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Marine vet turns to fighting cancer

Despite illness, Bayfield woman still advocating for justice in teen case

Private preservation

Landowners help to fight sprawl, receive tax credits

Nation & World Briefs

BEIRUT – Syrian government helicopters and warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes overnight on a northern town controlled by…

Police, DOJ deal set for final OK

But advocates say the agreement doesn’t go far enough at reforming an agency under scrutiny for excessive force and more…

Iraqi officials say IS leader wounded in airstrike

Iraq’s Defense and Interior ministries both issued statements saying al-Baghdadi had been wounded, without elaborating, and the news was broadcast…

Silverton superstars

Health-care leaders aim to sway uninsured

issues cloud round 2 of Affordable Care Act

Dayplanner Monday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

Tuesday’s events to honor veterans

Molly Martinez holds a poster of her brother Ryan Martinez, who was serving in the Marine Corps, at the start…

Local Briefs

An Aria Crane Benefit Concert & Silent Auction will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Bayfield High…

Stop, drop and roll

Preventative measures to keep your home safe this winter

Home-price growth slows

Prices increased 5.6 percent in September compared with a year ago, real estate data provider CoreLogic said Tuesday. That’s down…

U.S. construction spending down in September

Construction cranes are silhouetted against the early morning sky as work continues on Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American…

Half of all stars may lie outside galaxies

A view of the stars above Lindisfarne Castle in Holy Island, England, Thursday. Scientists say as many as half of…

‘Monster’ mammal fossil discovered

20-pound animal lived during dinosaur era

Kids at play: No, not these children

YouTube critics play big role in deciding what toys are hot and which are not

Takeoffs may have limited pterosaurs

Pterosaurs had wingspans of up to 35 feet, and the largest of them may have weighed a quarter of a…

When East becomes West

Cities’ economies have diverged since Berlin Wall fell

Tips can help grads pay off student debt

Missing payments can ruin credit scores

Green army men, Rubik’s Cube make toy Hall of Fame

New additions to the National Toy Hall of Fame are seen in an undated photo provided by the National Toy…

State Dems promise to ‘redouble’ efforts

Colorado state Sen. Rollie Heath, D-Boulder, discusses his party’s loss of the chamber in Denver on Saturday. “It’s never easy…

‘Good’ maternity leave programs can actually hurt women

some cases, they can slow ascent to executive ranks

Silverton’s heroic Clark Kent

A one-man show: Mark Esper writes, edits, lays out and delivers the Standard once a week

Dayplanner Sunday

Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Arts and Entertainment Beginning Small Metals with…