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Colorado House District 59 race draws big bucks, statewide attention

Rep. J. Paul Brown vs. challenger Barbara McLachlan in most expensive state House contest

Dylan Redwine’s parents plan to mediate lawsuit

date set in father’s counterclaim against ex-wife

State Land Board to lease minerals near Fruitland Outcrop

concerned about wells, road impacts

New Twin Buttes entrance won’t be done when Animas High School starts year

Recruitment starts for parents willing to sell school tax increase

Ancient ice reveals vital clues about Earth’s past climate

about global warming found frozen in Antarctica

New Mexico pension funds miss targets for returns

New Mexico’s two major public pension funds have missed targets for investment returns for a second consecutive year.Gregory Bull/Associated Press…

Report shines light on Baltimore Police

were routinely targeted for arrest

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New York Police officers Wednesday pulled a man through a window as he scaled the side of Trump Tower using…

Seas aren’t just rising, scientists say. They’re speeding up.

This small uninhabited island that has slipped beneath the water line only showing a small pile of rocks at low…

Ophir mine cleanup project in limbo

Project led by former Gold King point man not approved for action, EPA says

Photo: Brother and sister drop off Lego entries for La Plata County Fair

Two judges recommended for retention in 6th Judicial District

Wilson, Herringer receive favorable reviews in judicial evaluations

Silverton man dies in rollover on Kendall Mountain

Alsup, 78, killed when crane rolls

Source: Boy was decapitated on waterslide at Kansas park

Riders are propelled by jets of water as they go over a hump while riding a water slide called “Verruckt”…

Trump, on defense, blames media for Second Amendment flap

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is blaming the media for misconstruing his remarks during a campaign rally in Fayetteville, N.C.,…

Durango High School Aerospace Team continues streak

Students on team with kids from Australia, Argentina

Punches fly over Redskins jersey

appointee, former Fort Lewis College student fight at powwow in Washington, D.C.

Tiny schools rank among polling’s biggest names

Elections lift schools’ profiles

New Mexico governor orders agency spending reductions

Martinezdu1-i-syn In a memo to state agencies under her control, the Republican governor called for preparations to reduce general-fund spending…

Transit accessibility updates could cost $20 million

Upgrades would be done in stages

City of Durango trash, recycling rates may rise

Increases may pay for new recycling center

Trump ignites new storm

say comment calls for violence against Clinton

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CHICAGO – A federal judge refused Tuesday to lighten Rod Blagojevich’s original 14-year prison sentence for corruption, rejecting pleas for…

Putin, Erdogan agree on steps to mend relations

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, promised to gradually lift sanctions imposed after Turkish military forces shot down a Russian Su-24…