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End-of-life bill dies in Colorado Legislature

Sponsors unable to garner needed support for measure

DATE: Feb 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Alabama town forever linked to Lee and “Mockingbird”

Harper Lee laid to rest Saturday

DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Effort to make it easier to deliver death sentence fails in Colorado

Ellen Roberts joins Democrats in opposition

DATE: Feb 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Brittany Maynard’s widower fights for Colorado end-of-life bill

Poll shows 65 percent of Coloradans support legislation

DATE: Feb 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

As children die reaching for Europe’s shores, empathy fades

PARIS – Five months ago, a 3-year-old Syrian boy’s corpse on a Turkish beach galvanized public action for refugees. Now, strikingly similar images are generating little more than a collectiv...

DATE: Feb 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

No charges for Denver deputies in inmate’s death

Family calls decision ‘an outrage’

DATE: Jan 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey dead at 67

NEW YORK – Glenn Frey, a rock ‘n’ roll rebel from Detroit who journeyed West, co-founded the Eagles and with Don Henley formed one of history’s most successful songwriting teams with such hi...

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Karen Langhart sends nearly 40 packages to friends before taking her own life

After her daughter died from a controversial contraceptive, former Durango resident worked as an advocate for educating women about their reproductive health

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole dies at 65

Family says singer will remain ‘unforgettable in our hearts’

DATE: Jan 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

30 years later, two Durango murders remain unsolved

David Tyler and Dennis Sleater were slain a month apart

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado lawmakers and possibly voters to consider end-of-life legislation

House failed to advance bill this year; voters may have their chance in 2016

DATE: Dec 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Residents who want aid-in-dying legislation meet in Durango

Group wants Colorado to join five other states to offer end-of-life choice

DATE: Dec 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News