News

Pew: Love is in the air and on the World Wide Web

Thirty-eight percent of Americans who are “single and looking” say they’ve used an online dating site or mobile dating app,…

November 2, 2013

Business

Small-business sales picking up

40 percent increase in deals in 3rd quarter

November 2, 2013

Business

Smartwatches abound. But who really wants one?

Manufacturers are predicting that smartwatches will be big Christmas hits this season, but, so far, the new products haven’t been…

November 2, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus

Durango/La Plata Senior Center: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, seasoned green beans, salad bar, wheat roll and pineapple. Durango School…

November 2, 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 2, 2013

Nation & World

NSA uproar could spark changes not seen since ’70s

Lawmakers of both parties considering overhauling agency

November 2, 2013

Regional News

Pass ‘likely’ closed for season

The Colorado Department of Transportation cited 6 inches of snow that has fallen in recent days and drifts up to…

November 2, 2013

Local News

Dayplanner Sunday

Durango Flea Market, 7 a.m.-1 p.m., La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Durango Winter Sports Foundation will host trail…

November 2, 2013

Local News

Upgrading school surveillance

closed-circuit television system being installed at DHS

November 2, 2013

Local News

Ski swap celebrates 50th anniversary

Peter May-Ostendorp buys his first pair of downhill skis Saturday at Hesperus Ski Patrol’s 50th annual ski swap at the…

November 2, 2013

Local News

Sugar Pine Ranch biker rally dissolves

Mancos-area event calls it quits after 7 years

November 2, 2013

Regional News

Colo. space pioneer recalled as curious

The funeral of astronaut Scott Carpenter, who became the second American to orbit the Earth when he followed John Glenn,…

November 2, 2013

Local News

High school students working to get their feet in college door

aims to help pupils with writing, application skills

November 2, 2013

Local News

Driver strikes pedestrians

A driver was cited for careless driving, and two people were sent to Mercy Regional Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries…

November 2, 2013

Regional News

Dark, collodion photos revived

Complicated, cumbersome (it requires darkroom work on the spot) and potentially hazardous, the collodion process uses raw chemicals in a…

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

Shock follows health-insurance cancellation

Dean and Mary Lou Griffin, of Chadds Ford, Pa., are among millions of people nationwide who are receiving notices that…

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

Man charged in TSA agent killing

U.S. attorney says murder believed to be ‘premeditated’

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

Thousands of fliers delayed after Los Angeles shooting

About 1,550 flights with 167,000 passengers were affected, airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles said in a statement Saturday. Of those, 724…

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

Volatile gas prices give drivers whiplash

Gas prices dropped to $3.17 at a Speedway station in Kokomo, Ind., on Oct. 24. Local gasoline prices are swinging…

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

BART unions ratify contract that ended strike OAKLAND, Calif. – A second Bay Area Rapid Transit labor union has ratified…

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

Some say Love Canal still oozes

1,100 more lawsuits may be filed

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

D.C. set to change pot laws

amounts of marijuana could be OK’d

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

JFK’s image shines on despite contradictions

Sen. John F. Kennedy, then a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, sits with wife, Jacqueline, as she reads to their daughter,…

November 2, 2013

Nation & World

‘God’s Army’ twins reunite

fought Myanmar government as children

November 2, 2013