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Morning crash snarls traffic near Santa Rita Park

Snow totals vary across Southwest Colorado

A spring-like storm left about a half-inch of snow in Durango early Monday. Higher elevations received up to 10 inches.Shane…

Navy SEALs tell congressman there is a combat rifle shortage

Several Navy SEAL members are complaining that they are having to share combat rifles with other members of the special…

Tunisia: At least 45 dead in clashes near Libyan border

Tunisia has set a nighttime curfew following violent clashes between Tunisian police officers and extremist militants in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia,…

Suicide attack kills at least 47 south of Iraqi capital

Civilians and security forces gather as municipality workers remove destroyed vehicles at the scene of a deadly suicide bomb attack…

Nation & World Briefs

Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of modern email, has died. Raytheon Co., his employer, on Sunday confirmed his death; the details…

EU looks to refugee-laden Turkey to ease its migrant burden

The leaders will also try to persuade Turkey’s prime minister to slow the flow of migrants traveling to Europe and…

Some in GOP start seeing Cruz as best alternative to Trump

Brynn Anderson/Associated Press<br><br>Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd before he speaks during a campaign rally Saturday in…

Don’t judge a bookstore owner by his cover

Hassan knows a little about nearly every book in his store

Psychologists reporting patients’ ‘Trump anxiety’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference Saturday in West Palm Beach, Fla. A recent Washington Post/ABC…

Animas High to expand offerings

Underclassmen will conduct more interdisciplinary projects

Nonprofit asks Mancos, Dolores to fund recycling

Montezuma County starts carton recycling program

Former first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94 in California

The former first lady died Sunday at her home in the Bel-Air section of Los Angeles of congestive heart failure,…

New rancor, tough talk in Clinton-Sanders Democratic debate

It was a marked change in tone for the two Democrats, signaling Sanders’ increasingly difficult effort to slow the party’s…

‘I thought this was the deep end’

Matt Burt of Gunnison took this photo of his dog, Luna, who had a tricky time navigating the snow earlier…

Lower Dolores River gets impaired status

department cites high water temperature

Local Briefs

Durango Friends of the Arts, a nonprofit, all-volunteer organization, will hold a general membership meeting on Thursday at Toh-Atin Gallery,…

Ambulance services expand east into Mancos

Hose Co. partners with Southwest Health

Activists want ballot measures to limit drilling

Falling oil and gas prices have not cooled fervor on the Front Range

Monday Durango Dayplanner

Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave.,…

Builders finding ways to make homes stand up to Mother Nature’s fiercest outbursts

Although much attention has focused on green building practices, resilient-design strategies take the concept of building efficiently a step further…

Nonresidential construction bounces back

Construction spending increased 1.5 percent in January, the biggest gain since May, following a 0.6 percent increase in December, the…

A local Realtor’s story: By the numbers

Bleger In 1979, I was born in Houston. A gallon of gasoline cost 86 cents, a brand new Toyota Corolla…