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Colombia begins work to recover ‘disappeared’

Landfill may contain remains of hundreds of missing youths

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New York Gov. Cuomo announces new LaGuardia Airport

NEW YORK– A year after comparing New York’s LaGuardia Airport to “some Third World country,” Vice President Joe Biden helped unveil an ambitious plan Monday to rebuild its collection of agin...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

High costs plague some state-run health insurance markets

WASHINGTON – State-run health insurance markets that offer coverage under President Barack Obama’s health law are struggling with high costs and disappointing enrollment. These challenges co...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Americans with Disabilities Act changes millions of lives

NEW YORK – Five days before he was to start college, Fred Maahs’ world turned upside down. Off the Delaware coast in 1980, on the last day of summer vacation, the 18-year-old took a dive fro...

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

U.S. gas prices down a penny in 2 weeks CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past two weeks to $2.82 a gallon. Industry analys...

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fiat Chrysler to buy back 500K trucks

Recall also includes record $105M fine

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Turkey calls for NATO meeting to discuss security threats

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey on Sunday called for a meeting of its NATO allies to discuss threats to its security and its airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Syria and Kurdish rebels ...

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State health-insurance markets struggle

Disappointing enrollment, cost challenges lead to financial uncertainty

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Migrant havens stirring emotions

Sanctuary cities snub federal laws on immigration

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Embattled Kurds fight the IS group BAGHDAD – Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday in what were the first strikes since ...

DATE: Jul 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Judge: System failed to stop theater shooter LAFAYETTE, La. – John Russell Houser was deeply troubled long before he shot 11 people in a movie theater in Louisiana, but decades of...

DATE: Jul 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

50 years later, Dylan’s electric guitar returns to Newport festival

Rock icon, however, will not attend

DATE: Jul 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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

Photos and video: Singing with Santa

Photos: Durango Turkey Trot

Photos: Durango High School football takes on Heritage High School in state playoffsDemons lost to Eagles, 45-36, in 4A quarterfinals at home on Saturday

Demons lost to Eagles, 45-36, in 4A quarterfinals at home on Saturday