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Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

July 9, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Tuesday 1:40 p.m. Someone called the police to report that an intoxicated man fell off his bicycle on Camino del…

July 9, 2014

Local News

Swinging good reads

Amanda Newell of Riverside, Calif., and a few fellow staffers at Camp Kivu took some time Wednesday afternoon to relax…

July 9, 2014

Regional News

Colorado gay-marriage ban struck down

District Judge C. Scott Crabtree put his ruling on hold pending an appeal. The decision came in two lawsuits challenging…

July 9, 2014

Nation & World

Few kids meeting TV-time standards

And 7 percent of kids this age reported watching five hours or more a day of TV, while 5 percent…

July 9, 2014

Nation & World

Report: Financial knowhow mystery to most teenagers

The picture is no better in the United States, where only 9.4 percent of 15-year-olds were able to answer the…

July 9, 2014

Nation & World

Peace efforts to end Gaza fighting begin

Palestinians carry the bodies of seven people killed in a strike during their funeral in Khan Younis refugee camp in…

July 9, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Newly revealed testimony from top military commanders involved in the U.S. response to the Benghazi attacks suggests that…

July 9, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

San Juan Mountains Association naturalists will lead a hike around the historic Farmer Cabin, about 30 miles north of Durango…

July 9, 2014

Good Earth

Interior secretary pledges $43M for conservation across U.S.

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, right, joins Fort Worth, Texas, Mayor Betsy Price to announce more than $43 million will…

July 9, 2014

Good Earth

Do webcams get in nature’s way?

call for intervention when they witness animals facing trouble

July 9, 2014

Good Earth

Newer gas wells are more likely to have leaks

Horizontally drilled wells give rise to more seeping methane

July 9, 2014

Local News

More people parking downtown

rates are not dissuading people from plugging meters

July 9, 2014

Local News

2 District 9-R schools intensify curriculum

DHS, Miller take global approach

July 9, 2014

Local News

Fallen tree caused power outage

Storm cells moving through the wooded, mountainous area in the Cascade Creek and Mills Creek neighborhoods brought lightning and high…

July 9, 2014

Local News

Ska fundraiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity

The Hammers and High Heels fundraiser will take place Saturday from 7 to 10 p.m. At Ska Brewing Co. in…

July 9, 2014

Good Earth

River lessons

More than a dozen students and a pair of teachers from Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, Texas, stopped along…

July 9, 2014

Nation & World

Germans probe 2nd spy case reportedly involving U.S.

Germany is investigating a second alleged case of a German official reportedly spying for the United States, sending U.S.-German relations…

July 9, 2014

Regional News

Trial in Colorado theater shootings delayed again

Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes’ trial date has been postponed again while a second sanity evaluation is completed. The…

July 9, 2014

Local News

Dems seek to counter birth-control decision

skips Denver fundraiser with Obama to introduce bill

July 9, 2014

Local News

Parade nearly doubles in size

first time, winners get money

July 9, 2014

Local News

Child deaths in cars stem from routine change

“Children have stopped going to school or someone else is taking them to the day care, so there’s something new,”…

July 9, 2014

Nation & World

Troops on border OK with Obama

Emerging from a highly anticipated meeting with Texas Gov. Rick Perry in Dallas, Obama said he was open to suggestions…

July 9, 2014

Local News

Flash-flood watch issued

rain expected to linger through Friday

July 9, 2014