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How bad is California’s drought?

Golf course communities bordering the desert in Cathedral City, Calif. California cities face mandatory targets to slash water use as…

Conservation, wilderness areas proposed for Dolores River

bill still lacks official sponsor in House, Senate

Earth Briefs

Trails 2000 will host these programs: The Join and Renew Party will take place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. April…

Firebrand farmer

Salatin’s seeds of discontent yield diverse base of support

U.S. economy points toward Portland

University professor tells Durango the small-scale industrial revolution is here

Researchers begin to study methane ‘hot spot’

of concentration in Four Corners is unknown

White House criticizes ruling on Obama’s immigration action

Various human rights organizations gather outside the federal courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, while U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen was deciding…

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing

U.S. Attorney Carmez Ortiz said in a statement that prosecutors are now focused on “the work that remains to be…

Budget talks begin

House revisits funding issues

Lining up at the post office

U.S. Postal Service regional maintenance technician Keith McGuire repaints lines Wednesday in the parking lot of the Durango Post Office.SHAUN…

Officials make case for transportation funding

Commissioner: Needs outweigh money available

Reading between the bars

La Plata County Jail, books can be lifelines for inmates

The Blotter

Wednesday 2:41 a.m. A woman taken to Detox of La Plata County was arrested for disorderly conduct when she became…

Local Briefs

Native Roots Garden Center will host a free class on the new Tower Garden Aeroponic system for home gardeners at…

Dayplanner Thursday

Bayfield Town Board Member J.J. Sanders will host a meet-the-public session, 10 a.m.-noon, conference room of the Pine River Library,…

Getting their wings

City Council approves ADUs

Encroaching deer also an issue in East Animas City

Business Briefs

All persons owning, possessing or controlling taxable personal property with a total actual value greater than $7,300 (per owner, per…

Sluggish small-business hiring may portend some doldrums

So far this year, job growth in the small-business sector is averaging only 44,000 a month compared with 54,700 in…

Economy ain’t cutting it

job growth, robots and cheap gas aren’t helping

Jobs may keep interest rates low

jobs gain gives Fed new reason to delay bumping it up

Racism not due for any millennial change it seems

University of Maryland students discuss what can be done to stop racism on universities. A review of results from the…

Nation Briefs

CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won a second term Tuesday in a runoff election campaign that hinged on serious…

Obama: Climate change poses health threat

Climate change will increase health risks for everyone, because “you can’t cordon yourself off from the air,” President Barack Obama…