News

Durango woman dies in car crash

Identification awaiting victim’s dental records

Brain scans reveal how poverty can impair children’s learning

An analysis of hundreds of MRI brain scans found that children from poor households had smaller amounts of gray matter…

Education Briefs

For the fifth year, the Durango Education Foundation is the beneficiary of the Durango Mall Back to School promotion, which…

Fourth night of Ferguson protests brings confrontation, arrests

Demonstrators held another protest Monday night in Ferguson, Mo., to mark the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown a…

Justice Kennedy provides hope to solitary confinement foes

Civil rights attorneys and activists say Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s recent legal opinion condemning solitary confinement is a clear…

Hickenlooper: Threat lessens on Animas River

at pre-mine blowout levels

Business Briefs

The Zen Den Body and Skincare announces its opening at 1315 Main Ave., Suite 220. The business is owned by…

Lessons on how to prevent mass shootings elusive

theater shooter exhibited a number of behaviors indicating mental problems

Regional Briefs

DENVER – Marijuana activists campaigning to see pot consumption allowed in bars and other public places in Denver are turning…

Outdoor pot growers face ban in Cortez

Cultivators would risk a $499 fine

13 states ask federal judge to postpone new water rule

North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a motion late Monday in Bismarck seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent the…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Loretta Lynch voiced strong support Monday for the country’s police officers, praising them as peacemakers and…

Report outlines air controller concerns

study says chronic fatigue endangers airline traffic system

Women fire on U.S. Consulate

Attacks leave several police dead in Turkey

Afghan president calls on Pakistan to rein in Taliban

The Taliban extremist group has claimed several bombing attacks that have killed more than 50 people in Afghanistan’s capital of…

Some shops already hurt by river pollution

more take wait-and-see approach

Police: Suspect shot near Ferguson rally critically injured

Police, protesters and people who live and work in the St. Louis suburb were bracing for what nightfall might bring…

S. Ute council recall started

Elders: A ‘revolution’ to preserve way of life

Local Briefs

Durango City Council has adopted a Sustainability Action Plan for Internal Operations. Council adopted the plan at the July 21…

VIDEO: Community meeting with the EPA Aug. 9, 2014

Navajo president plans lawsuit over mine blowout

Begaye: Warnings there, but no one did anything

EPA: Decision to reopen Animas River a week off

well testing to enhanced ground response, healing the Animas River will be complex

Tuesday Durango Dayplanner

DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. Rotary Club of Durango meeting, 6 p.m., Strater…

The Blotter

Sunday 12:04 a.m. A man urinated on the sidewalk in the west 100 block of Eighth Street. 8:20 p.m. A…