News

Expectations drop as peace talks near

For many Syrian refugees such as Ibraheem Qaddah, a former Free Syian Army fighter from Daraa, peace talks that begin…

January 21, 2014

Supporters urge Egypt general to run for president

Egyptians chant slogans Tuesday as they attend a rally in support of Egypt’s defense minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo.…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

1 dead in Purdue shooting; student in custody

Police evacuate students from the Electrical Engineering building after shots were fired on Tuesday on the campus of Purdue University…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

Another snowstorm strikes East Coast

The storm stretched 1,000 miles between Kentucky and Massachusetts but hit especially hard along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor…

January 21, 2014

Education

Testing music’s tools

Students try out brass, reeds and strings at Discovery Day

January 21, 2014

Education

Loan debt varies by region, college

The Institute for College Access and Success, a research group, reported not only enormous variation in student debt from school…

January 21, 2014

Education

Classes abound for curious adults

Durango Education Center, FLC offer mind-expanding opportunities

January 21, 2014

Local News

Durango vets clinic will get upgrade

space expands; new doctor to be hired

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

France to increase Africa military presence

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian plans to explain to U.S. officials his country’s plans to reorganize its forces in…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

Snowden trial may be risky

Legal experts say that if former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden is ever prosecuted in U.S. courts, the government…

January 21, 2014

Local News

Airport director: Build a new one

likely would need to OK cost for new facility

January 20, 2014

Regional News

Gay marriage movement advancing slowly in Colorado

think courts are the most likely institution to change state’s law

January 20, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Wednesday

Greg Ryder, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Ace Revel, 6 p.m., 6512, 128 E. College Drive,…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

NOAA: 2013 4th-warmest year on Earth

The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.12 degrees above the 20th-century average and marks the 37th…

January 20, 2014

Local News

Brewing across borders

brew suds locally

January 20, 2014

Local News

S.W. Colo. snowpack falls below average

The snowpack in Southwest Colorado – the Animas, Dolores, San Juan, Mancos and San Miguel drainages – was 100 percent…

January 20, 2014

Regional News

ACLU sues Utah for not recognizing gay marriages

Plaintiffs Matthew Barraza, left, and his husband Tony Milner, right, look on as their son Jesse, 4, plays, during a…

January 20, 2014

Regional News

Fires, floods unite lawmakers

The Senate Local Government Committee voted 7-0 Tuesday in favor of a bill to make it easier for counties to…

January 20, 2014

Local News

Western Excelsior pollution may finally end in Mancos

Company has offered plan for its abatement

January 20, 2014

Local News

The swing shift

STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald<br><br>Owen Littleton, 9, left, and Linkin Griego, 7, and their classmates in the Durango School District 9-R Shared…

January 20, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Monday 10:05 p.m. A water main broke at the 3000 block of Main Ave. Sunday 8:52 a.m. A noise disturbance…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?

Obama’s interview with The New Yorker magazine will appear Jan. 27. In it he said that while he considers marijuana…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Family of man held in North Korea worried, encouraged

American missionary Kenneth Bae, right, leaves after speaking to reporters at Pyongyang Friendship Hospital in Pyongyang Monday. Bae, 45, who…

January 20, 2014

Nation & World

Study raises questions about youth arrests

One of the authors of a study showing nearly half of all black men have been arrested on non-traffic-related charges…

January 20, 2014