News

Math scores slip, reading flat for nation’s 12th-graders

Scores from the Nation’s Report Card reveal that only about 37 percent of students are considered academically prepared for college-level…

13% of U.S. students are chronically absent

Suspension rates fall drastically, report says

Education Briefs

Durango School District 9-R offers an early access program for accelerating children into kindergarten whose birthdays fall after Sept. 1.…

U.S. projects record summer gasoline demand

behind wheel comes amid low pump prices

TSA chief says progress being made on shortening lines

Passengers line up to check in before their flight at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix.Matt York/Associated Press file Over…

Tropical Storm Colin leaves after dumping rain in Southeast

A woman takes a photo of flooded streets in St. Petersburg, Fla., Tuesday. Remnants of Tropical Storm Colin continued to…

BLM district realignment worries officials in San Juan County

Meeting with agency set for June 15

Ohio zoo reopens exhibit where boy fell, gorilla was shot

Visitors arrive at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden on Tuesday in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Zoo reopened its gorilla exhibit…

Firefighters prepare for fire season

And they’re hoping for a season similar to the last two more quiet years, instead of the busy 2013 season.…

Search-and-rescue crews’ new tool will help with wilderness extractions

However, equipment newly acquired by the Mesa Verde Helitack crew could help in the most remote locations. This year, regional…

Eight years later, Clinton ready to break one glass ceiling

says former secretary of state has enough delegates to clinch nomination

Nation & World Briefs

BALTIMORE – The Baltimore officer who faces the most serious charge in the death of Freddie Gray in police custody…

Tropical Storm Colin gains strength as it nears Florida

Nick Canning, 21, kayaks in downtown Gulfport, Fla., on Monday as rain and wind from Tropical Storm Colin blow into…

Photos of the week

Photo: Busking with bagpipes

Kevin Moe, of Laramie, Wyo., plays his bagpipes at Ninth Street and Main Avenue as Beth Gadbaw of Lyons and…

New LA flight debuts at Durango airport

The first flight from LAX arrived about 2 p.m. to a water salute, courtesy of two engines from the airport’s…

Humans have altered basically every landscape on Earth, scientists say

‘Most people have no idea how heavily we’ve altered things – and for how long’

3 bears euthanized after destroying property

Animals broke into houses, cars in Durango Hills

The Blotter

Friday 11:05 a.m. A trail camera was reported stolen at Dalla Mountain Park trail, 3234 Junction St. 5:41 p.m. A…

Local Briefs

The San Juan Mountains Association is hosting free nature hikes at 9:45 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 18 at…

Tuesday Durango Dayplanner

Ron Martin, photographer and alpinist presentation, Open Shutter, 5 p.m., 735 Main Ave, Durango. Tim Sullivan, 7 p.m., Office Spiritorium,…

Three suspected in marijuana robbery arrested

released on bond, one remains in jail

Silverton aims for a little fun on Gold King Mine spill anniversary

on mine spill anniversary to offset not-so-fun Superfund process

Vets, families remember Normandy D-Day landings, 72 years on

Henry Breton, a 91-year-old veteran from Augusta, Maine, who landed on the beach soon after dawn on D-Day in 1944…