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Black Friday shoppers fill downtown Durango

Friday a precursor to events like Small Business Saturday, Noel Night

Snow builds up north of Durango

Motorists on U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango drive on a wet road Friday as snow fell throughout the region.…

Local Briefs

WolfWood Refuge will be a part of Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 8. Donations designated for the refuge help provide…

’Tis (officially) the season

Parade, tree lighting kick off holiday

Why 9 out of 10 colleges reported no rapes last year

That should be good news, but we know sexual assault is far more common than that. A 2014 survey of…

France prepares for summit

Climate meeting to further strain security agencies

Presidential candidates differ on value of post-Sept. 11 security program

attacks renew interest in domestic surveillance laws

Will Carson attract black voters?

Experts doubt he will dent Democrats’ dominance

Nation Briefs

First lady Michelle Obama, with her dogs Bo and Sunny, says this year’s White House Christmas tree will honor the…

Hospital attack’s toll unclear

Reports offer different death totals in Afghanistant incident

World Briefs

Polanski WARSAW, Poland – Poland will not extradite Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski to the U.S. in an almost 40-year-old case…

Candidates struggle with law-and-order message

Sentencing reform intrudes into 2016 presidential race

Bayfield designs new grade school to be energy-efficient

District seeks top certification

Police searching for gunman in Colorado Springs

A screen shot of CNN’s live broadcast from the shooting near Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs.Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald At least…

Without signature frenzy, Black Friday loses its luster

Toys R Us CEO Dave Brandon said lines at the company’s stores weren’t as long as last year’s on Black…

Queen Elizabeth II opens Commonwealth meeting in Malta

Britain Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, president of Malta, during the official welcome ceremony at St.…

Bayfield football team heads to state championship game

How tourism officials calculate Gold King Mine spill in ad dollars

news articles were instead advertisements, cost would have been $4 million

Sen. Ellen Roberts tours Dolores schools affected by her votes in Legislature

Dolores Re-4 Schools Superintendent Scott Cooper said superintendents across the state are offering tours of schools to give legislators a…

Groups help restore Dolores River

The area had recently been cleared of non-native tamarisk and Russian knapweed. DRBA coordinated with BLM ecologists and the Tamarisk…

Were you good enough this year to write to Santa?

Santa To get a letter back from Santa do this: ‰ Have a child write a letter to Santa and…

Nation & World Briefs

CHICAGO – A black teenager shot 16 times by a white Chicago police officer was a ward of the state…

Dayplanner Friday

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

Local Briefs

The Regional Housing Alliance of La Plata County offers a free monthly Homebuyer Education Class. The class is an eight-hour…