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Organizers going ahead with Denver PrideFest

Paraders show their support for the victims of the Orlando mass shooting during the West Hollywood Pride parade on Sunday…

Nation & World Briefs

PALO ALTO, Calif. – Stanford University graduating students and women’s rights advocates used the school’s commencement ceremony to again express…

Caption This!: ‘Do you have a minute?’

Macy keeps watch over the bluebird house in her Durango yard.Courtesy of Diane Shaline Coming in a close second was…

Drug trafficking allegations against FedEx head to trial

Fedex has denied the charges and says it only shipped what it believed were legal drugs from licensed pharmacies. Opening…

Santa Rita playground opens Tuesday

inspired by Durango High School students

Man throws home-made bomb at Shanghai airport, injuring four others

Chinese paramilitary policemen guard a closed off area of the Shanghai’s Pudong airport after an explosion on Sunday. A small…

‘Hamilton’ sweeps up awards at a sometimes somber Tonys

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first U.S. treasury secretary won 11 Tonys, just short of breaking the 12-Tony record…

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Brand new apartments in the Weston Apartment House: 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, garage, $30/month.” 50 Years ago:…

Local Briefs

All donations made to the Durango Food Bank at www.centurylink.com/fooddrive will be matched dollar for dollar through June 17. The…

Monday Durango Dayplanner

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard…

Obama decries Orlando nightclub shooting as an ‘act of terror’

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the massacre at an Orlando, Fla., nightclub during a news conference at…

Worst mass shooting in U.S. history: 50 slain at gay nightclub

That’s when authorities say Omar Mateen emerged, carrying an AR-15 and spraying the helpless crowd with bullets. Witnesses said he…

Agents say real estate market isn’t as fun as it used to be

Colorado Realtor Mark Ferguson of Greeley, says his real estate agents could “be doing so much better” if there were…

Smart home tech is still pretty dumb

Technology hasn’t yet caught up to its potential

New elements to be named for city, state, country

An entry on the periodic table of the elements filled in and autographed by physics professors Joe Hamilton and A.…

Falling into a scientific breakthrough

Planned spacecraft could help scientists detect gravitational waves

Why Jim Calaway is giving away all his money

Carbondale entrepreneur discovers happiness through charity

Nurses, former preemie reunite 1.13-pound baby spent months in NICU

So, on April 25, when Rosalio walked into St. Mary’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and saw more than a…

Photos: What’s grillin’?

Local briefs

The Three Springs Neighborhood and Mercy Regional Medical Center will celebrate their 10-year anniversary with a music festival from 1-7…

Sunday Durango Dayplanner

Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast, 9-11 a.m. $6/$5, Durango Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Arts and…

Gunfire at J Paul Brown’s ranch under investigation

Incident with employee occurred June 5

Tinder set to ban (most) teens starting next week

Tinder Vice President of Communications Rosette Pambakian told Techcrunch that the company started reconsidering its age policy earlier this year,…

For both boys and girls

Actress aims to inspire with gender-bending kids’ clothes