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Friday 3:42 p.m. Juveniles were sitting in a vehicle, possibly smoking marijuana at the Days End, 2202 Main Ave. 4:07…

November 22, 2015

Local News

Incoming state tourism director, Cathy Ritter, keenly aware of being positive

Promoting rural Colorado could help counter image of Gold King Mine spill

November 22, 2015

Local News

For Durango Ayurvedic practitioner Amita Nathwani, grief provided a path for learning

Durango author learned lessons about grief and community from loss

November 22, 2015

Nation & World

Brussels stays on high alert over threat

Citing a “serious and imminent” threat, Prime Minister Charles Michel announced that schools and universities in Brussels will be closed…

November 22, 2015

Nation & World

Man comes to aid of woman, shot by her attacker in New Orleans

It was 4 a.m. and the woman was being dragged into a car against her will by a man in…

November 22, 2015

Nation & World

Mali hotel attack aimed at peace talks

Halting peace negotiations have been dragging on between the central government and northern separatist groups for more than two years…

November 22, 2015

Regional News

Only light snow expected in Colorado for Thanksgiving

heavy pre-turkey day traffic shouldn’t surprise

November 22, 2015

Nation & World

College presidents defend importance of free speech

Yale University students and faculty rally to demand that Yale become more inclusive to all students on Cross Campus in…

November 22, 2015

Local News

Powder Magazine features Olivia Buchanan’s death in a Silverton-area avalanche in series on backcountry safety

Powder Magazine reporter David Page spent weeks on the road to speak with skiers and snow safety experts for the…

November 22, 2015

Local News

BLM panel meets looking to set rules to ease oil and gas drilling impacts in Montezuma, La Plata counties

Residents urge additional protections

November 22, 2015

Local News

La Plata County autopsies now handled in Montrose

must travel 100-plus miles for death examination, but cost could be about same

November 22, 2015

Regional News

Swing state Colorado mulls universal health care

Colorado state Sen. Irene Aguilar, right, who is a physician at Denver Health, helps deliver more than 156,000 signatures to…

November 22, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Monday

Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR 91.9/93.9 FM, www.kdur.org. Happy Hour Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard…

November 22, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

All city of Durango administrative offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The following…

November 22, 2015

Business

Mobile home park sales in Durango can be disheartening, expensive for tenants

In recent months, tenants in two of Durango’s major mobile home parks have had to consider the idea. Island Cove…

November 21, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – With time running out on open enrollment season, many seniors are facing sharply higher premiums for Medicare’s popular…

November 21, 2015

Business

Housing construction slumps in October

Apartment construction fell in October, although economists say the jump in people moving into apartments could lead to further construction…

November 21, 2015

Business

Rent hikes show signs of easing

Rental price increases may be slowing down in much of the country, according to real estate website Zillow. Zillow reported…

November 21, 2015

Business

Think you want a tiny house? Businesses offer a tryout first

Their curiosity led them to the hills of New Hampshire, where a business that started at Harvard University rents out…

November 21, 2015

Business

U.S. homebuilder sentiment slips in November

A builder works on the roof of a new home under construction in Wilmette, Ill.Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press file photo…

November 21, 2015

Science

Report questions NASA’s health-risk planning

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is learning much about the health effects of long-term space travel from astronauts such…

November 21, 2015

Science

Absurdly hot October sets ‘new normal’

Scientists blame El Niño and global warming

November 21, 2015

Nation & World

Homicides of transgender women in U.S. reach alarming high

While Caitlyn Jenner made the cover of Vanity Fair and Laverne Cox prospered as a popular actress, other transgender women…

November 21, 2015

Local News

Durango marks Transgender Day of Remembrance

hopes to raise awareness about transgender discrimination

November 21, 2015