News

Colorado OKs more paths to obtain a diploma

This week, the Colorado Board of Education approved adding two alternatives to the GED test for people to receive an…

Durango Adult Education Center helps students succeed in school and life

“We asked, ‘What else can we do to support learners?’” said Teresa Malone, executive director of the Durango Adult Education…

Lawsuits seek labels on food supplied by slave laborers

Nestle officials announced in November that a report commissioned by the company had found that some of the Thailand suppliers…

Cadets graduate Southwest Regional Law Enforcement Academy

The Blotter

Friday 5:16 a.m. People were trying to enter vehicles in the Walmart parking lot. Thursday 7:39 a.m. A client with…

Carson slams GOP leaders

party may ‘subvert will of voters’

Search for missing snowmobiler turns into recovery

“What was a search and rescue operation has moved into a recovery mission,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a news…

Navajo team ropers create buzz at the national finals

Aaron Tsinigine, Derrick Begay and Erich Rogers have been at or near the top of the standings in the 10-day…

Seven mutts become first test-tube puppies in world

Researchers say the in vitro fertilization technique used to conceive seven test tube puppies at the Baker Institute for Animal…

Local Briefs

Stillwater Music will hold its annual Winter Wonder Bands concert and silent auction from noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at…

Maine town celebrates inventor of the earmuff

Chester Greenwood was a 15-year-old bestowed with generous ears when he decided he had had enough of the biting cold…

Smoldering sweet potatoes vex small North Carolina town

A silo full of dehydrated sweet potatoes has been smoldering in the town an hour east of Raleigh since at…

Education Briefs

Briana Pearse, of Durango, is an admission ambassador for Fort Lewis College for the 2015-16 academic year. Pearse’s current major…

Fatal crash closes Highway 550 south of Durango

vehicles involved near Bondad

Election Briefs

WASHINGTON – Republican voters don’t think Donald Trump is likable. They don’t think he’s compassionate. And many don’t consider him…

World Briefs

HAVANA – Cuba and the United States announced Friday they have struck a deal to re-establish direct mail service, which…

Concerns about deal grow

Experts fear pact may put politics above science

Evidence suggests police killed 4 in Waco melee

Evidence offers new details about biker shootout

Bill keeps government open

Congress buys more time to work on tax, budget deals

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – There has yet to be a confirmed U.S. collision between a drone and a manned aircraft, but there’s…

Durango’s Olde Tymer’s Cafe no longer ‘cheating tourists and drunks’

Restaurant drops slogan amid backlash

Snowfall expected in San Juan Mountains, uncertain for Durango

Durango’s precipitation forecast uncertain through weekend

Colorado business leaders propose transportation funding fix

Business leaders pitch $3.5 billion for transportation

Some La Plata County government services moving to new location in Durango

Building, planning departments will be relocating