News

Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. waits for an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington after speaking about gun legislation on the…

April 17, 2013

Nation & World

Conflicting reports of arrest in Boston bombings

Shannon Walsh, 15, places flowers on a memorial to Boston Marathon bombing victim, Martin Richard, 8, near the Richard family…

April 17, 2013

Local News

Tax credit for working poor passes Senate

protests about paying $100M bill fail to persuade

April 16, 2013

Local News

Former baseball star coming to Durango

Strawberrydu1-i-syn While the nine-time Major League Baseball All-Star originally scheduled his visit as a vacation, he may not have time…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Gettinâ€™ a boost at Bowker Games

Cole Perez, 15, gets some help from Camren Cordell, an eighth-grader at Escalante Middle School, during a relay race at…

April 16, 2013

Local News

From salon to garage

woman joins the 1.5-percenters – females in auto repair

April 16, 2013

Local News

Hermosa man gets 3 years for death

Medical examiner: Fatal wound not self-inflicted

April 16, 2013

Nation & World

Fertilizer plant blast injures dozens of people in Texas

Among the damaged buildings was the West Rest Haven Nursing Home, from which first responders evacuated 133 patients, some in…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Activists’ bid to force uranium-mine cleanup fails

Decades ago, Colorado’s uranium belt north of Dove Creek and west of Telluride provided high-paying jobs and much of the…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Area real estate market trending upward

sales up in the county, flat in Durango

April 16, 2013

Education

Students flip for ‘flipped learning’

Classroom lecture is now homework

April 16, 2013

Nation & World

Letter with ricin sent to Miss. senator

An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, congressional officials…

April 16, 2013

Local News

Dems seek to advance Colorado election bill

secretary of state opposes measure

April 16, 2013

Nation & World

American Airlines halts flights, passengers stuck

A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said American asked to halt its flights until 5 p.m. EDT. Flights into…

April 16, 2013

Nation & World

Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers

A mourner places a note with flowers at a police barricade near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in…

April 16, 2013

Regional News

Library mural

Cheryl Foley puts the final touches on one of three murals she is doing for the Cortez Library. The murals…

April 15, 2013

Nation & World

Left, right criticize new immigration bill

To some immigration advocates, it’s unnecessarily punitive. The Senate’s new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from…

April 15, 2013

Nation & World

Letter to senator tests for ricin

A U.S. Capitol Police hazmat vehicle is parked at a mail processing center for Congressional mail in Hyattsville, Md., where…

April 15, 2013

Business

Monthly housing starts surpass 1 million

The overall pace of homes started rose 7 percent from February to March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of…

April 15, 2013

Business

Consumer numbers post minor decline

Gasoline price drop has little effect on U.S. markets

April 15, 2013

Business

Speed through the airport like a celebrity

With the masses clogging up special security and boarding lanes, true VIPs are saying: Get me away from this chaos.…

April 15, 2013

Business

Stocks rebound from year’s worst day

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 157.58 points, or 1.1 percent, on Tuesday, to 14,756.78, winning back more than half…

April 15, 2013

Business

Blessing or curse?

Fracking technique transforms fortunes, land

April 15, 2013

Local News

Local gun-rights speech to be streamed online

Prattdu1-i-syn Larry Pratt, head of Gun Owners of America, is scheduled to speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Durango Community…

April 15, 2013