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World Briefs

BEIRUT – The Syrian government launched new airstrikes Saturday on insurgent-held neighborhoods in Aleppo while rebels shelled government-held parts of…

Home thought to be Monroe’s is guest house

New evidence suggests the building that has long been billed as the home that the Founding Father lived in beginning…

Dog missing 10 years found in Alabama

Tracy Dove of Corner, Ala., will travel to Mobile, Ala., while her long-lost pet Charlie undergoes surgery to remove a…

Prince’s coat is up for auction

The black and white blazer worn by Prince in the 1984 film “Purple Rain” will be auctioned on June 29…

Business

Renters become owners through fair-share funding

In-lieu payments have helped buy 11 Durango homes

Southern Ute shale drilling goals draw scrutiny

Environmental groups demand thorough review of development plans

Saturday Durango Dayplanner

Free community breakfast, 8-10 a.m., Marvel Grange Hall, 217 County Road 133A, Marvel. Fort Lewis College Commencement, 8:30 a.m., Whalen…

Photo: Rain likely this weekend

Pedestrians dodge raindrops Friday in downtown Durango as snow fell in the high country. The National Weather Service says rain…

And The West Is History

75 years ago: ”Watch for a great CLEAN UP … PAINT UP … DRESS UP edition of the Herald-Democrat, which…

Local briefs

The Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. the first and third Sundays of…

Regional News

Pot limits could be on the way out for Colorado tourists

would repeal purchasing limits

Oil-rig copter crash kills 13

bans flights of similar helicopters

Vote could help Iran’s moderates

elections to decide legislature makeup

Clinton gears up for Trump in November

Clinton Though she has yet to clinch the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton and her team are taking early steps into…

Pollution tied to oil field

Dakota Bakken site blamed for jump in ethane

Trump starting to grow on GOP

Republicans ready to rally around candidate

Nation Briefs

FILE – This 1978 file photo shows actor-director John Wayne. California lawmakers have defeated a resolution intended to honor Wayne…

World Briefs

MADRID – Workers laying pipes in a southern Spanish park have unearthed a 1,300-pound trove of Roman coins in what…

Kip Turner accepts Grand Junction airport job

aviation chief, Grand Junction job comes with 60% raise

Photo: Fort Lewis College students pack up for summer

“She’s the master of packing, so I just let her do it,” said Emily Johnson, 19, right, while Hailee McOmber,…

Jon Keyser makes Colorado Republican primary ballot

rules in his favor in U.S. Senate race

Three Four Corners men arrested in child sex sting

Operation targeted people seeking minors

The Blotter

Thursday 9:10 a.m. A woman wanted to talk to police about a suspicious man who had told her that he…