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Budget deal offers stability to Pentagon spending

The agreement eases some of the pain of the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts that past and current defense secretaries, senior…

Some companies can kill eagles in name of green energy

A golden eagle flies over a wind turbine farm in Converse County, Wyo. To spur development and investment in green…

Grand Canyon releases plan to aid native fish

That was before Glen Canyon Dam was built near the Arizona-Utah border, making the environment less-than-ideal for spawning. Officials with…

Arctic owls fly south to U.S.

A snowy owl rests on a branch at the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Galloway Township, N.J. The…

Human food can help, but it can also hurt local ursine populations

The abundance of human food in towns and cities can help and hurt bears.Courtesy of Bear Smart Durango You would…

Small dairies struggle to survive in Colorado

Weld County, larger producers have an edge

Pot cops preview tracking system

High-tech method all about good data

Public approval of Obama continues to fall

Poll: Large percentage of Americans unhappy with Congress

Interpreter’s signing blasted as ‘gibberish’

Advocates for the deaf say the sign language interpreter who was on stage Tuesday with President Barack Obama and other…

Dayplanner Thursday

“Raptor Identification Made Easy (Seriously)” raptor workshop, by Catherine Ortega, 11 a.m., For the Birds, 1560 East Second Ave., 382-9396.…

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Herb chicken, scalloped potatoes, green beans, wheat roll and ambrosia. Durango School District 9-R: Breakfast –…

Community Road Work Conditions

Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues, with a southbound single-lane closure. The lane closure will remain…

High-tech meters days away

system down, parking free downtown

Coats for Christmas

NSA chief: Surveillance programs necessary

‘There’s no other way to connect the dots’

A happy hospital starts with the stomach

cafeteria serves more than patients, staff

U.S. charity buys ancient masks to return to Hopi, Apache tribes

“These are not trophies to have on one’s mantel,” said Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, director of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg Foundation,…

Local Briefs

Atmos Energy’s work at Main Avenue and 18th Street continues with a southbound single-lane closure. The lane closure will remain…

The Blotter

Wednesday 1:44 a.m. A 22-year-old man involved in an altercation in the 2000 block of Main Avenue had a broken…

New probe begins into raided pot shops

Federal grand jury investigation looks at possible drug-cartel links

Grant helps schools get two-way radios

The two-way radios will allow staff members to have direct communication with school offices, which is convenient and can save…

N.M. trial looks at assisted-suicide law

patient seeks option of ending life

Police clash with protesters in Ukrainian capital

Ukrainian riot police storm pro-European Union activists gathered in their tent camps on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday.…

Local Briefs

Blackhat Humane Society will have its first adoption day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Petsense…