News

In northeast Colorado, Bonnie, Lawton Lieder carry on artistic tradition

Bonnie Lieder looks out the back door of the house she shares with her husband, Lawton, in Wiggins, in northeast…

January 10, 2016

Mexico: Sean Penn interview helped locate drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman

Penn’s article on Guzman was published late Saturday by Rolling Stone, a day after Mexican marines captured the world’s most…

January 10, 2016

Local News

After a delay for Gold King Mine spill, Bill Simon, co-founder of the Animas River Stakeholders Group, finally enjoying retirement

“There’s enough people that know my phone number to get in touch with me when something goes wrong with the…

January 10, 2016

Local News

Consumer Affairs website ranks Cortez among state’s safest towns

No. 5 in for low risk to home burglary

January 10, 2016

Local News

Cortez to mull allowing outdoor dining, drinking

According to the proposed three-page legislation, downtown business owners would be permitted to apply for a license, granting them permission…

January 10, 2016

Local News

Upper Pine Fire Protection District seeks ambulance

Upper Pine Fire Protection District is down to two ambulances, one of its own and one borrowed from the Durango…

January 10, 2016

Nation & World

Privatizing public land gaining favor in GOP

Ranchers’ cause, not tactics, attracts Republican supporters

January 10, 2016

Local News

Winning caption: ‘Santa, slow down!’

Santa, slow down

January 10, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The La Plata Quilters Guild will meet on Thursday at its new location, First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive.…

January 10, 2016

Local News

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.,…

January 10, 2016

Local News

Durango-La Plata County Airport ranks gets low marks for delays compared to other airports

Weather, remoteness cited as reasons by airport director

January 10, 2016

Nation & World

Thoughts on emergency radio frequencies: Police split on letting folks listen in

departments let anyone hear scanner chatter while others encrypt

January 9, 2016

Business

U.S. construction spending falls 0.4 percent in November

The Commerce Department reported that construction spending slipped in November as the number of nonresidential construction projects fell.Matt Rourke/Associated Press…

January 9, 2016

Business

Oil slump weighing on housing markets in Texas, North Dakota

More than 30 oil drilling rigs are idle in a Helmerich & Payne, Inc. yard along Groening Street in Odessa,…

January 9, 2016

Business

Home splurges to treat yourself to this season

Interior designer Jackson the extra expense of wallpaper when redesigning your home can be a great investment and elevate the…

January 9, 2016

Science

Superheavy elements add some heft to periodic table

Kosuke Morita of Riken Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science points at periodic table of the elements during a press conference…

January 9, 2016

Science

In space, star clusters may be sweet spot

Scientist says that’s where we should be looking for alien life

January 9, 2016

Nation & World

Casinos betting on a new direction

Executives hope game-like slots will lure more young gamblers

January 9, 2016

Nation & World

Poll: Most people stay friends with a former flame

A couple hug after leaving a lock during “Locking Your Love” to the Old Red Bridge Valentine’s Day event at…

January 9, 2016

Nation & World

‘Star Wars’ Monopoly to include Rey

A scene from the film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” shows Daisey Ridley as Rey, left, and John Boyega as…

January 9, 2016

Nation & World

Colleges ban hoverboards

Schools say they pose fire threats

January 9, 2016

Regional News

More coyotes killed under Utah bounty program in 2015

A coyote watches from an enclosure as a cow walks past at the Millville Predator Research Facility in Millville, Utah,…

January 9, 2016

Regional News

Massachusetts Senate panel will visit Colorado to learn about legal pot

Marijuana buds are seen in a dispensary south of downtown Denver on Dec. 18, 2015. Members of a Massachusetts Senate…

January 9, 2016

Regional News

Region Briefs

PUEBLO WEST – About 30,000 residents of Pueblo West are debating whether to form their own town or change its…

January 9, 2016