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Local Briefs

Trails 2000 will host a public trail work day at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Overend Mountain Park. Volunteers should meet…

Dayplanner Tuesday

Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., DoubleTree Hotel Lounge, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. La Plata Quilters Guild…

La Plata County’s warm weather not expected to last

National Weather Service says this fall in ‘top five’ warmest

Print’s not dead in Durango

Magpies Newsstand holds its ground in online age

Iran’s parliament approves an outline of nuclear deal

Iranian conservative lawmakers, such as Bijan Nobaveh Vatan, opposed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the nuclear deal between Iran…

Lower gas prices mean no Social Security increase next year

Carol Mead decorates her home for Halloween in Montrose, Pa. Mead, 67, is retired and her husband, 70, must work…

Nation & World Briefs

CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped half a cent over the past two weeks, to $2.34…

IS could gain from Turkish peace-rally bombing

Relatives cry over the coffin of Korkmaz Tedik, 25, killed in Saturday’s bombing attacks, during his funeral on Sunday at…

House GOP could support Ryan

Conservative caucus wants to see changes in way things are done

What to do if shooting starts on campus?

schools prepare varies

Nutritious and all natural

Sleeping Ute flower rebounds

first time since 1996, rare plant is no longer endangered

Durango High School band marching off to regionals

quadrupled under director’s leadership

Colorado’s affordable artist housing efforts catching on

Soon enough, property values rise and artists are forced out of the settlements they helped create. It’s happened in areas…

Century-old Rico mines require ongoing monitoring

Officials unsure what’s happening in tunnels

Local Briefs

Internationally renowned artist Volkan Alkanoglu will visit Fort Lewis College on Monday. An anonymous donor is in discussions with Alkanoglu…

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…

More grown children are moving back home and paying rent

It’s a question more parents of millennials are having to face

One-two punch may have killed off the dinosaurs

The study, published in the journal Science, puts a twist on the consensus explanation of the mass extinction at the…

Scientists get peek at Pluto’s blue skies

also finds water patches

Blackstone to acquire BioMed Realty Trust

The world’s largest private equity investor in real estate will pay $23.75 a share in cash, according to a statement…

Region Briefs

BOULDER – A bear first spotted in Boulder in August has been captured and euthanized after it was found roaming…

Bernie Sanders stresses gun control at Boulder rally

Presidential candidate calls for ban on assault weapons

Durango Friends of the Arts nonprofit may dissolve

Organization can’t fill key positions