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House ups renewable power mandate

GOP: Setting quotas for expensive sources will harm rural economies

Navajos OK coal plant

The legislation signed by tribal President Ben Shelly on Tuesday extends the lease from 2019 to 2044 and boosts yearly…

Addressing chemical weapons, Obama hints at military action

Despite such planning, Obama appealed for patience during a White House news conference, saying he needed more conclusive evidence about…

Tests link ricin to letter suspect

Everett Dutschke, 41, was arrested Saturday by FBI agents at his home in Tupelo, Miss., and is being held without…

Obama orders review of bombing intelligence

President Barack Obama addressed intelligence gathering before the Boston Marathon bombings at a news conference Tuesday. “When an event like…

Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and older

Plan B One-Step will now sit on drugstore shelves just like condoms, but buyers will have to prove their age…

Bangladeshis turn rescuers after building collapse

A woman grieves as she sticks a picture of a family member on the wall of a school turned make-shift…

With 1 week to go, Sanford subject of attacks

For months, his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, refused to criticize Sanford’s affair – which was uncovered during his term…

Uncle: Family to claim Boston bomb suspect’s body

Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body has been at the medical examiner’s office in Massachusetts since he died after a gunfight with authorities…

Obama vows again to close prison at Guantanamo Bay

At a White House news conference, Obama said he would try to persuade Congress to end restrictions that have prevented…

Agreement inked on firefighting operations

budgets, drought morph a handshake into a contract

Ex-NASCAR driver, Herschel Walker to ride into Durango on motorcycles

All those motorcycles in town are participating in the 19th Anniversary Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America. 175 riders are…

Bayfield teachers to get pay raises

Finance director projects salaries to rise on average 8.33 percent

Just hanging out

Alison Fuchs, volunteer for Durango Fire & Rescue Authority, rappels off the agency’s fire tower Tuesday during technical rescue training…

House votes for high tax on marijuana

approves $10 million for wildfire-prevention grants

Troubled Internet project gets federal OK to resume

Eagle-Net’s broadband expansion will miss Aug. deadline

Havin’ a ball

Parting of the waves

Ambitious project to get to the bottom of whitewater park

Google invades Siri’s turf with an iPhone, iPad app

The duel began Monday with the release of a free iPhone and iPad app that features Google Now, a technology…

Iraq instability tested further with bombing wave

The attacks capped a week of turmoil that is posing the greatest test of Iraq’s stability since U.S. troops left…

Surviving hell in a Bangladesh factory collapse

Merina, a survivor of the garment factory building collapse, is comforted by her father in hospital on Saturday in Savar,…

Syrian premier escapes bomb attack in Damascus

Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi was not hurt in the explosion in the capital’s western neighborhood of Mazzeh, state TV said.…

Bangladesh police interrogate building’s owner

Mohammed Sohel Rana, who was arrested Sunday as he tried to flee to India, will be held for questioning on…

Durango woman, 19, found dead

Celine Bleger, daughter of Jean-Pierre Bleger, owner of Le Café Chic & Wine Bar on Main Avenue, was found by…