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‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’ crosses record $250M globally Friday

predicted to have enormous opening weekend

Saving forests will mean saving animals also

Syroly Awa bathes with her son, Wy, in Juriti, Brazil, in the Amazonian forest. A new study says that it…

From silver screen fame to Durango’s Santa Rita Park

Sweeny starred in Durango’s golden age of film

N.M. sees drop in top-rated schools

The number of New Mexico public schools receiving a D or F climbed 3 percent, to 333 from 323 in…

Dayplanner Saturday

San Juan Basin Health hosts health insurance coverage walk-in enrollment and information event, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds,…

Romance at the Durango Mall?

Texas romance novelist Jaspira Noel has set a Christmas novella in Durango called Christmas Conundrum. It’s equal parts “It’s a…

Local Briefs

The following is the holiday schedule for the city of Durango: City administrative offices will be closed Thursday and Friday,…

High-speed Internet comes to Silverton School

Fiber-optic line will greatly aid students, superintendent says

Iranian missiles tests worry Colorado senators

Bennet, Gardner voice concerns about ballistic missile tests

UN endorses plan to end Syria fighting

Proposal also calls for talks on cease-fire

Nation Briefs

Hasbro on Friday filed a response to a lawsuit denying a toy inventor’s claims that her late husband owns the…

World Briefs

WARSAW, Poland – An 18th-century marble bust of the goddess Diana looted by the Nazis in 1940 has returned to…

Poll: Immigration not top GOP concern

back keeping Obama’s program

Obama celebrates budget agreement

President expects to have‘Democratic successor’

Planned Parenthood braces for rocky Colorado legislative session

Legislature will tackle heated issues

Durango-La Plata County Airport reports busy November

American Airlines adds capacity; taxiway project to begin in spring

The Blotter

Friday 12:26 a.m. A woman was sleeping at Colorado Pongas, 121 W. Eighth St. Police made an arrest. Thursday 8:30…

La Plata County rescinds floodplain permit for Simmons property

Valley property owner dumping fill on land

Where there’s mist, there’s snow

Ute students’ film wins award in Los Angeles

From left, Ute Mountain Ute council member DeAnne House, actresses Tayanita Hatch, Destiny Whiteman, Kamea Clark and Leslie Lang and…

Obama signs bipartisan budget bill

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., return to Ryan’s office after…

Reid: Dems ‘maybe’ to blame on gun bill losses

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said his remarks about Democrats maybe being responsible for Congress’ inability to get…

Unemployment rates fall in 27 U.S. states amid broad hiring

A job seeker fills out an application during a National Career Fairs job fair in Chicago. The U.S. Labor Department…

Snow and ice wreak havoc on gas lines

Gas, propane trouble fire and emergency personnel during winter