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July was hottest month for Earth on record

A shop in Marseille, France, is selling fans to customers looking to keep cool this summer. July set another record…

Many fruits, conversations stem from artists’ grafts

The artist calls his creations the Tree of 40 Fruit. And the tree at Syracuse University, and others like it,…

Power line blown down, then knocked down

Durango Fire Protection District responded to the report of the downed power line in the 700 block of County Road…

Battleground dig uncovers stone walls

Archaeologists find colonial fort in New York

Better response helps reconnect pets, people

Katrina, rescue laws have changed

Artists collect knots for papal art exhibit

Artist Meg Saligman says a Philadelphia exhibit that will house more than 30,000 knots will represent the personal and societal…

NRA training questioned

offering weapons courses to Indiana guard units

Two Koreas trade military threats

U.S. temporarily halts exercises with South as tensions rise

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran gained momentum in Congress on Friday as a key Jewish Democrat…

First female Rangers get tabs

Graduates celebrate at ceremony

Turkey’s leader sets new vote

Erdogan said he will meet with the parliament speaker on Monday, the day after the deadline for forming a new…

World Brief

PARIS – Three people were wounded, including two seriously, when a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a…

Social media fills news gap

Poll: Black millennials going online

S.D. nurse embeds in colony life to transform health care

The 33-year-old nurse, who doesn’t speak German, has spent the past few years gaining the trust of several communities of…

July DUIs/DWAIs

The following are convictions made in July 2015 for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent…

Education Briefs

The ninth annual Earth, Water, Sky Summer Science Camp led by Four Corners School, in Monticello, Utah, took place in…

Hatching chiles in Durango since 1991

Dayplanner Saturday

Durango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org. Free breakfast, 8-10 a.m., Florida Grange, 656 Colorado Highway…

Local Briefs

The Man to Man Prostate Cancer support group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Durango Public Library,…

Inmates help restore wilderness

Because heavy machinery isn’t allowed on Rock Creek Trail, Ken Waugh, an officer with the Dillon Ranger District, hooked up…

Cortez hiker, 71, found alive after search

Ron Nurnberg, 71, of Cortez, reportedly suffered numerous scrapes and abrasions during his two-day ordeal but had no major injuries.…

Little Devil Fire 50 percent contained

The Little Devil Fire burns Thursday near Chimney Rock. The Forest Service said Friday the 48-acre blaze was 50 percent…

Witnesses: IS militants destroyed ancient site

The ancient St. Elian Monastery near the town of Qaryatain, Syria, was destroyed by Islamic State militants, activists are reporting.…

Unemployment stays low in U.S. states with nomination fights

Mike Groll/Associated Press<br><br>Unemployment fell in about half of the states in July, including many of the states that are set…