News

Weaker sales slowed U.S. home price gains in March

Economists are predicting that existing home sales will barely rise from last year’s 5.1 million. Real estate data provider CoreLogic…

Business

Looking for new frontiers in investing?

Trading in such markets is more difficult, and the threat of big losses is higher. But proponents of so-called frontier…

Business

Apps can help moms-to-be track baby

WebMD’s Pregnancy app offers a pregnancy calendar and weekly illustrations showing the development of your baby.WebMD/Associated Press Now, baby No.…

Floating lab showcases ‘aliens of the sea’

This translucent animal and its similarly strange cousins are food for science. They regrow with amazing speed if they get…

California may reverse course on water

State water engineers say using pumps to reverse the flow of the aqueduct would be a first in a drought.…

Area hives all the buzz

About 40 people gathered Saturday outside Durango Joe’s near Walmart, but they weren’t on a tasting tour of coffee shops.…

Who are charters for?

The school’s enrollment has grown to 269 students, and administrators expect 280 to 300 to attend in the fall. The…

Man with DUI past killed by an alleged drunk driver

Haitham Gamal, 38, was bicycling in Dana Point when a 2001 Acura hit him April 29, the Orange County Register…

Dayplanner Sunday

Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. American Legion will host Sunday brunch, 9…

Party for former city attorney raises some eyebrows

Durango officials defend nearly $17K expense

Former state senator takes aim at Tipton’s seat

Democrat Abel Tapia brings message to Durango

Tractor ride at Farmers Market

Five-year-old Cooper Manganaro and his mom, Danna Manganaro, visited the Durango Farmers Market on opening day Saturday in the parking…

Regional News

Hickenlooper signs broadband expansion

“This is a first step to really bridging that digital divide,” Hickenlooper said. The subsidy goes back to the early…

Seismic study begins in Dolores District

Kinder Morgan will conduct seismic surveys to locate carbon-dioxide reserves from May through the middle of August. This project, which…

Obama presses for road repairs

Funding, taxes are needed to keep projects going

Insurgents abduct wife, 2 kids in Nigeria

effort to rescue schoolgirls starts

Same-sex marriage arrives in Bible Belt: Ark. issues licenses

Jennifer Rambo, right, of Fort Smith, Ark., kisses her partner, Kristin Seaton, of Jacksonville, Ark., after their marriage ceremony Saturday…

Ukraine president warns about eastern sovereignty

will happen after vote is still up in the air

Nation Briefs

Phoenix VA health system appoints interim director PHOENIX – An interim director will take over the embattled Phoenix VA Health…

Let the sun shine in: White House goes solar

What’s not known is the amount of tax dollars spent

Is your new baby’s name in the top 20 for last year?

is the list compiled by the Social Security Administration

World Briefs

HAVANA – U.S. diplomats confirmed Saturday that Cuban officials have given them some information about four Florida residents who were…

Syrians re-enter Homs after rebels expelled

surrender is exchanged for safe passage