News

GOP fights Colorado elections legislation until past midnight

The bill already has cleared the House with unanimous opposition from Republicans, and no GOP Senators rose in support of…

April 30, 2013

Regional News

District court marks August for execution of Colo. inmate

Nathan Dunlap, 38, right, with attorneys Philip Cherner and Madeline Cohen, appears Wednesday at a hearing at Arapahoe County Court…

April 30, 2013

Local News

A day after deadline, covenant-flouting catwalk remains

Gus the cat uses a catwalk built by his owners that leads from a second-floor bathroom to a pine tree.…

April 30, 2013

Local News

Feds, kids visit Chimney Rock

Monument hosts event to combat childhood obesity

April 30, 2013

Local News

The clock is ticking on plan for air tankers

Few optimistic about finding $17M for firefighting force

April 30, 2013

Regional News

Licenses for undocumented residents clears House panel

On the day Oregon signed a similar measure into law, Colorado Democrats cleared the bill through a House committee, arguing…

April 30, 2013

Business

Adventure, risk await area tourists

Durango Tourism Summit considers farms as well as often-popular heritage railroads

April 30, 2013

Business

IBM pulls stock market out of an early slump

IBM and other tech stocks led the Standard & Poor’s 500 index up. The broad-market measure ended April with a…

April 30, 2013

Business

Shoppers seeking more ‘ethical’ clothing

As Bangladesh factory disaster death toll rises, so does consciousness

April 30, 2013

Business

New Obamacare applications slightly simpler

Prepare to lay bare your finances under health-reform act

April 30, 2013

Education

Teens’ science skills beat adults’ perception

More Americans than not wrongly think that U.S. 15-year-olds rank near the bottom on international science tests, according to a…

April 30, 2013

Local News

Verizon mobile service takes a hit

The site started “acting up” around 11:30 a.m. and affected coverage in the southwest part of downtown Durango and on…

April 30, 2013

Nation & World

Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance

U.S. law enforcement officials have been trying to determine whether Tamerlan Tsarnaev was indoctrinated or trained by militants during his…

April 30, 2013

Nation & World

Obama: U.S. not sure who used chemical weapons in Syria

President Barack Obama brushed aside the suggestion he’s lost political clout, saying “rumors of my demise may be a little…

April 30, 2013

Local News

House ups renewable power mandate

GOP: Setting quotas for expensive sources will harm rural economies

April 30, 2013

Regional News

Navajos OK coal plant

The legislation signed by tribal President Ben Shelly on Tuesday extends the lease from 2019 to 2044 and boosts yearly…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

Addressing chemical weapons, Obama hints at military action

Despite such planning, Obama appealed for patience during a White House news conference, saying he needed more conclusive evidence about…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

Tests link ricin to letter suspect

Everett Dutschke, 41, was arrested Saturday by FBI agents at his home in Tupelo, Miss., and is being held without…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

Obama orders review of bombing intelligence

President Barack Obama addressed intelligence gathering before the Boston Marathon bombings at a news conference Tuesday. “When an event like…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and older

Plan B One-Step will now sit on drugstore shelves just like condoms, but buyers will have to prove their age…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

Bangladeshis turn rescuers after building collapse

A woman grieves as she sticks a picture of a family member on the wall of a school turned make-shift…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

With 1 week to go, Sanford subject of attacks

For months, his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, refused to criticize Sanford’s affair – which was uncovered during his term…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

Uncle: Family to claim Boston bomb suspect’s body

Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body has been at the medical examiner’s office in Massachusetts since he died after a gunfight with authorities…

April 29, 2013

Nation & World

Obama vows again to close prison at Guantanamo Bay

At a White House news conference, Obama said he would try to persuade Congress to end restrictions that have prevented…

April 29, 2013