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Denver faces Dallas, seeks 12th straight road win

Denver Nuggets (21-7, third in the Western Conference) vs. Dallas Mavericks (11-19, 11th in the Western Conference) Dallas; Tuesday, 8 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Nuggets -7.5; over...

DATE: Dec 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.7 billion after another night with no big winner

The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion, after the 46th drawing passed without a big winner. The numbers drawn Monday night were 3, 18, 36, 41, 54 and the Powerball ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Nuggets jump out to a 19-0 lead and rout the Jazz 135-112

DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets raced out to a 19-0 lead in the opening four minutes and tied a franchise record for 3-pointers with 24, cruising to a 135-112 victory over ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Betty Reid Soskin, oldest National Park Service ranger, dies at 104

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — Betty Reid Soskin, who rose to national fame as the oldest National Park Service ranger and used the spotlight to talk about the African American experience during Wo...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump warns Maduro against playing 'tough' as US escalates pressure campaign on Venezuela

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as the U.S. Coast Guard steps up efforts to interdict oil tankers...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says progress in US-led peace talks is 'quite solid'

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Initial drafts of U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many of Kyiv's demands, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, although h...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Colorado faces $24M federal funding cut over illegal commercial driver's licenses

DENVER (AP) — The head of the U.S. Department of Transportation threatened Monday to withhold $24 million in federal funding from the state of Colorado for what he described as a slow respon...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

An American Dream at risk: What happens to a small Nebraska town when 3,200 workers lose their jobs

LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — On a frigid day after Mass at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in rural Nebraska, worshippers shuffled into the basement and sat on folding chairs, their faces barely masking...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Brown University police chief placed on leave after fatal shooting, feds launch investigation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University's president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies after a gunman killed two ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Judge accepts plea deals from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

DENVER (AP) — A state judge on Monday accepted plea agreements for the owners of a Colorado funeral home for the abuse of 191 corpses, many of which languished in a room-temperature building...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Judge accepts guilty pleas from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

DENVER (AP) — Judge accepts guilty pleas from Colorado funeral home owners who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses. ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

David Green scores 23 to help Tulsa beat Denver 90-85 for ninth straight victory

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — David Green had 23 points and Tulsa upped its win streak to nine with a 90-85 victory over Denver on Monday. Green shot 8 of 9 from the field and 6 of 7 from the free-thr...

DATE: Dec 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

About a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday

The Durango Herald’s year in photos 2025

Photos: Chapman Hill fires up the snow guns

Photos: Wreaths Across America at Greenmount Cemetery in Durango

Photos: Durango High School girls basketball plays Piedra Vista High SchoolPanthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Panthers left Durango with 37-29 win on Tuesday night

Photos: Noel Night in downtown Durango