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Volunteers search for missing in Texas

11 people unaccounted for after flooding

DATE: May 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bigger, faster, better

Older roller coasters reinvented to be more extreme

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bombing of Shiite mosque kills 4

Attack raises tensions in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Moderate drinking may have 'cardiotoxic' effects in elderly hearts

Moderate drinkers who like a glass of wine or beer with dinner have long taken comfort in the fact that most doctors believe this habit could do no harm or could even be good for one’s healt...

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survey suggests tattoos may cause itching, infections in many people

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Volcano erupts on Japanese island TOKYO – A volcano erupted Friday in spectacular fashion on a small island in southern Japan, spewing out rocks and sending black clouds of ash ...

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama pushes senators on NSA bill

WASHINGTON – Blaming a “handful of senators” for stalled national security legislation, President Barack Obama said Friday that he has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other s...

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA backs off biofuel use

Industry attacks plan to cut back ethanol in fuel

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Death toll rises from Texas flooding

HOUSTON – Floodwaters submerged highways and threatened homes Friday in Texas as another round of heavy rain added to the damage inflicted by storms that have killed at least 22 people and l...

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Quake strikes area off Alaska coast ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A strong earthquake struck in a remote region off the Alaska coast, but there was no threat of tsunami or immediate reports...

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Merkel promises to work with Britain

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel sounded a conciliatory note Friday on Britain’s efforts to renegotiate its relationship with the European Union, as Prime Minister David Cameron wrap...

DATE: May 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NIH: Major study finds earlier HIV treatment improves health

WASHINGTON – A major international study sought to settle how soon is best to start HIV treatment – and the advice is don’t delay. People who started anti-AIDS drugs while their i...

DATE: May 29, 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