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Nation & World

Kurdish-led Syria forces face off with Turkish-backed rebels

A Syrian man carries a girl away from the rubble of a destroyed building after barrel bombs were dropped on…

August 27, 2016

Nation & World

Grief erupts in Italy as nation honors, buries quake dead

Aftershocks continue to rattle residents

August 27, 2016

Nation & World

Pokemon doughnuts, exercise classes tap into game’s popularity

businesses embrace craze

August 27, 2016

Nation & World

Ore. fair creates buzz with 1st legal pot display in U.S.

Billy Jean Clay, left, and Roxanne Hunt of Silverton, Ore., look at marijuana plants at the Oregon State Fair during…

August 27, 2016

Local News

Sheriff’s Office training to dive, catch drunken boaters

Plata County waterways will see greater law enforcement

August 27, 2016

Good Earth

Obama creates world’s largest marine protected area off coast of Hawaii

G. Umi Kai uses a traditional Hawaiian hook to catch a fish at the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii.…

August 26, 2016

Business

Durango’s growth endures through policy changes

Durango’s ideas, policies about housing development have evolved over the years

August 26, 2016

Local News

Saturday Durango Dayplanner

San Juan Brewfest, 1-5 p.m., Buckley Park, 1200 Main Ave., http://sanjuanbrewfest.com. Henry Stoy, piano, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Jean-Pierre Bakery, 601…

August 26, 2016

Regional News

More New Mexico public schools earn ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades

New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says more than 70 percent of principals at previously struggling schools who participated…

August 26, 2016

Regional News

Girl’s killing is New Mexico’s latest horrific child death

Victoria Martens was not known to have been a victim of previous violent abuse. But officials acknowledged Friday that the…

August 26, 2016

Local News

Human remains found in forest east of Pagosa Springs

Skull, clothing discovered east of Pagosa

August 26, 2016

Local News

Photo: Fort Lewis College students move in

Fort Lewis College freshman Lexi Steele of Dallas, Texas, unpacks and organizes her belongings Friday in her dorm room. Classes…

August 26, 2016

Nation & World

Clinton, Trump trade new barbs

Democratic candidate says no new accusations are coming

August 26, 2016

Nation & World

More quakes rattle Italy

Aftershock damage threatens to cut off town

August 26, 2016

Nation & World

Obama expands safe zone off Hawaii

Protected marine area will be twice as big as Texas

August 26, 2016

Nation & World

World Briefs

PARIS – France’s top administrative court overturned a ban on burkinis in a Mediterranean town, in a decision Friday that…

August 26, 2016

Local News

Photo: Monsoon season reluctant to lose its grip

Rain moves over the Durango area Friday as seen from Blue Hill southwest of town. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are…

August 26, 2016

Local News

Towaoc woman pleads not guilty to murder charge

resident released to Durango halfway house

August 26, 2016

Nation & World

FDA advises Zika screening for all U.S. blood centers

The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that all U.S. blood banks start screening for the Zika virus, a major…

August 26, 2016

Nation & World

Yellen suggests rate hike is coming but offers no timetable

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told a conference of monetary experts Friday that she believes the economy is strengthening enough…

August 26, 2016

Nation & World

U.S. economy grew at tepid 1.1 percent pace in spring

Joe Russo, of Medway, Mass., puts a bag of potting soil into a cart while shopping at a Home Depot…

August 26, 2016

Education

Low-income kindergartners closing the achievement gap, reversing decades-old trend

Low-income kindergartners are entering school with stronger math and reading skills, narrowing the academic gap with their affluent peers and…

August 25, 2016

Education

College students more likely to be heavy drinkers than young adults not enrolled

A new survey found that 59.8 percent of full-time college students ages 18 to 22 drank at least monthly, compared…

August 25, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

LAS VEGAS – Two defendants became the first to plead guilty Thursday to federal charges in an armed confrontation with…

August 25, 2016