named a successor to former CIA Director David Petraeus last January, Morell was passed over in…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

South Africa: Mandela ‘responding better to treatment’

President Jacob Zuma told parliament that he is happy with the progress that the 94-year-old is making following his hospitalization…

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Syrian extremist rebels raid Shiite village

In the raid, which comes at a time when the West is worried that extremists are increasingly joining the rebellion,…

June 12, 2013

Good Earth

Energy emissions rose to record high in 2012

But U.S. carbon pollutions drops

June 12, 2013

Good Earth

Wolves may lose protections

Feds consider tossing protections; scientists say now is not the time

June 12, 2013

Good Earth

New York City plan addresses effects of global warming

Levees, removable walls proposed for protection

June 12, 2013

Nation & World

Calm for now in Turkey protests as both sides talk

Protests spread across the country after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered police to clear a peaceful sit-in of Turks…

June 12, 2013

Local News

Fire bans may soon be here

City’s July 4th fireworks is still a go – for now

June 12, 2013

Daily update

Wednesday Dayplanner

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., the outdoor amphitheater, Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Bird…

June 11, 2013