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Lawrence Summers withdraws name from Fed consideration

may open door for chief rival Janet Yellen

Syrian official: Chemical weapons deal a ‘victory’

The comments by Syrian Minister of National Reconciliation Ali Haidar to a Russian state news agency were the first by…

Ford thinking Chinese

to the market, U.S. automaker aims to catch up

Frontier Airlines’ potential sale raises questions for DRO

Durango-to-Denver flights on carrierdown to 1 a day

Retail sales rise slightly in August

Ten-year-old Raegan Jackson picks out a backpack while shopping at Target in Lynchburg, Va. Retail spending rose 0.2 percent last…

Why is Dow getting a makeover?

Alcoa, Bank of America and Hewlett-Packard are being dropped from the index of America’s 30 top companies and replaced by…

The freshest stuff around

Lana Furguson picks up some potatoes, cilantro, and carrots at the Banga’s Farm booth at Durango Farmers Market on Saturday…

One sunny day out of two isn’t half bad

First will benefit from weekend bash

Slick iOS 7 shines on latest iPhones

Perhaps unwittingly, even Apple’s software boss Craig Federighi alluded to this potential problem while he was bragging about iOS 7…

Floods transform ‘Gore-Tex Vortex’

Boulder, Front Range now deal with mud ‘everywhere’

Employers rethinking coverage for spouses

Some employers are considering adding a surcharge to cover the health-care expenses of their workers’ spouses. Others, like package deliverer…

Durango auto sales growing

Dealers see strong summer as economy keeps improving

Great Lakes projects inspire bipartisanship

Program to benefit inland seas

Heavy rain mostly helpful to S.W. Colo.

from high water mostly limited, isolated

24 are dead as tropical weather batters Mexico

Stormy conditions led some communities in affected states to cancel Independence Day celebrations planned for Sunday and today. The U.S.…

Conn. slave who died in 1798 called ‘child of God’

The Honorable Steven R Mullins, right, leads a procession at a memorial service for an enslaved man known as Mr.…

Sens. McCain, Graham blast chemical weapons deal

The House Democratic leader said the deal, under which Syria will be expected to put its stockpile of chemical weapons…

Rescuers: Evacuate while you still can

people have been confirmed dead so far

Think you know bears? Workshop dispels myths

A young bear rests in a cottonwood tree in a Hermosa neighborhood.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald According to Else, bears are misunderstood.…

While others sleep

Graveyard shifts cover diverse workforce

Rain-tober fest

“If anything else, we get the beer steins … and it’s for charity,” said Laurel Nye, left, who, along with…

Rainbow of runners

Colo. man fortunate after discovering Medicaid expansion

31-year-old ineligible to buy insurance

Floods bring tales of rescues

Allen Tawa, with his daughter Kayla, 17, walks out of his mud-clogged home after days of flooding, on the southern…