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A Facebook ‘trend’ isn’t always what you think it is

Facebook’s own description of its trending bar certainly doesn’t dissuade readers from thinking that the trending process is automated. Facebook…

Unfriended: Senator wants answers from Zuckerberg

S.D. Republican seeks information after claims of anti-conservative bias

Fort Lewis College tuition slated to increase for in-state students

Nonresident tuition will remain flat

Legislature fails to act on presidential primary

efforts come despite cries for reform

Tiny trespassers try out Santa Rita Park playground

expected to open in couple weeks, director says

Business Improvement District launching online directory

Printed maps will be handled by other groups

AAA study questions pot-impaired driving laws

In this Dec. 27, 2013 photo, different strains of pot are displayed for sale at a marijuana dispensary in Denver.…

Obama to visit site of first atomic attack

President won’t revisit decision to bomb Hiroshima, aides say

San Francisco officials take up immigrant sanctuary policy

From left, Brad Steinle, Liz Sullivan and Jim Steinle, the brother, mother and father of Kathryn Steinle who was shot…

Fly-overs of La Plata County’s oil and gas areas underway

BP American Production Co. will conduct aerial surveys of its oil and gas sites over the next two weeks.Courtesy of…

Furniture chain opens first Colorado location in Durango

SuperNova replaces For Your Home in Crossroads Center

Blasting on Red Mountain Pass to begin Wednesday

30-minute delays expected

Photo: Remodel begins at former Francisco’s Restaurant & Cantina

Construction worker Elijah Nez erects a barrier between the sidewalk and the front of the former Francisco’s Restaurant & Cantina…

Search called off for man with broken arm north of Durango

La Plata County Search and Rescue prepared to search for the man about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, but the search was…

Business Briefs

The Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and First SouthWest Bank are sponsoring a half-day workshop, “Starting Your Business,” Thursday…

Tough-talking Philippine mayor looks set to be new president

The son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos had a narrow lead in the vice presidential race. Rodrigo Duterte, the mayor…

Nation & World Briefs

Donald Trump, the most voluble U.S. presidential candidate in memory, will soon be entitled to regular briefings on some of…

Alberta premier tours fire-ravaged Fort McMurray

A burned out pickup truck rests in a parking lot, seen during a media tour of the fire-damaged city of…

Powerhouse Science Center revving up a year after closure

Durango science center closed suddenly one year ago

Can ‘The Donald’ make summer school great again?

Brash billionaire and now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be the subject of The Trump Factor in…

There’s a little black spot on the sun

Mercury but black dot against glowing orb that powers the solar system

The Blotter

Monday 12:40 p.m. A man reported that his roommates locked him out of his residence in the 2400 block of…

Regional News

In the Colorado General Assembly, debate on roads hangs in limbo

Truckers, commuters, businesses frustrated with logjam