News

Scott Walker plans to bar unions on a federal level

Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, proposed eliminating all unions for federal workers at a town-hall meeting Monday…

September 14, 2015

Nation & World

Trump, Carson top GOP race

Hillary Clinton leads Dems but support is dropping

September 14, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

CLEVELAND, Miss. – A professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, forcing terrified students and…

September 14, 2015

Nation & World

Californa fire destroys communities

Utility worker Michael Quinliven Monday shovels dirt onto a burning stump so he can cut down the charred ponderosa pine…

September 14, 2015

Local News

Building bright futures

Coalition survey results show positive trends

September 14, 2015

Local News

The Blotter

Sunday 12:55 p.m. A man was drumming all day in the 700 block of Main Avenue. Saturday 2:28 a.m. Someone…

September 14, 2015

Regional News

Theater shooter held alone in cell

Holmes Holmes is not in maximum security at the Colorado State Penitentiary, but he is more heavily supervised, which is…

September 14, 2015

Regional News

CU launches science contest

working with businesses, government to solve vexing problems

September 14, 2015

Regional News

Gas prices slide in Colorado

Metro Denver pump prices dropped by an average of 7.9 cents per gallon to $2.59 per gallon, as of GasBuddy’s…

September 14, 2015

Local News

Rain likely through Wednesday

wet weather affect changing fall colors?

September 14, 2015

Local News

School’s closed, pool’s open

Oh, what to do on a Durango School District 9-R professional development day? Well, if you are an up-and-coming diver,…

September 14, 2015

Local News

Colorado may give mascots second look

Lieutenant guv: Names are ‘offensive’

September 14, 2015

Local News

Emergency relief funds now in demand

$30,000 distributed so far to those affected by Gold King spill

September 14, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Tuesday

Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., DoubleTree Hotel Lounge, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. Durango AARP Chapter No.…

September 14, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Colorado Department of Transportation’s Fall Festivals DUI-enforcement period will take place through Oct. 26. CDOT will work with the…

September 14, 2015

Local News

Unicyclist completes first-ever Colorado Trail run

A Boulder man reaches Durango in quest to raise money for ALS

September 14, 2015

Good Earth

Decision soon on listing eels under Endangered Species Act

Baby eels, known as elvers, swim in a plastic bag at a buyer’s holding facility in Portland, Maine. A decision…

September 14, 2015

Nation & World

Professor dead after shooting at college in Mississippi

Cleveland Police Chief Charles “Buster” Bingham said during a news conference that authorities have identified Shannon Lamb as a “person…

September 14, 2015

Nation & World

No checks, please: IRS no longer takes checks for $100 million

Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist is upset that the Obama administration is making it harder for the richest of Americans to…

September 14, 2015

Nation & World

Kentucky clerk won’t interfere with gay marriage licenses

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis said Monday she will take no action against any of her deputy clerks who issue…

September 14, 2015

Local News

‘I can take the long view’

Lachelt says regulation is best way to represent gas, natural lands

September 13, 2015

Nation & World

Germany begins temporary border checks

Migrants from Syria sleep inside a greenhouse at a makeshift camp for asylum seekers near Roszke, Hungary, on Sunday. Hundreds…

September 13, 2015

Local News

Montezuma County seeks drilling study

Commissioners want assurance wells don’t threaten dam

September 13, 2015

Local News

Mountain bikers go with the flow

Purgatory puts on a free ride

September 13, 2015