News

Doggone debate continues

This photo provided by the Center for American Archaeology shows canine bones. New DNA evidence suggests that dogs first appeared…

November 15, 2013

Local News

Military Brief

Sotodu1-i-syn Air Force Airman Destiny R. Soto graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.…

November 15, 2013

Nation & World

Typhoon-stricken Philippine town starts rebuilding

As many as 600,000 people have been displaced by the typhoon that hit the Philippines last week. Aid shipments from…

November 15, 2013

Nation & World

Health exchanges slow to attract young, healthy

Health-care officials are warning that insurance premiums could rise next year if more younger and healthier people fail to sign…

November 15, 2013

Local News

Winter storm warning issued for San Juans

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the southwest San Juan Mountains at 11 a.m. Friday; the…

November 15, 2013

Nation & World

FAA: Florida pilot says passenger fell into ocean

FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the call came at 1:30 p.m. Thursday from the pilot of a Piper PA 46…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Many see typhoon looters as desperate, not thieves

The men had been caught with stolen laptop computers outside the shuttered Redstone Printing store on Justice Romualdez Street, the…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Government speeds research on car safety systems

The federal government is looking at requiring automobile makers to begin installing safety systems in use in luxury models in…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Fed plan to bury nuke waste in Nevada drawing fire

U.S. Department of Energy officials told residents at a town hall meeting Wednesday in Las Vegas that the state doesn’t…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

More young people caring about privacy

What’s more, the poll, commissioned by anti-malware vendor ESET, reveals clear evidence that, contrary to what some believe, young people…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Scientists find big cat fossil

An artist rendering by Mauricio Anton of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows a reconstruction of an extinct…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey told senators Thursday he is not opposed to Congress speaking with the survivors of…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Secret Service investigating new allegations

This time, two supervisory agents assigned to President Barack Obama’s protective detail have been investigated for misconduct involving sexually suggestive…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Egypt welcomes Russian officials

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, right, says his country is not seeking to replace U.S. aid with Russian assistance even…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Dems target tax fix

Democrats are asking Republican lawmakers to consider closing several tax loopholes as a way to raise new revenues to avoid…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Typhoon-hit city begins burying its dead

Aid is beginning to reach the thousands of displaced typhoon victims in Tacloban, the Philippines. Authorities buried several unidentified victims…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

TORONTO – Toronto’s mayor denied Thursday that he pressured a female employee for oral sex, in an obscenity-laced statement on…

November 14, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

Advantage Physical Therapy & Wellness, P.C., 3600 Main Ave., Suite A, will hold its eighth annual Advantage Blanket and Coat…

November 14, 2013

Local News

Forest Service calls truce in ski water spat

Won’t take rights from resorts

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

N.Y. court says gold tablet still belongs to museum

This 3,200-year-old gold tablet will be returned to a German museum that lost it during World War II. The tablet…

November 14, 2013

Daily update

Community Road Work Conditions

The city of Durango Community Development Department’s fall construction of the Downtown Sidewalk Improvement Project has resumed. Each side street…

November 14, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: BBQ brisket, cheesy potatoes, broccoli peanut salad, salad bar, wheat roll and cantaloupe. Durango School District…

November 14, 2013

Daily update

Dayplanner Friday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

November 14, 2013

Nation & World

Obamacare fix on table

on consumers, industry unclear

November 14, 2013