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Skull Valley General Store to close at end of month

Owners Archy and Laurica McDonald have been running the store for the past 19 years. “It’s been good, but the…

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

Ultraconservatives vying for power grab in Egypt

seeks to influence shaping new national constitution

January 11, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

BAMAKO, Mali – A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali says three peacekeepers have been wounded while pursuing…

January 11, 2014

Regional News

Bill would ban use of food stamps at Colorado pot shops

A bill proposed this week by several Republicans would add marijuana dispensaries to liquor stores, gun shops and casinos as…

January 10, 2014

Regional News

Utah man may leave family to colonize Mars in 2025

Ken Sullivan is considering leaving his family in Farmington, Utah, if he is chosen for a private mission to Mars…

January 10, 2014

Local News

Dayplanner Saturday

Southwest Colorado Genealogical Society meeting, 10:30 a.m., Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court.…

January 10, 2014

Local News

A lift from the big kids

school students mentor through Big Brothers Big Sisters

January 10, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Terry Hutchison of YESS The Book Hutch will present to the Rotary Club of Durango meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday…

January 10, 2014

Regional News

When should reporters divulge?

Colo. lawmaker seeks revision of shield laws

January 10, 2014

Regional News

Academy sexual assaults decline

Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, superintendent of the Air Force Academy and first woman to hold the post, said she was…

January 10, 2014

Local News

FLC office cuts down on cash it carries

December break-in major motivator for electronic transactions

January 10, 2014

Local News

The Blotter

Friday 2:34 a.m. Someone found a wallet in the Walmart parking lot with a lot of money in it. Thursday…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Air Force drug probe grows to 10 officers

Nine lieutenants and one captain are being investigated for illegal possession of recreational drugs, Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Brett…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Court upholds 2012 oil spill settlement

Vessels operate in the area of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the Gulf of Mexico in July 2010.Dave Martin/Associated Press…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Report: Sexism part of military academies’ culture

Defense officials say cadets at U.S. military academies are being encouraged to come forward when they know of incidents of…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

GOP House targets health-care law; 67 Dems join in

Republican House members say a bill that passed the House Friday is needed to ensure that the Obama administration notifies…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Arkansas lieutenant governor says he’ll resign over ethics case

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark Darr Friday said he would leave office Feb. 1, giving in to pressure from Democrats and…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Congresswoman wants pensions for top brass rolled back

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., said Congress has been too generous on compensation, particularly pensions, putting the Pentagon on a “trajectory…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Deal reached on ads

The agreement was reached the day before the 50th anniversary of the surgeon general’s warning on tobacco and lung cancer,…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

U.S. withdraws diplomat from India

An attorney for Devyani Khobragade, who served as India’s deputy consul general, says his client is glad to be home.Mohammed…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – It came as a shock: U.S. employers added just 74,000 jobs in December, far fewer than anyone expected.…

January 10, 2014

Nation & World

Renoir painting ordered to museum

French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Paysage bords de Seine” is being returned to a Baltimore museum, where the museum’s director called…

January 10, 2014

Local News

Hickenlooper: I hate this experiment

Durango, governor talks marijuana and business

January 10, 2014

Local News

Expect only dusting in town

percent chance in Durango on Sunday

January 10, 2014