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Most Americans support debt-free college tuition

In a new survey, 79 percent of millennials support free college while 64 percent of Gen Xers do. Among baby…

Purgatory Resort announces opening day

Surface lift planned near Lift 8

San Juan Basin Health staff to answer questions on river data

San Juan Basin Health’s Water Program Manager Brian Devine, right, and Marcie Bidwell of the Mountain Studies Institute sample water…

FBI: First U.S. law enforcement officer charged in terror sting

Authorities say a Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the…

Elite prep school agrees to settle up to 30 sex abuse claims

St. George’s School in Middletown, R.I., announced Wednesday it has agreed to a settlement over sexual abuse allegations that would…

Park bench next to sewer vent removed, destroyed

says it stinks the city didn’t salvage pew

Fort Lewis College donor mystery solved: He was a Durango kid

niece: He ‘ran around and created havoc’

Photo: Hitching a ride

More rain forecast for Southwest after monsoonal soaking

states could see flooding through Friday

Photo: Shadow rider

Brooklynn Schmeiser rides her horse in the covered arena area of the La Plata County Fairgrounds Wednesday afternoon after practicing…

Explaining a tough choice

to offer details on how presidential library site was picked

French Muslims call out radicals

‘Current situation is intolerable,’ many say

Obama pushes GOP to disavow Trump

It’s time for Republican leaders, officials to say ‘enough,’ he says

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – An internal Federal Aviation Administration report urged greater safety oversight of the hot air balloon tour industry three…

Arts a part of long-term plan of city of Durango

Water, sewer, sustainability also to be considered in revision

Zika’s cloud of fear threatens Florida’s tourism way of life

Yet as concerns mounted over Zika, the crippling virus that health officials say is now spreading by mosquitoes in southern…

Cash crunch: When customers pay late, businesses juggle

Susan Frazier, business manager for TSR Hockey, says her company is now asking customers to put 50 percent down when…

Aetna, Humana offer deal on merger

The transactions are subject to the successful completion of Aetna’s acquisition of Humana, as well as other regulatory approvals. Molina…

Photo: Cool bike ride with dad

Two-year-old Wyatt Meunier rides his strider bike across East 12th Street along East Third Avenue Tuesday as his dad, Vince…

Flash-flood watch issued for Four Corners

Monsoonal rains aided by disturbance in the atmosphere

La Plata County commissioners OK airport question on November ballot

levy to be set yearly to pay $40.4 million bond

Settlement will allow city of Durango to spruce up Memorial Park

Contractor did not properly seed turf

Arc of History artist considers legal action

Sculptor claims he never received offer to restore piece

Criminal investigation into Gold King Mine spill confirmed

essential to ‘ensuring justice’ for those impacted by disaster