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PHOTOS: Slipping into summer

Durango’s multitude of camps can combat ‘summer slide’

Reading, arts, science, more keep kids active, engaged

Feds hope to clear the air at national parks

Comments taken in Denver over proposal to protect views

Local Briefs

As part of a statewide launch, local leaders will join supporters of the The Raise the Bar initiative seeks to…

One of North America’s largest powwows moving to smaller venue

Gathering of Nations to remain in New Mexico

Colorado’s new, higher oil and gas fines are impacting industry

Tanks sit near housing development off Colorado Highway 119 near Firestone. Colorado is imposing heftier fines on energy companies as…

Thursday Durango Dayplanner

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

Herald employee assaulted in parking lot

looking for assailant in Friday’s attack

Photos of the week

2 dead in murder-suicide at UCLA

About two hours after the first 911 call came in around 10 a.m., with the center of campus still saturated…

One of six arrested pleads guilty in child sex sting

Sentencing set for Christopher Rindfleisch, 21

People unsure about ability to pay for long-term care

Robert Nadell, 44, of San Diego borrowed money after he lost his job during the Great Recession to continue making…

Egypt says signals picked up from doomed plane’s black box

An EgyptAir Airbus A320 leaves Vienna International Airport in Austria. Egypt’s Civil Aviation Ministry said Wednesday that a French ship…

Second man pleads guilty in church identity theft

Gallegos, of Mancos, will be sentenced in July

Judge doesn’t trust Arizona sheriff to fix some problems

Protesters display a giant balloon caricature of Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio outside the federal courthouse in Phoenix on…

Denver Post names 1st woman editor in 124-year history

Colacioppo The Post reports Colacioppo has worked in several roles during her 17-year tenure, including city editor, investigations editor and…

Expert warns 2016 could see a record number of shark attacks

George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, is predicting that there could be…

More migrant drownings feared as summer nears

Aid officials are worried that many more migrants attempting to reach Europe on unseaworthy boats crossing the Mediterranean Sea could…

Americans support nomination changes

feel party systems are ‘rigged’

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The State Department is warning Americans visiting Europe this summer about the potential for terrorist attacks. Tuesday’s travel…

Mormon Church hit with second lawsuit saying children abused

Two Navajo siblings sued The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Navajo Nation court earlier this year. A…

Fall of Sports Authority reignites fight over Mile High name

It’s been over a decade since the team’s first home was demolished, but its Mile High name has lived on,…

4-H club recycles 50,000 pounds of baling twine

raises $4,500

Jon Keyser’s votes will count in U.S. Senate race

allows votes, despite allegations of fraud