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Brigham Young University says feds investigating sex-assault policy

In this April 20, 2016, photo, protesters stand in solidarity with rape victims on the campus of Brigham Young University…

Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile in Durango

Increased testing capacity aids surveillance

Bike ride fundraiser postponed by heavy rains

Postponed ride raises $7,700 toward bicycles for Malawi, Africa

La Plata County lifts fire restrictions south of U.S. 160

Several wildfires in early summer prompted the county and other agencies to implement Stage 1 fire restrictions, which were lifted…

Lone Spur Cafe opens in Francisco’s building

Cafe to offer dinner hours in September

Time to roll out the (rain) barrels in Colorado

to get, how to use rainwater collection systems

Photos: Prepping for the La Plata County Fair

Judge denies Blagojevich’s bid to lighten 14-year sentence

Patti Blagojevich, right, wife of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, arrives at the federal courthouse Tuesday in Chicago.Tae-Gyun Kim/Associated Press…

Police: Kansas boy suffered fatal neck injury on waterslide

Police released a statement saying 10-year-old Caleb Thomas Schwab, the son of Scott Schwab, a Kansas state lawmaker from Olathe.…

Vicente Jimenez faces one more hurdle in life

Community rallying to help DHS grad

Starting school in the afternoon gives boys a surprising boost

Starting school in afternoon offers surprising boost

Liberty School’s planned gym raises concerns

aiming to start construction in fall

Vail Resorts buying largest Whistler ski area

Canadian resort is largest in North America

Animas River Trail may head north to Oxbow Park in 2017

del Rio pedestrian underpass idea could be revived

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Rising global temperatures are linked to increasing waterborne food poisoning, particularly from eating raw oysters, along with other…

Complexity makes airline computer systems vulnerable

Mergers create a technological hodgepodge

Six vying for open judgeship in 6th Judicial District

Committee to recommend finalists to governor

Toilet closed for repairs after trapping two people

at Andrews Lake in San Juan National Forest should be open by week’s end

Committees raise funds for airport, road and bridge initiatives

Incumbent commissioners show more cash than challengers

Clinton critiques plan

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday characterized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s economic proposals as “trickle down” economics at…

Trump revamps economic plan

tax cuts to ‘jump-start America’

We’re trashing the oceans – and they’re returning the favor by making us sick

In a new study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of researchers find…

Photo: Sidewalk accessibility work underway

Robert Velacruz with the city of Durango cuts through a concrete sidewalk Monday morning on West Ninth Street to make…

Fire restrictions lifted in San Juan National Forest

rains have improved conditions