News

BP pushes limits to tap extreme fields

years after Gulf disaster, firm is moving into deeper water

December 7, 2013

Businesses give big ‘like’ to Pinterest, Instagram

Co-founders Tom Montgomery, left, and Preston Rutherford review Instagram performances while surrounded by co-workers at the headquarters of Chubbies Shorts…

December 7, 2013

Business

Business Briefs

Tonerdu1-i-syn Kogan Builders announces the hiring of interior designer Tracy Toner. Toner, a 17-year Durango resident graduated from the Colorado…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Revolutionary War prison parcel transferred to Pennsylvania town

Property to be preserved, researched

December 7, 2013

Business

Users can take steps to protect passwords

Experts say too many computer users make it too easy for hackers. Passwords need to be long and use a…

December 7, 2013

Business

Long-term care insurance: Peace of mind at a price

About 70 percent of all retirees need long-term care at some point, although that includes help from family and friends…

December 7, 2013

Daily update

Community Road Work Conditions

A section of the U.S. 160/550 west-side frontage road will be closed for three months while Mercury Payment Systemâ€™s contractor,…

December 7, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Italian sausage pasta, brussel sprouts, salad bar, bread sticks and baked apples with cinnamon. Durango School…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Green-building rater has rival from Oregon

Portland-based system takes on LEED

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

A year after Newtown mass shooting, rift over guns deepens

Staring at photographs of their freckled faces, hair tucked into barrettes and baseball caps, a country divided by politics, geography,…

December 7, 2013

Local News

Crime of the century-old tree

Section of huge pine lifted from DHS parking lot in broad daylight

December 7, 2013

Local News

San Juan oil drilling heats up in N.M.

and Huntington explore in Colorado

December 7, 2013

Local News

Dayplanner Sunday

Adult Day Care at “Our Place” benefit breakfast, 7:30-11:30 a.m., First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 2917 Aspen Drive, 385-5200.…

December 7, 2013

Local News

Deadly car crash spurs lawsuit

died in 2011 west of Hesperus

December 7, 2013

Regional News

4 more people charged in Navajo discretionary fund case

Prosecutors filed bribery and conspiracy charges this week against former Tribal Council speaker Lawrence Morgan, his successor, Johnny Naize, and…

December 7, 2013

Local News

A bazaar weekend in Durango

organizations host holiday markets

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Freezing temperatures grip Americans

deaths in San Francisco Bay area; 100K customers without power in Dallas

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

U.S. veteran Newman, 85, home from North Korea

Newmandu1-i-syn Merrill Newman arrived at the San Francisco airport after turning down a ride aboard Vice President Joe Biden’s Air…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Auction features items from Nancy Drew author TOLEDO, Ohio – Typewriters and a desk from the home of an author…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Doctors find rival for blood cancers

therapy proves successful

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Lawmakers question U.S.-Russia copter deal

Boeing-made crafts more cost-effective for Afghans, study says

December 7, 2013

Local News

Local/Region Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center will host its 11th annual “Blue Christmas” from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Dec. 17 in the…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

BANGUI, Central African Republic – France and the African Union on Saturday announced plans to deploy several thousand more troops…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Nelson Mandela: Icon, hero, flawed human

Women walk past artists’ renderings of Nelson Mandela for sale in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday. South Africa is readying…

December 7, 2013