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The Blotter

Thursday 1:32 p.m. A group of juveniles was toilet-papering someoneâ€™s house and attempting to light the toilet paper on fire…

Local Briefs

“Inklings,” a book club for children in second- and third-grade, will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Jan.…

Regional News

Home distilling of liquor is illegal, but it’s growing

Distilling liquor for personal consumption is still illegal in Colorado and the other 49 states, even though it’s only considered…

Paper on deadly crusade

Newspaper listings seek to stop black-on-black killings

Holiday sales lagging so far

Giselle Basurto, of Mexico, shops at a Kmart store in New York on Thanksgiving Day. Retailers are reporting that sales…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government isn’t fully prepared to handle a nuclear terrorist attack or a large-scale natural catastrophe, lacks…

Most back drone rules

shows Americans concerned about safety

Many await retired Cuban leader’s opinion

does Fidel Castro stand on ties with U.S.?

Obama not happy with Sony’s decision

‘I wish they had spoken to me’

Sen. Bennet aims to work with GOP

visit to Durango, he discusses No Child Left Behind

Helicopter to search for avalanche beacons

A Flight For Life helicopter is expected to buzz the Animas Valley on Saturday during a test search for avalanche…

Weird weather lingers in Alaska

“We want Santa to bring snow, soon,” Terry Goodwin said as she hit a ski trail in Anchorage on Thursday…

Gifts of cheer from the FBI, CIA

A coffee mug from the National Security Agency reveals a message when hot liquid is poured into it, one of…

Education

Education Briefs

Bates student Ellen Southworth of Durango, spent the fall 2014 semester studying abroad in France at the Paris College of…

Vote for the top local stories of the year

The year been a blur? Here are some of the most popular news stories chosen from online clicks and editors’…

Hundreds celebrate Hermosa protection

President Obama signs act into law on joyous day

Where is state’s lowest tuition?

It’s not School of Mines, which is most expensive

Driver who fled police arrested early Friday

23-year-old being held without bond at jail

Pakistan: 77 militants killed after school massacre

Friends of a Pakistani student who was killed in Tuesday’s Taliban attack on a military-run school offer prayers at his…

FBI says North Korea was behind Sony attack

A movie billboard is displayed behind a Sony Pictures Entertainment Studio entrance in Culver City, Calif. Several lawmakers are calling…

Blinding sun causes school bus collision

minor injuries reported

Snow arrives

After an autumn with some rain but no snow, the white stuff finally arrived last weekend. The precipitation fell on…

December 18, 2014