News

Turnout is name of the game in Monday’s Iowa caucuses

The result Sunday was a blur of conflicting messages. Even as the contenders begged backers to caucus, many hopefuls also…

January 30, 2016

Local News

Shoveling: In Durango it’s your duty

has issued 36 violations this winter

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Jewel-pilfering Doris Payne reflects on life

And that’s exactly how authorities say the 85-year-old has managed to walk off with pricey jewels in countless thefts around…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

GENEVA – A triple bombing killed at least 50 people in a predominantly Shiite suburb south of the Syrian capital…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

For Brazil’s rich and poor, disparate response to Zika

Tainara Lourenco, who is five months pregnant, sits inside her house at a slum in Recife, Brazil, on Friday. Lourenco…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Report: Some 2,300 journalists killed in past 25 years

The annual total stood at 40 in the federation’s first year of counting, 1990, but has not dipped under the…

January 30, 2016

Business

Residential designs unveiled for Calkins Building

Alex Carter, superintendent for the Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District, said the developers who purchased the Calkins Building are planning to…

January 30, 2016

Business

U.S. new-home sales soar in final month of 2015

A new home is shown for sale Tuesday in Riverview, Fla.Chris O’Meara/Associated Press The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new-home…

January 30, 2016

Business

NYC may be good fit for ‘micro apartments’

units won’t make city more affordable, critics argue

January 30, 2016

Science

Astronomers discover rare ‘skinny’ black hole

The University of Colorado’s Julie Comerford discovered her latest two-black hole galaxy – her fourth – using the Hubble Space…

January 30, 2016

Science

Schizophrenia finding causes excitement

gives peek into possible cause of disease

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Israel’s liberal artists decry attempts to limit expression

FILE – In this Sunday, June 21, 2015 file photo, Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev speaks during…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Obama forced again to rethink troop numbers in Afghanistan

Afghan security forces patrol in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 22, 2015. Conditions in Afghanistan are…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

World Briefs

TOKYO – The government and ruling parties welcomed the Bank of Japan’s decision to adopt a negative interest rate policy,…

January 30, 2016

Local News

Oil and gas price declines lead to job losses in La Plata County

Situation might not turn around anytime soon

January 30, 2016

Local News

Shadow no more

A girlâ€™s shadow as she hula-hoops in a parking lot off East Second Avenue on Saturday may be nonexistent in…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

‘Affluenza’ family’s history of legal woes

Psychologist suggested taking boy from parents

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Are cities driving toward fiscal crash?

Driverless cars may mean loss of ticket revenues

January 30, 2016

Regional News

Experiment nets pay raises for all

Greeley franchiser ups pay to up performance

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Analysis finds more white people aware of racism

they believe that injustice must be confronted

January 30, 2016

Local News

Ignacio adopts Leonard Burch Day as town holiday

Leonard Burch’s widow, Irene, center, their daughters and other family members were present for a proclamation which cited Burch’s 32…

January 30, 2016

Local News

City of Durango wants residents’ multimodal feedback

do you think about transit, bikes, parking?

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

Did you know … ?

Internet’s favorite conspiracies would involve too many people to stay secret, science says

January 30, 2016

Local News

Cortez police likely to face lawsuit in Make My Day case

In a 1,154-word letter dated Jan. 12, attorney Kathyrn Stimson notified city attorney Mike Green that a Cortez family was…

January 30, 2016