News

AP source: OSHA wants safety reports made public

The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will announce the plan on Thursday as part of a proposed rule that…

November 6, 2013

Business

Twitter sets IPO price at $26, will raise $1.8 billion

Twitter stock goes on sale for the first time Thursday morning. The company set a $26 per share price on…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Services fight each other for pieces of shrinking budget

Pentagon budget battles heat up

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Voters opt for consensus in state elections

Even so, heading into a 2014 midterm election year, Tuesday’s results in New Jersey and Virginia carry plenty of warning…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The number of poor people in America is 3 million higher than the official count, encompassing 1 in…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Sebelius takes GOP criticism over “Obamacare”

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, center, admits the government’s HealthCare.gov website is still “not where we need to…

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

Economy makes $2B from wildlife refuges

A new report says visitors to federal wildlife refuges generate more than $2 billion a year in economic activity, helping…

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

Nuclear power receives backing

Experts say wind, solar not enough to slow warming

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

Environmental crime costs world billions

17,000 elephants killed illegally in Africa

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

World carbon pollution hits record

Heat-trapping gas hits 393 parts per million

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

Warming report sees dangerous future

In Australia and New Zealand, global warming is harming coral reef ecosystems.Queensland Tourism/Associated Press The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel…

November 6, 2013

Good Earth

Polar bear researchers can use your pictures

photos will be collected to study effects of shrinking ice

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Hijacker returns to U.S. after 30 years in Cuba

U.S. citizen William Potts is hoping U.S. prosecutors will give him credit for time he served in Cuba for hijacking…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Scientists find evidence that Arafat was poisoned

A new report from Swiss scientists lends credence to reports that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was poisoned with a radioactive…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

U.S. trashing unwanted Afghanistan gear

Afghan officials are upset that the U.S. is destroying military equipment and other items as its military forces prepare to…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

CAIRO – A court in Egypt upheld Wednesday an earlier ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets…

November 6, 2013

Local News

Can Forest Service shift fire focus?

Bennet-chaired committee looks at mitigation issues

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

Studies rethink threat from space

The space rock that crashed into the Earth over Chelyabinsk, Russia, last winter is causing scientists to rethink how much…

November 6, 2013

Nation & World

High court wrestles with prayer in government

The Supreme Court is taking another look at laws allowing prayers at the beginning of public meetings. Two residents of…

November 6, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Chicken enchiladas, lettuce, tomatoes, pinto beans, salad bar, bananas and oranges. Durango School District 9-R: Breakfast…

November 6, 2013

Daily update

Community Road Work Conditions

U.S. Highway 160 Eastbound/Westbound between Cortez and Towaoc (Milemarker 37-27). Through November from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to…

November 6, 2013

Daily update

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

November 6, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del Rio, announces these events: The Four Corners Regional Lego League Tournament will take place…

November 5, 2013

Local News

Educators scrambling after snub from voters

schools among victims in Amendment 66 crash-and-burn

November 5, 2013