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Garbage goes golden

Durango businesses find uses for refuse

Postal Service revamps priority-mail program

New services for priority mail are expected to bring in more than $500 million annually to the U.S. Postal Service.David…

Too late to stop higher fares

Airline mergers already have led to price increases

Deaths of wandering autistic youths prompt action

A month later, across the continent, a larger search unfolded over three days as hundreds of emergency service personnel and…

Worker finds man’s Purple Heart at Goodwill store

Pvt. James Roland earned a Purple Heart medal while serving in World War II. The medal was found in June…

Animal adopters urged to consider needy pets

Val Sorensen’s 17-year-old dog “Abby,” right, is blind and going deaf. Sorensen is co-founder of Wigglebutt Warriors, a fundraiser for…

Harmony pushed for workers of all ages

There’s a new urgency to the quest for workplace harmony, as baby boomers delay retirement and work side-by-side with people…

Bringing fine dining to Ignacio

Partnering with casino beefs up restaurants’ menus and bottom lines

Egypt is challenging Obama’s philosophy

President Barack Obama on Thursday arrives to make a statement about the violence in Egypt to media gathered in Chilmark,…

Poll: Parents are backing high-stakes testing

Burgess-Peterson Elementary School Principal Robin Robbins, center, meets with students during an after-school study program in Atlanta in preparation for…

Security forces storm Cairo mosque

Officials fear another violent sit-in

Uncertainty is injected into recall election

Without mail-in ballots, some won’t have chance to vote, lawmaker says

For Lake Durango users, water is low

Shortage brings Stage 3 restrictions

Ariz. may feel Colo. River shortage

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released projections Friday that show a 2 percent chance of Lake Mead in Nevada reaching…

Nutty buddy

BLM defers proposed oil, gas lease sales

time agency has delayed plans in region

Accident interrupts trains

The pedestrian, an adult male, was awake and talking with emergency medical responders from Durango Fire & Rescue Authority. He…

Town, tribe intertwined

Ignacio, S. Utes grow side by side, forge complex connection

Curb your enthusiasm for alley recycling

Residents told take it to street

Railfest revives Old West spirit

Vintage trains, characters bring history to life

Family of slain Okla. couple pursues justice

Fugitive John McCluskey is taken into custody Aug. 19, 2010, by U.S. Marshals in eastern Arizona. On Monday, McCluskey, the…

Dozens missing after Philippines ferry crash

A cluster of life rafts floats near the cargo ship Sulpicio Express Siete on Saturday, a day after it collided…

Navy changes how alcohol is sold on-base

But as the Navy works to curb alcohol abuse in a push to reduce sexual assaults and other crimes, the…

Firefighters face another tough day in Idaho

Helicopters battle the 64,000-acre Beaver Creek Fire north of Hailey, Idaho. A number of residential neighborhoods have been evacuated because…