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Tipton questions agency’s handling of personal data

committee looks into collection efforts of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Townhomes proposed for Boker Lumber site

Development would be lowest density proposal so far

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Fort Lewis College professor sees little impact from rate hike

The rate increase is indicative of an improving economy, Sonora said. “Markets were looking for a positive sign from the…

Local Briefs

Road Runner Transit will not operate on Dec. 25. Ignacio to Durango routes will end at 2 p.m. Dec. 24.…

Moms deliver coal to Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman

Concerned with lawsuit challenging carbon pollution standards

Dayplanner Thursday

Winter Solstice Artisans’ Market, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Barbara Conrad Gallery, Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., durangoarts.org. Tim Sullivan,…

Water monitoring plans may bring Four Corners together

Mexico, La Plata County discuss partnerships

Attempt to reverse La Plata Electric Association residential rate hike fails

members say increased cost ‘exacerbates inequality’

Fed finally lifts key interest rate from near zero

The Federal Reserve, which is chaired by Janet Yellen, announced the first interest rate hike in years Wednesday.Susan Walsh/Associated Press…

Recent storms expected to boost Colorado ski area tourism ahead of holidays

Purgatory Resort, with 25 new inches, to open new lift Saturday

California decides self-driving cars will need to have driver behind wheel

Google is one of several companies working on prototypes for self-driving vehicles. California regulators issued proposed rules Wednesday saying self-driving…

U.S. industrial production registers worst month since 2012

Workers build smartphones at Motorola” plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The Federal Reserve reported that U.S. industrial production was down…

Massive year-end spending bill includes cybersecurity act

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said a new cybersecurity bill that is included in the budget bill Congress is expected to…

Congress debates tax breaks

businesses in limbo over investments

Errors of rate hikes past haunt Fed

economists think now may be wrong time to raise

Business Briefs

Marechal Know Your Dough, a local nonprofit providing financial literacy for youth and young adults is the recipient of a…

Fear and loaning: Investors are running from junk bonds

Investors are rushing out of junk bonds, spooked by the closure of a mutual fund last week that focused on…

After California shootings, workplaces examine emergency plans

Arlene Payan holds a candle during a vigil to honor shooting victims in San Bernardino, Calif. The shootings in San…

Juniper School in fundraising mode

Durango Herald file photo<br><br>Board members with the Juniper School are raising funds after the charter school did not receive a…

Durango School District 9-R’s bus routes to go on rolling cancellation schedule

‘Parents will have time to arrange carpools’

Jail populations rising fastest in small counties

U.S. jails now hold nearly 700,000 inmates on any given day, up from 157,000 in 1970, and the Vera Institute…

UN ends investigation of Iran’s nuke program

Amano The probe had to be formally ended as part of a July 14 deal between Iran and six nations…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The United States and Cuba are close to an agreement on restoring regularly scheduled, commercial flights between the…