News

Flash-flood watch issued with thunderstorms expected

The flash-flood watch is in effect from noon through midnight. The watch says: “Showers and thunderstorms will move over the…

July 16, 2014

Nation & World

GOP blocks bill to reverse ruling on contraception

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, is accusing Senate Democrats of trying to “create divisions where there aren’t…

July 16, 2014

Local News

Region 9 lands $500,000 in new funding

The money came through an amendment of the Community Development Block Grant contract between the State Office of the Economic…

July 16, 2014

Local News

Snow Top rodeo is Tuesday

The fifth annual “Snow Top Exceptional Rodeo,” a precursor to Durango Fiesta Days, will be held Tuesday. The special event…

July 16, 2014

Regional News

Beauprez even with Hickenlooper in new poll

Hickenlooper gets split approval rating

July 16, 2014

Local News

True to the West

rodeo – with a slight modification – keeps the tradition going

July 15, 2014

Regional News

Navajo, Chinese artists join for N.M. public art

Bordered by sandstone outcroppings and dotted with piñon and juniper, the location served as a perfect backdrop for an unprecedented…

July 15, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Tuesday 5:56 a.m. Someone reported seeing a bear in a trash can near a residence in the 600 block of…

July 15, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is seeking an interested individual to serve on the Historic Preservation Review…

July 15, 2014

Business

Beer is brewing New Mexico’s economy

State’s craft brewers pack $265M punch

July 15, 2014

Business

Business Briefs

Tommy and Jeannie Barnes have purchased Outlaw Tours in Durango. The couple is redirecting the company, as well as renaming…

July 15, 2014

Business

It’s like a buffet, but for e-books

Oyster’s e-book app on an iPhone and iPad. Oyster and Scribd let you read as many books as you want…

July 15, 2014

Business

S.W. women to talk business

of networking, educational opportunities to be available at FLC

July 15, 2014

Business

Pot deliveryman is here

Marijuana biz evolving faster than laws in Seattle

July 15, 2014

Nation & World

White House defying aide’s congressional subpoena

David Simas, President Barack Obama’s political director, left, and Rob Nabors, deputy chief of staff, accompany the president as he…

July 15, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The United States is considering imposing unilateral sanctions on Russia over its threatening moves in Ukraine, a shift…

July 15, 2014

Nation & World

House GOP prepares response to border crisis

Graffiti covers a former Army Reserve Center in Westminister, Md., where the Department of Health and Human Services was considering…

July 15, 2014

Nation & World

Proposal will keep highway fund solvent

President Barack Obama visited the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, Va., Tuesday, where he said he supports House and…

July 15, 2014

Nation & World

Note to past self: Please take better care of myself

And now, findings from a new nationally representative survey, exclusive to USA TODAY, suggest that while some do have regrets,…

July 15, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

MOSCOW – A subway train derailed Tuesday deep below Moscow’s streets, twisting and mangling crowded rail cars at the height…

July 15, 2014

Nation & World

North Korean farmers pressured

North Korean men ride in a farmer’s wagon in North Korea’s South Hamgyong province. North Korea has struggled to obtain…

July 15, 2014

Local News

Treasurer Stapleton visits Durango

well-rounded background working with assorted parties

July 15, 2014

Education

Illinois calls student debt ‘help’ a scam

More than half of recent graduates are unemployed. And if they do have a job, it is probably a low-paying…

July 15, 2014

Education

Districts dump extra pay

drop incentives for teachers with master’s degrees

July 15, 2014