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Ex-NASCAR driver, Herschel Walker to ride into Durango on motorcycles

All those motorcycles in town are participating in the 19th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. 175 riders are…

Bayfield teachers to get pay raises

Finance director projects salaries to rise on average 8.33 percent

Just hanging out

Alison Fuchs, volunteer for Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, rappels off the agency’s fire tower Tuesday during technical rescue training…

House votes for high tax on marijuana

Senate approves $10 million for wildfire-prevention grants

Troubled Internet project gets federal OK to resume

Eagle-Net’s broadband expansion will miss Aug. deadline

Havin’ a ball

Parting of the waves

Ambitious project to get to the bottom of whitewater park

Google invades Siri’s turf with an iPhone, iPad app

The duel began Monday with the release of a free iPhone and iPad app that features Google Now, a technology…

Iraq instability tested further with bombing wave

The attacks capped a week of turmoil that is posing the greatest test of Iraq’s stability since U.S. troops left…

Surviving hell in a Bangladesh factory collapse

Merina, a survivor of the garment factory building collapse, is comforted by her father in hospital on Saturday in Savar,…

Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in Damascus

Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi was not hurt in the explosion in the capital’s western neighborhood of Mazzeh, state TV said.…

Bangladesh police interrogate building’s owner

Mohammed Sohel Rana, who was arrested Sunday as he tried to flee to India, will be held for questioning on…

Durango woman, 19, found dead

Celine Bleger, daughter of Jean-Pierre Bleger, owner of Le Café Chic & Wine Bar on Main Avenue, was found by…

Monster hurricane hits Saturn’s North Pole

This false-color image from the Cassini spacecraft and provided by NASA/JPL shows a monster hurricane at Saturn’s North Pole. The…

Woman’s DNA found on bomb used at marathon

An official, who asked not to be identified because of the investigation was ongoing, said there could be multiple explanations,…

Caffeine in food draws FDA eye

With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it’s…

Army amputee completes grueling air-assault school

Sgt. First Class Greg Robinson, 34, of 101st Airborne Division, who lost a lower portion of his right leg in…

Clarke gives Boston suspect’s defense a boost

Clarkedu1-i-syn Clarke’s appointment was approved Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler. Bowler denied, at least for now, a request…

Fire danger high in S.W. Colorado

Weather service says outdoor burns should be postponed

Gov. Hickenlooper signs budget for next year

Improving tax receipts allowed state lawmakers to fund areas of the budget they had cut during the recession, including public…

Lawyers hint at insanity plea without James Holmes’ approval

Holmesdu1-i-syn They raised that possibility in a document that outlines their dilemma about how to give plea advice to James…

Two men accused of sexual assault

Jeffery Rey Gallegos, 45, and his cousin Joseph Robert Toledo, 25, who is accused of acting as an accomplice, were…

Navajo Nation votes to form company that would run mine near Farmington

Tribal lawmakers voted Monday to form a limited liability company that would run the Navajo Mine near Farmington. The tribe…

Hemp horticulture to be sprouting in Colo.

Bulletproof coat made from plant bedazzles state’s lawmakers