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Washington science teacher is nation’s best

President Barack Obama presents 2013 National Teacher of the Year Award to Jeff Charbonneau of Zillah, Wash.Susan Walsh/Associated Press The…

April 22, 2013

Local News

Manna for the Soup Kitchen

New building, services planned for food resource

April 22, 2013

Local News

Durango bagging plastic bags

After 6-month prep time, fee could take effect in ’14

April 22, 2013

Local News

City might have organic parks by fall

Startup, equipment could cost $140K

April 22, 2013

Regional News

Mormon bishop wields sword to run off attacker

Kent Hendrix, 47, used his samurai sword to chase away a man involved in an altercation with a woman outside…

April 22, 2013

Business

New business boosts web visibility of Cortez

Derek Alvarez, a recent arrival in Cortez, noticed some similarities after living in a beach town in southern Albania close…

April 22, 2013

Nation & World

Bombing suspect charged, could face death penalty

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction…

April 22, 2013

Nation & World

Canada arrests 2 in al-Qaida-linked plot

Pair planning to bomb train

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

Bomb suspect charged; religious motive is seen

Brothers not tied to terrorist group

April 21, 2013

Local News

Fire agencies work kinks out of their operating plan

Annual mutual-aid agreement’s chief concern: Cost sharing

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

Doctors: All Boston bomb patients likely to live

That includes several people who arrived with legs attached by just a little skin, a 3-year-old boy with a head…

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

Supporters: Don’t link immigration bill to Boston

“I never said that! I never said that!” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, interjected as Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a lead…

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

A talented artist and now, bombing suspect’s wife

Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, center, wife of killed Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, exits a car at the home of…

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

Aunt: Boston bombings suspect struggled with Islam

Patimat Suleimanova, the aunt of Boston bombing suspects, speaks to The Associated Press in her home in the Russian city…

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

Mosque: Bomb suspect had 2 outbursts in last year

The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center on Monday told about that outburst by Tamerlan Tsarnaev and provided more details…

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

More than 40 million watch end of Boston manhunt

That was the Nielsen company’s estimate Monday of the number of people watching ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel…

April 21, 2013

Local News

Deputy charged with child porn

Sutterdu1-i-syn Jason Sutter, 32, was arrested April 9 after turning himself in and is suspected of having 89 photos of…

April 21, 2013

Local News

Bennet’s bill seeks to treat damaged forests

Measure would force U.S. Forest Service to manage insect-damaged areas more intensely

April 21, 2013

Local News

50 run to support Boston

Durangoans join thousands across country in solidarity

April 21, 2013

Local News

County clerk on receiving end of elections-reform attack mailing

Flier’s return address is Secretary of State Scott Gessler’s former law firm

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

At least 185 killed in Nigeria attacks

The fighting in Baga began Friday and lasted for hours, sending people fleeing into the arid scrublands surrounding the community…

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

China rushes relief after quake

An elderly woman sleeps behind plastic covers along a roadside in the quake-ravaged county of Lushan in southwestern China’s Sichuan…

April 21, 2013

Nation & World

It takes a spine to benefit from chiropractic care

Rod Block adjusts the pelvis of an elephant at the Meadowbrook Animal Sanctuary and Haven in Perris, Calif. “You have…

April 20, 2013

Business

Small businesses: Rule-breakers get an edge

Consuelo Gomez, owner of Bellevue, Wash., property-management company “Marty K,” says her refusal to hire workers in the United States…

April 20, 2013