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Obama picks Clancy as Secret Service director

Acting Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy has been picked by President Barack Obama to head the agency.Susan Walsh/Associated Press file…

February 18, 2015

Local News

DHS musicians win state recognition

Durango High School students Nolan Reed, Nick Wilbur and Reiley Waldo qualified for Colorado All State Orchestra, which took place…

February 18, 2015

Local News

Comment sought on Hermosa Creek plan

STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald – DURANGO – 12/19/14 – "The way it was passed was kind of objectionable," said Larry Zauberis,…

February 18, 2015

Local News

Gangs suspected in thrift store thefts

Karen Streeter, director of the LPC Humane Society Thrift Store, says the store is plagued by thieves attracted to the…

February 18, 2015

Local News

Reward offered to solve vehicle break-ins

Among items stolen were a Craftsman tool bag with assorted hand tools and a Nike gym bag containing workout clothing…

February 18, 2015

Local News

Capital conference accepting entrants

Gathering to give insights on workings of federal government

February 18, 2015

Local News

Thursday, thou shall not pass Red Mountain

Red Mountain Pass will be closed beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday as crews make another attempt to remove a vehicle…

February 18, 2015

Local News

9 Valley wrestlers heading to Denver

competition starts Thursday

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

U.S. to allow export of armed military drones

The State Department said Tuesday the new policy would allow foreign governments that meet certain requirements – and pledge not…

February 17, 2015

Local News

New pot shop approved despite neighbors’ passionate pleas

disbarred from practicing law in Fla.

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

Did NSA plant spyware in computers around world?

A new report from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab released Monday said its researchers identified malicious programs or worms that…

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

Life on Earth may be older than thought

And yet, life thrived. That’s according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature, which analyzed 52 ancient rock…

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

Egypt seeks new UN force to help Libyans

An Egyptian fighter jet leaves the hangar in preparation to launch airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya after the…

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

Obama’s immigration plan put on hold

House vows to appeal judge’s ruling

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

Natino & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – More than 11 million people signed up for subsidized private health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law this…

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

Bronze baby shoes hot again

The oldest and by far the largest company that bronzes baby shoes started offering the service in 1934 and never…

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

D.C. monument taken down a notch

Memorial not as tall as always thought, new survey shows

February 17, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Southwest Center for Independence, a local nonprofit that helps people with disabilities live well in the community, will host…

February 17, 2015

Nation & World

Cold crowds get creative at Mardi Gras

CCH Pounder, an actress on the television series “NCIS New Orleans,” throws beads from a float during the Krewe of…

February 17, 2015

Regional News

State Senate rejects limits on private land seizures

The bill would have prevented counties from using eminent-domain laws to seize private land for open space, parks, conservation or…

February 17, 2015

Local News

Dolores, Mancos banks merging

of agreement not disclosed

February 17, 2015

Local News

$6,600 will help local teachers

to go toward supplies

February 17, 2015

Local News

Former Colo. GOP ‘Super PAC’ director enters a guilty plea

faces 5 years for campaign-finance coordinating

February 17, 2015

Local News

Durango woman gets probation for child abuse

stems from drunken-driving incident in April

February 17, 2015