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Dylan Redwine’s mother supports bill to add crime-fighting tool

Testimony in Denver comes days before son’s birthday

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

During Utah funeral, occupier of Oregon refuge hailed as hero

Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher who was at the center of a 2014 armed standoff with federal authorities over grazing…

February 5, 2016

Regional News

Tainted drinking water found south of Colorado Springs

Chemicals are in systems near Colorado Springs

February 5, 2016

Local News

Durango Dayplanner Saturday

Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave., 375-0076. Silverton Snowscape Gold Tournament, 11 a.m., railroad depot,…

February 5, 2016

Local News

Bayfield experiences an influx of heroin

Marshal talks reality of drug use, sales

February 5, 2016

Local News

Kayaking on the icy Animas River

Nate Foster, 14, and coach, Marci Cary, of the Durango Whitewater Club break ice Friday on the Animas River north…

February 5, 2016

Local News

The Blotter

Friday 12:11 a.m. Someone could smell smoke in the 3200 block of East Fourth Avenue. Thursday 5:09 p.m. A woman…

February 5, 2016

Local News

And the West is History

75 years ago: “Durango Lions met Wednesday evening at the Strater for dinner and to enjoy the program provided by…

February 5, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Garden Club of Durango will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Fort Lewis College professor Andrew Gulliford will present a…

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

1 dies after crane falls in NYC street

A collapsed crane lies in the street after falling while being lowered during a storm Friday in New York City.Bebeto…

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

Police groups fight use-of-force proposals

Officers say recommendations pose threat to them, public

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

Zika or not, Carnival to go on

Brazilians say they won’t let virus threat put damper on ‘joy’

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Assange SAN FRANCISCO – A 2005 spate of quakes in California’s Central Valley almost certainly was triggered by oilfield injection…

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

Twitter targets accounts used by terrorists

The announcement signaled efforts by Twitter to automatically identify tweets supporting terrorism, reflecting increased pressure placed by the U.S. government…

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, 6th man on moon, dies in Florida

Former Apollo astronaut Edgar Mitchell Apollo 14 was the sixth man on the moon when he and Alan Shepard landed…

February 5, 2016

Local News

Durango, Silverton officials, governor back Superfund listing

officials meet with governor; EPA addresses water quality

February 5, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

In a ceremony on Dec, 19, 2015, more than 200 Fort Lewis College graduates and their families packed Whalen Gymnasium…

February 5, 2016

Local News

Former Durango man to fly over Super Bowl

have many options for watching Sunday’s contest

February 5, 2016

Local News

Fort Lewis College students explore gun laws

Author, Duke professor Kristin Goss speaks with psychology class via Skype

February 5, 2016

Business

Up to 2,000 new wells are predicted for Southwest Colorado in the next 30 years

looks at plan to mitigate impact of gas wells

February 5, 2016

Local News

Durangoan cast on new Disney show

Joza Pearce Joza, the son of Peter Joza and Nancy Heleno, has been taking a shot at show biz for…

February 5, 2016

Local News

Flurry of legislation introduced in wake of Gold King Mine blowout

Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act Proposed by: Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Rep. Scott…

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

Funeral to draw large crowd in support of Oregon occupier

Tony Atencio of Burns, Oregon, holds a photo of rancher Robert ‘’LaVoy’’ Finicum at a rally against Finnicum’s slaying by…

February 5, 2016

Nation & World

U.S. added just 151k jobs in January; unemployment at 4.9 percent

Angelo Falcone, left, is interviewed by Eric Larkee for a bartender job at a job fair held by The Genuine…

February 5, 2016