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VATICAN CITY – Catholic bishops have called for a more welcoming church for cohabitating couples, gays and Catholics who have…

Archaeological center in Cortez reorganizes, lays off six

Archaeological center will not cut programs

Dayplanner Sunday

Consuelo Luz will present lecture and music titled “The Sefirot and the Power of the Hebrew Letters,” 10 a.m.-noon, Congregation…

Local Briefs

A celebration of the Animas River will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at the La Plata…

Company says $10M offer to clean up mines north of Silverton still on the table

deems lime treatment plant best option to address mine waste

Studies: Fewer deaths where gun laws are strict

Gun-control activist Kim Yaman is seen with one her cats in her Cary, N.C., home on Oct. 20. Yaman and…

Maureen O’Hara, spirited Irish movie star, dies at age 95

O’Hara died in her sleep at her home in Boise, Idaho, said Johnny Nicoletti, her longtime manager. “She passed peacefully…

Hurricane Patricia quickly loses power

Flooding, landslides still a concern

Dayplanner Saturday

Durango Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.com. Durango Nature Studies’ Nature Center open, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.,…

Durango, La Plata County home sales strong

price in city $434K, in county $356K

Founder of ‘Aquí en El Valle’ newspaper dies at 79 in Phoenix

LaVerta Valdez-Johnson covered Four Corners Hispanic community

Local Briefs

The Bayfield Marshal’s Office will offer Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Bayfield…

Durango transit faces money shortage

City’s bus system needs long-term funding

The Blotter

Friday 3:11 a.m. A man was sitting on someoneâ€™s porch at Rivergate Lofts, 555 Rivergate Lane. Thursday 2:24 p.m. A…

Durango man arrested for pursuing 14-year-old girl

Martin works for Colo. Department of Corrections

Hundreds mark ‘black day’

Swedish attack called hate crime

World Briefs

VIENNA – The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey put forward new ideas Friday to revive a failed push…

Bush revamps his campaign to trim costs

Bush The moves will reduce the campaign’s payroll by 40 percent, while also cutting travel costs by 20 percent and…

Clinton draws new interest

Candidate enjoying good week

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security Department’s internal watchdog says the Secret Service director knew earlier than he originally stated about…

Health care website to offer more help

2016 cost estimates available this Sunday

Last days in low country

Western Slope water interests fear transmountain diversion

Conservation board director says plan does not prescribe policy