Nation & World

Guard who gave meat to 2 inmates arrested after their escape

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A maximum-security prison guard who delivered frozen meat with tools hidden inside to two inmates before they escaped was arrested on Wednesday. But correction...

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protests planned to stop telescope HONOLULU – About 20 people opposed to building what would be one of the world’s largest telescopes on a Hawaii mountain are camped out near the...

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Greece defends ‘harsh’ reforms it promised creditors

ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s government on Tuesday defended the billions worth of “harsh” new budget savings it has offered in talks with creditors, as some of the governing party’s own lawmake...

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Confederate flag battle spreads

Calls to remove symbols spread across South

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. to ease rules on hostage ransoms

Families won’t face prosecution for negotiating with terrorists

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Life-size sculptures take to the streets

Artist’s work turns heads in New York

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate vote moves Obama’s trade agenda to brink of enactment

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s long-pursued trade agenda took a giant step toward becoming law on Tuesday, and opponents grudgingly conceded they now must fight on less-favorable terr...

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. chides China but avoids clouding cooperation

WASHINGTON – The United States voiced deep concern Tuesday over state-sponsored cybertheft and tension in the disputed seas of East Asia but did not let the sharp disagreements with China on...

DATE: Jun 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

S.C. governor: Remove Confederate flag CHARLESTON, S.C. – South Carolina’s governor declared Monday that the Confederate flag should be removed from the Statehouse grounds as she...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hundreds of firefighters join battle against Calif. fire

Lake Tahoe blaze has burned nearly 9,500 acres

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama says racism in U.S. ‘not cured’

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says the history of slavery and segregation is “still part of our DNA” in the United States, even if racial epithets no longer show up in polite conversat...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Taliban attacks Afghan parliament KABUL, Afghanistan – A Taliban suicide bomber struck the entrance to the Afghan parliament Monday, and gunmen tried to storm the heavily guarded ...

DATE: Jun 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

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