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You make hay when the sun shines

Skiers and snowboarders ride to the top of Purgatory during heavy snow Monday morning at Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort.…

Local Briefs

Chris Nelson, director of Animal Services for the La Plata County Humane Society, will speak to the Rotary Club of…

North Main up for a makeover

Consultants to create free transportation plan

Geology park work slated for this year

Project honors Peter Carver, who died in an avalanche

Dayplanner Tuesday

DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for location. “What Do We Do?” series: Finance Department, 12:10-12:50…

The Blotter

Monday 2:14 a.m. A caller from the 700 block of East Third Avenue reported an unknown man was on the…

Study looks at vacation rentals

LeBlanc The association will focus on the success of vacation-rental regulations and the effect the rentals have on communities. It…

Immigration takes center stage

Sen. Bennet frustrated with ‘political games’

Groups oppose ‘right to discriminate’ laws

Business, faith and community groups say legislation scheduled this week in a Colorado House committee would pave the way for…

Business

U.S. home sales plunge 4.9 percent in January

A home is up for sale in Charlotte, N.C. The National Association of Realtors reported Monday that existing home sales…

U.S. seeks stay of ruling on Obama immigration action

The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to stay his court ruling halting President Barack Obama’s executive orders to…

Impasse in Senate on Homeland budget bill as shutdown looms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday speaks about the agency’s budget and cybersecurity at the Homeland Security…

Schools in session; avalanche work on mountain passes

says don’t travel on highways if you don’t have to

Navigating walkways requires special snow rules

“Lordy, darling – they won’t be back for hours,” said one woman who was working the Post Office desk. “Mother…

World Briefs

JOHANNESBURG – A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in…

Protection of curse may end

India’s river confronts modern society

Saudi morality police crack down on party

Cake, candles to celebrate birthday seen as un-Islamic

Nation Briefs

BOSTON – Judy Clarke has defended those accused of horrific and infamous crimes, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Atlanta Olympics bomber…

Anti-vaccine mothers discuss their thinking

deaths out of 1,000-plus measles cases in last decade

Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year

As investigators in West Virginia and Ontario pick through the wreckage from the latest pair of oil train derailments to…

‘Birdman’ swoops in, wins best film of year

In a battle of B-movies for best picture, the Oscars awarded “Birdman” best picture, opting for a movie that epitomizes…

Yes Durango, there is a winter

Many people took the advice of the Colorado Department of Transportation to stay off the roads Sunday. Driving conditions are…

Work to resume work at Arizona uranium mine

The move by Energy Fuels Resources Inc. comes amid a lawsuit challenging the Canyon Mine on national forest land about…