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“Miracle May” rescues regional water prospects

commission discusses drought, demand for Western water

Durango woman guilty of hitting pedestrian, leaving scene

Durangoan struck man, fled scene

860 miles, 71 hours

Local Briefs

Wolfwood Refuge will return to Pagosa Springs from 1 to 6 p.m. June 27 at Wolfe Brewing Co., 2045 Eagle…

World mystified by America’s gun laws

Shooting revives concerns about U.S. racism

NATO concerned about Russia courting Greece

Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras signed an agreement Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia, to…

Balcony collapses rarely prove fatal

rot is frequent cause of accidents

World Briefs

ISTANBUL – WikiLeaks is in the process of publishing more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents to the Internet, the transparency…

Relatives forgive suspect

to face 9 murder charges in S.C. shooting

Repealing law carries risks, study suggests

The Congressional Budget Office on Friday concluded that dismantling President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act program would be difficult and…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates rose in 25 U.S. states last month, driven higher in many cases by more people who…

Veterans group likely to return pot gift

National organization wants marijuana given back to shop

Contractors’ Yard Sale offers deals

Benefits Habitat for Humanity, Home Builders Association

Prosecutors rest their case in Colorado theater shooting

Hillary Fay Allen, top second from right, a former fellow grad student with Colorado theater shooter James Holmes, on Friday…

U.S. reports 35 percent spike in global terror attacks in 2014

Civilians inspect the site of a car bomb attack on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan…

EPA moves to cut truck emissions

The Obama administration on Friday proposed tougher mileage standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, the latest move by President Barack…

Girls learn confidence, identity through art

‘A safe place to show their creative side’

Forest Service fire team moving

Janowiak The district is making the change because it is too expensive to renew a lease on its current parking…

Denmark’s center-right opposition wins election

Danish Liberal Party leader Lars Loekke Rasmussen is expected to take over as prime minister of the Nordic country after…

Who’s to blame during California drought? Basically everyone

California.’s historic drought is sparking a flurry of finger-pointing from different groups trying to lay the blame for the state’s…

The Blotter

Thursday 12:21 a.m. Two men were fighting, and one pushed over a motorcycle in the 600 block of Main Avenue.…

Nation & World Briefs

NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rallied Thursday, with the Nasdaq composite index closing at a record, a day after the…

Studies further tie quakes to drilling

wastewater injection wells cited

Friend: Suspect said he ‘wanted segregation’

On Thursday, Roof, 21, was arrested in the shooting deaths of nine people at a historic black church in Charleston…