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Planned Parenthood head mourns

Cecile Richards, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, read the names of the three people killed in the…

December 5, 2015

Nation & World

Woman shooter is a mystery

Tashfeen Malik, along with her husband, slaughtered 14 in Calif.

December 5, 2015

Local News

Turner to give speech at Explorers Club

Ansel Hall, who was the first chief naturalist and chief forester for the National Park Service, traveled the world looking…

December 5, 2015

Local News

Former Colorado politician Nighthorse Campbell leads effort to honor Native American veterans

In 2013, Congress passed legislation approving the development of a Native American Veterans Memorial on the site of the National…

December 5, 2015

Local News

Bountiful bazaars

Durango was a bit bazaar on Saturday, with a half-dozen craft shows going on throughout town, featuring many handmade items…

December 5, 2015

Local News

Ballantine fund gives $270,000 in 2015

Donations’ impact spans five counties

December 5, 2015

Local News

Rogue attorneys general defy governors, sue feds

Attorneys general suing the federal government over governors’ objections

December 5, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Sunday

Book Making: Exploring Memories, History & Sense of Place, with Barbara Klema, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $225/$195, Durango Arts Center, 802…

December 5, 2015

Local News

New Colorado Health Foundation CEO to visit Southwest Colo.

McNeil-Miller seeks to understand each counties’ take on health care

December 5, 2015

Local News

Mine cleanup analysis stresses need for federal involvement

could cost $1B to remediate Colorado’s 5,105 abandoned mines

December 5, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

BAKU, Azerbaijan – One worker was killed, 30 were missing and 33 were rescued Saturday after a fire swept through…

December 5, 2015

Nation & World

Draft climate agreement ready in Paris

work to be done at midway point of international meeting

December 5, 2015

Nation & World

European countries push for tighter border controls

agrees to stricter measures

December 5, 2015

Nation & World

New images reveal seaplane that sank at Pearl Harbor

There were an estimated six of these sea planes in the bay at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack.University…

December 4, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Saturday

St. Columba Christmas Bazaar, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Columba Parish, 1801 East Third Ave., 247-0044. Animas Museum’s annual Old Fashioned…

December 4, 2015

Local News

Fort Lewis College sees dramatic increase in applicants

College’s trustees discuss investing, potential cuts

December 4, 2015

Local News

30 years later, two Durango murders remain unsolved

Tyler and Dennis Sleater were slain a month apart

December 4, 2015

Local News

The Blotter

Friday 1:09 a.m. Two people vandalized a house and were running on 12th Street toward East Fifth Avenue. Police made…

December 4, 2015

Nation & World

Research shows we may be consuming water faster than we thought

suggests we may be consuming it at unsustainable rate

December 4, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the…

December 4, 2015

Local News

Bennet lauds progress on education bill

K-12 legislation passes House, on its way to Senate

December 4, 2015

Nation & World

Kids making oral history with StoryCorps project

The Great Thanksgiving Listen was conceived by leaders of the nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps. They encouraged kids to send…

December 4, 2015

Nation & World

Justices take up meaning of ‘one person, one vote’

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, says a legal challenge to the way…

December 4, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A five-year, $305 billion bill to address the nation’s aging and congested transportation systems was signed into law…

December 4, 2015