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Russia threatens to block Syria war crimes resolution

The conflict is now into its fourth year, and tense peace talks have gone so poorly that the joint U.N.-Arab…

May 21, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Prompted by the shortages of available drugs for lethal injections, Wyoming lawmakers are considering changing state law…

May 21, 2014

Nation & World

Geography bee win fulfills teen’s dream

But he knows it will be a while before he achieves anything as satisfying as his victory Wednesday in the…

May 21, 2014

Nation & World

Get in the swim of things

Ron Owen and his son, Ryker, 4, swim at the Durango Community Recreation Center this winter.JENNAYE DERGE/Durango Herald file photo…

May 21, 2014

Good Earth

Feeding bears can ruin bruins

the problem in New Hampshire

May 21, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Season’s Rotisserie and Grill, 764 Main Ave., will host a fundraising dinner May 28 to support the cycling team Durango…

May 21, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Regular tours of the Library Demonstration Garden, between Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., and the Animas River Trail,…

May 21, 2014

Good Earth

Bee-colony death rate falls to 23%

it good news? Expert says ‘no’

May 21, 2014

Local News

Are we breathing clean mountain air?

Corners plants ID’d as biggest polluters

May 21, 2014

Local News

Forest Service adds 4 air tankers to fleet

Official: S.W. Colorado getting ‘just enough moisture’

May 21, 2014

Local News

Durango zeroes in on retail pot rules

Limited number of shops would be OK downtown

May 21, 2014

Local News

Dual left turns reinstated at College and Camino

Starting this morning, drivers traveling westbound and eastbound on College Drive who want to make left-hand turns onto Camino del…

May 21, 2014

Nation & World

House Democrats to participate in Benghazi probe

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is naming five Democrats to sit on a Republican-led House select committee that will…

May 21, 2014

Nation & World

BP to ask Supreme Court to hear claims issue

BP cites a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals justice’s dissent that the appellate court’s refusal to reconsider the oil…

May 21, 2014

Local News

Ex-sheriff’s deputy gets probation

Sutter must register as sex offender

May 21, 2014

Local News

Tourism industry ready to raft

competition provides bragging rights

May 21, 2014

Local News

Colorado’s lieutenant governor promotes reading in Bayfield

Garcia: Early education key to high school graduation

May 21, 2014

Local News

Durango vs. Anchorage: At a glance

Durango Population: 17,216 Average Income: $53,173 Median House Price: $357,700 Unemployment: 6.6 percent Days Per Year of Sunshine: 300 Average…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Is Durango the ‘Best Town in America?’

We're in the running for Outside magazine's contest to pick the best place in America

May 20, 2014

Local News

Student loan debt holding back economy

20-somethings delaying home, car purchases

May 20, 2014

Regional News

Northern Arizona wildfire forces evacuations near park

The Slide Fire burns south of Flagstaff, Arizona, on Wednesday. Evacuations of surrounding areas took place late afternoon Tuesday. The…

May 20, 2014

Regional News

Utah spending $550K on public lands study

Three Utah universities are working together on the study, which is scheduled to be released in November. The study looks…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Thursday

Robin Davis, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle, 699 Main Ave., 247-4431. Trivia Night, 5:30 p.m., Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del…

May 20, 2014

Local News

Proposed 9-R spending in 2014-15: $39.5 million

Personnel cuts, new spending keep budget static

May 20, 2014