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Theater shooting case costs reach $2.2M

Aurora theater shooting defendant James Holmes appears in court in Centennial. Taxpayer costs for the case have risen to at…

April 1, 2015

Nation & World

Extending talks poses its own risks

Obama’s legacy on the line without deal

April 1, 2015

Nation & World

Arkansas Senate takes up religion bill at governor’s request

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, center, says he doesn’t believe a religious-rights law that was passed by the Legislature is intended…

April 1, 2015

Local News

Risberg: ‘Always more to do’

District attorney wrestling with crimes involving drugs, alcohol

April 1, 2015

Local News

Vallecito woman dies from gunshot wound

Autopsy being conducted

April 1, 2015

Local News

Red flag warning: Day 2

High, gusty winds, low humidity bring threat of fire danger

April 1, 2015

Local News

Closure of Animas River Trail is scheduled

The city will close the Animas River Trail near the La Plata County Humane Society on Thursday for construction. The…

April 1, 2015

Local News

$1.4M from Community Foundation

2014 grants, scholarships help five counties

April 1, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

Atmos Energy invites people to enter its Yard Rescue 811 contest. As part of National Safe Digging Month in April,…

April 1, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Several tours offered during the 11th annual Ute Mountain-Mesa Verde Birding Festival will focus on the Dolores Riverâ€™s various habitats.…

April 1, 2015

Good Earth

Birth control harms fish

pill disrupts their reproduction

April 1, 2015

Good Earth

Tread cautiously in fragile desert

Delicate soil can take years to recover

April 1, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Thursday

La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff will hold office hours, 10 a.m.-noon, Pine River Library Conference Room, 395 Bayfield Center…

April 1, 2015

Local News

Now, state is at odds over police reform

Discussions are taking place at the Legislature this week over whether to reconsider a controversial bill addressing unlawful police orders.…

April 1, 2015

Local News

The Blotter

6:07 a.m. A 24-year-old man in a restaurant in the 1800 block of Main Avenue was feeling pressure in his…

April 1, 2015

Nation & World

Iran nuke talks stumble a day after missing deal deadline

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, over Iran’s nuclear program…

April 1, 2015

Nation & World

California tightens water restrictions

Standing in dry, brown grass at a site that he said normally would be snow-covered this time of year, Brown…

April 1, 2015

Local News

Senate debates Colorado budget

Lawmakers point to Mancos to highlight student testing issue

April 1, 2015

Local News

Ska, Steamworks: Face-Planting since ’95

Horse collaboration ‘ale’ is one of the industry’s oldest

April 1, 2015

Nation & World

State Department found 4 emails about drones sent by Clinton

Then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hands off her mobile phone after arriving to meet with Dutch Foreign Minister…

March 31, 2015

Regional News

Pregnant women may worry over pot shopping

would post warnings

March 31, 2015

Nation & World

Support for Palestinian state hits two-decade low in U.S.

Pro-Palestine demonstrators wearing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu masks and symbolic “blood stained hands” protest at the Washington Convention Center.…

March 31, 2015

Nation & World

Airline says it knew of co-pilot’s depression

Two publications are reporting investigators have found a video where the screams of passengers aboard a Germanwings flight can be…

March 31, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday vetoed a measure passed by the Republican-run Congress blocking the National Labor Relations…

March 31, 2015