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Partisan divides slowed Colorado Legislature

Colorado lawmakers made a final mad dash to the end of the legislative session Wednesday as major proposals were pending…

Business

Federal programs to help homeowners extended

At a speech in Los Angeles on Friday, Mel Watt, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, announced that the…

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge to resume service

A small rockslide took out a section of track late Wednesday or early Thursday about 14 miles south of Silverton.…

South Dakota visit makes it 50 states for Obama

President Barack Obama applauds the graduates of the Class of 2015 while delivering the commencement address at Lake Area Technical…

Jobs report spurs new economic hope

Unemployment rate nears healthy level

World Briefs

PARIS – Saudi Arabia declared a unilateral cease-fire in Yemen that would start May 12 and urged Shiite rebels and…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Federal aviation officials acted within their authority in allowing airline passengers to use cellphone and other electronics during…

Mixed results for governor at the end of the session

A divided Legislature helps on favored bills

Wet weekend forecast for Durango

at higher altitudes, rain possible in town

Director to leave Center of Southwest Studies

Harrison takes job in Maryland

Military Brief

Marine Pfc. Brock Ontiveros has graduated from the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force Basic Operations Course in Indian…

Education

Education Briefs

Lewis Kyle Lewis, son of Darrell and Allyn (Surdey) Lewis, graduated from Fort Lewis College on May 2 with Summa…

Our snowpack is lackluster

Overall, West even worse

Durango businesses impatient with panhandlers

Durango considers ways to limit recent influx

Lighting up the holiday

Jake Messier, with Green Star LED of Durango, works on a sign with a timely message about Motherâ€™s Day, which…

Durango Natural Foods elects new board members

Members of Durango Natural Foods Co-op have elected five new board members.Durango Herald file photo No incumbents stood for election.…

U.S. agrees to probe police in Baltimore

Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced Friday that the Justice Department will conduct an investigation of the Baltimore Police Department’s practices…

Conservatives form government in UK

British voters return PM’s party to power

Ignacio couple assaulted in home invasion

seek leads in robbery

La Plata County commissioners discuss farming economics

comprehensive plan: ‘We need a vision about what we want’

Durango city boards OK closure of illegal mountain-bike trails

nonprofit plans to propose 3 new routes

NSA’s bulk collection of telephone data ruled illegal

Patrick Semansky/Associated Press file photo<br><br>U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Thursday said her department is working with Congress on how…

Southern Plains braces for more storms, floods

51 tornadoes hit region