Local News Lawmakers want to give up power over county salaries Legislators want to ask voters to allow counties to set salaries for their own elected officials – commissioners, sheriffs, treasurers,… April 30, 2014
Local News Bond for a Silverton mine seized Red Arrow Gold Corp. already has been sanctioned for building an illegal mercury mill just outside the Mancos city limits.… April 30, 2014
Local News Dayplanner Thursday Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango… April 30, 2014
Local News Public barred from marijuana cultivation tour Open-meetings law violated, attorney says April 30, 2014
Local News Mining company to clean up illegal La Plata Canyon road $450,000 in escrow to cover the costs April 30, 2014
Nation & World Botched execution fuels further debate Sam Jennings of Oklahoma Coalition Against the Death Penalty protests outside the state Capitol Tuesday. Clayton Lockett’s attorney, David Autry.… April 30, 2014
Nation & World GOP senators block bill to raise minimum wage Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday before the Republicans… April 30, 2014
Local News Separate accidents snarl traffic in Highway 550-160 work zone A truck and trailer clipped a traffic light at the intersection Wednesday morning, causing havoc during the morning commute. Starting… April 30, 2014
Regional News Utah man pleads not guilty to stealing dinosaur footprint Jared Ehlers, of Moab, Utah, who pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges of stealing a fossilized dinosaur footprint near… April 29, 2014
Nation & World Obama approval continues to fall A new Washington Post-ABC News poll may be bad news for Democratic candidates in this fall’s congressional elections. The poll… April 29, 2014
Nation & World Bomb, mortar attacks kill dozens in Syria No group has claimed responsibility for two car bombings that killed scores in the Syrian city of Homs. The attack… April 29, 2014
Nation & World World Briefs KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai accused British and U.S. forces Tuesday of continuing to operate “illegal” detention facilities in… April 29, 2014
Nation & World Court says Knox killed her roommate Knoxdu1-i-syn Presiding Judge Alessandro Nencini concluded in a 337-page document that the evidence ‘’inevitably leads to the upholding of the… April 29, 2014
Nation & World Cross-state pollution rule gets court OK Emissions rise above the coal-fired Colstrip Steam Electric Station in Colstrip, Mont. More than two dozen states will have to… April 29, 2014
Nation & World Nation Briefs McALESTER, Okla. – An Oklahoma inmate whose execution was halted Tuesday because the delivery of a new drug combination was… April 29, 2014
Education Education Briefs Alexander Hostiuck, teacher of advanced physics and earth systems at Animas High School, announces his earth systems class participated in… April 29, 2014
Education White House turns eyes to campus sexual assaults House aims to reduce crimes, support victims April 29, 2014
Local News College foundation rejects divestment says dropping fossil-fuel holdings would be hypocritical April 29, 2014
Local News No in-state tuition breaks for tribes with historic ties to Colo. still provides free tuition to any Native American April 29, 2014
Nation & World Doctor: 3 victims critical in Georgia FedEx shootings Three of the victims were in critical condition at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. Two of them – a 28-year-old man and… April 29, 2014
Local News Elmore’s Corner crash Firefighters with the Durango Fire Protection District inspect the scene of a two-vehicle accident Monday afternoon at U.S. Highway 160… April 28, 2014