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Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The 32nd annual San Juan Basin Extension Beef Cattle Symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb.…

January 27, 2015

Good Earth

Refuge no refuge from controversy

5 things to know about effort to ban drilling in northern Alaska

January 27, 2015

Good Earth

Vulture’s diet of rotting flesh cleans ecosystem

Research could help human health

January 27, 2015

Good Earth

Region’s air may face new rules

Proposed EPA plan could put counties above pollution limits

January 27, 2015

Regional News

Background check for coach?

Michelle Peterson, a Hygiene, Colorado-based child-abuse prevention counselor, supports a measure that would require background checks of youth sport volunteers…

January 27, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

The Durango Chamber of Commerce and the Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado will host “The Power of Understanding People…

January 27, 2015

Business

Hard-hit worker hunts for economic resurgence

challenge: Find secure employment

January 27, 2015

Local News

Sweatinâ€™ the small stuff

With snow still on the mountainside behind him, Matt Drendel works on cuts and relay plays with his tournament baseball…

January 27, 2015

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – Colorado prisons are making profits from charging inmates for phone calls and other personal items, but they’re struggling…

January 27, 2015

Regional News

Quirk means pot may pay off for Coloradans, literally

Republicans, Democrats agree on how to tackle marijuana tax revenue

January 27, 2015

Nation & World

NTSB: Systemic flaws in safety oversight of gas pipelines

When this gas pipeline in Sissonville, W.Va., exploded in 2012 it set off a fire that destroyed three homes. Officials…

January 27, 2015

Nation & World

On Auschwitz anniversary, leader warns Jews again targets

Holocaust survivors on Tuesday visited the Auschwitz death camp in Oswiecim, Poland, to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi…

January 27, 2015

Nation & World

Obama sees new role for India in Asia-Pacific

A Muslim man leaves the 17th-century Jama Masjid, the principal mosque in the city, in New Delhi, India. President Barack…

January 27, 2015

Nation & World

Storm that wasn’t still leaves its mark

Weather service official defends faulty forecast for New York area

January 27, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power case against former Gov. Rick Perry…

January 27, 2015

Local News

Animas High looking for new head of school

Animas High School, located near the base of Twin Buttes, is searching for someone to fill the position of head…

January 27, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College will present “To Every Season: Death with Dignity” at 7 p.m.…

January 27, 2015

Local News

Longtime mortuary owner dies at 84

Young helped found hospice here

January 27, 2015

Local News

Dayplanner Wednesday

Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Durango Daybreak Rotary Club meeting,…

January 27, 2015

Education

Clearing first hurdle to college while in class

Setting aside time to fill out applications can be crucial

January 27, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Southwest Colorado Community College has added two new classes for emergency medical technicians. The college will hold an EMT refresher…

January 27, 2015

Business

Personal property declarations needed

Personal Property Declaration Schedules have been mailed to every person, business or company known to own, possess or control taxable…

January 27, 2015

Business

Mancos entrepreneur runs out of space

to Durango

January 27, 2015

Business

Firms’ outlooks sour investors

sink on gloomy 2015 views

January 27, 2015