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Dallas police honor detective cuffed to Oswald

Detective Jim Leavelle, who is 92 and long-retired, was given the Police Commendation Award during a ceremony at the department’s…

May 13, 2013

Local News

Authorities find missing man’s body

was ejected from SUV during rollover

May 13, 2013

Regional News

Teacher removes explosive from a northern Colorado high school

However, police in Lafayette were cautious about calling the teacher a hero. “That would not be a recommended protocol for…

May 13, 2013

Local News

Guiding the guides

Andrew Koheke, center, of Durango Rafting Co., trains new rafting guides Liz Schwab, left, and Shane Pavey during a run…

May 13, 2013

Local News

Hickenlooper to visit Durango and Cortez

Governor to dedicate Mesa Verde’s visitor center

May 13, 2013

Local News

County to redraw commissioner districts

Grandview area likely to switch

May 13, 2013

Local News

‘Things are looking up’

Unusual Silverton real estate market rebounding slowly

May 13, 2013

Local News

Police halt pot giveaway downtown

cited for breaking possession limit

May 13, 2013

Local News

DHS athletic director resigns

Coaches salaries should improve next year

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Dad wants evidence in girl’s stabbing

Barney Fowler told The Associated Press the family is backing the boy, who was arrested Saturday after a crime that…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Police ID suspect in New Orleans mass shooting

New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas presented a photo of 19-year-old Akien Scott who is wanted in the Mother’s Day…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Roller coaster to be removed from ocean in N.J.

Work is expected to start this afternoon to remove the Jet Star coaster from the surf in Seaside Heights, N.J.Associated…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Bangladesh collapse survivor gives up garment work

Reshma Begum, the 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building, adjusts her…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Government obtains Associated Press phone records in probe

The screen on the phone console at the reception desk at The Associated Press Washington bureau, Monday, May 13, 2013.…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Critics lukewarm on U.S. plans in Arctic

The tepid feedback from the Washington-based Arctic Institute comes as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry heads Monday to Sweden…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

IRS: Top official first told of targeting in 2012

The IRS said Monday that Miller was first informed on May, 3, 2012, that applications for tax-exempt status by tea…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Builders bulldoze big Mayan pyramid in Belize

Jaime Awe/Associated Press<br><br>In this image released by Jaime Awe, head of the Belize Institute of Archaeology on Monday, a backhoe…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Heat turned up on fire season as budget cuts reduce force

Jewell, who is just five weeks into her new job, said automatic budget cuts mandated by Congress will force fire…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Obama says he won’t tolerate political bias at IRS

President Barack Obama gestures during a joint news conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday in the East…

May 13, 2013

Nation & World

Obama slams GOP focus on Benghazi as politics

The latest Republican focus is the independent review that slammed the State Department for inadequate security at the installation before…

May 13, 2013

Daily update

Road conditions

Throughout May, access is closed on the east-side Frontage Road at E. Turner Drive for realignment and reconstruction by Mercury…

May 13, 2013

Local News

Gas leak sickens students

Backed-up Ignacio sewer line believed to be cause of problem

May 13, 2013

Daily update

Community Menus for Tuesday, May 14

Breakfast Strawberry or Banana, yogurt parfait, granola or toast and milk. Lunch Sunnyside Meats Farm to School day. Beef Tacos,…

May 12, 2013

Nation & World

3 crises challenge Obama

IRS, Benghazi and inquiry about telephone records test the president

May 12, 2013