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Downtown offers shoppers red-carpet experience

In addition to live entertainment, downtown metered parking will be free all day. Entertainment will be provided by these artists:…

The Blotter

Thursday 6:11 a.m. A small white car parked in the 3100 block of East Animas Village Drive had all of…

Durango man suspected of attempted murder

suffered cut on right side of neck, bruises, head bump

Snowmaking underway at Chapman Hill

Aurora shooting victims denied access to records

Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour, who is overseeing the criminal case against the theater gunman, wrote in an…

Silverton celebrates: Kendall Mountain turns 50

Kendall Mountain Ski Area in Silverton, elevation 9,318 feet, opens for its 50th season Friday. The town-operated area prides itself…

Locals help Avalanche Information Center

Fundraiser offers program some relief from financial stress

The Blotter

Tuesday 7:06 p.m. A man in a red Jeep was yelling at people at Park Elementary, 510 East Sixth Ave.…

Kerry to present security plan in Mideast visit

Yuval Diskin, a former director of the Israel Security Agency, Shin Bet, says Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian lands poses…

Local Briefs

A health-coverage guide from San Juan Basin Health Department will give hands-on instruction Saturday for people ready to sign up…

Ancient DNA raising hopes

The feat surpasses the previous age record of about 100,000 years for genetic material recovered from members of the human…

FAA has road map for drones, but is behind schedule

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta released the five-year road map a month ago, which projected 7,500 unmanned aircraft in the skies…

Harvard poll: 57% of millennials disapprove of Obamacare

The new poll shows that Obama’s approval rating with 18- to 29-year-olds now stands at 41 percent, a dramatic 11-point…

Lawyer: Engineer in ‘daze’ before NYC train crash

A train passes by the scene of repair efforts at the site of a train derailment in the Bronx borough…

Nation/World Briefs

HARTFORD, Conn. – As gunfire boomed over and over in the background, a janitor begged a 911 dispatcher to send…

Authorities find missing cobalt

Authorities believe a cargo truck containing highly dangerous radioactive material was not targeted by terrorists. The truck was taken from…

Sex offender registers with Sheriff’s Office

Ashburndu1-i-syn Steven Jeffery Ashburn, 42, has been released from the Colorado Department of Corrections and is now living at Days…

Fossils tell story of bygone ecosystem

pits hold secrets covered by LA sprawl

Native seedlings to revive forest ravaged by wildfire

cold storage to nursery to the burned slopes above Vallecito

Earth Briefs

A winter plant sale will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13 at the San Juan…

Report: Cellphone tracking pervasive

computer program crunches data to find patterns of relationships

Land-use meetings postponed

Both Wednesday’s public meeting, scheduled to take place at the Durango Public Library, and today’s Planning Commission meeting, slated to…

Bulletproof plants for novice gardeners

People new to gardening can increase their odds for success by shopping for easy-to-grow plants such as peppers. Choose the…

North Dakota launching website to notify public of spills

In response to extensive media coverage and criticism from environmental groups, the North Dakota Health Department will launch a website…