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Rescuers race to find Afghan quake survivors as death toll passes 1,400

A partially collapsed house is seen in an area devastated by Sunday's powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that killed many people and…

September 2, 2025

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Upper Pine River Fire Protection District to request sales tax increase on November ballot

Funding hike will help pay firefighters, ensure better services

September 2, 2025

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Fully online school receives academic excellency award

Southwest Colorado eSchool offers asynchronous education to the region

September 2, 2025

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8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump plans federal deployment

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks near the Haymarket Memorial in the West Loop during a march where activists, workers and…

September 2, 2025

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5 new cast members join ‘Saturday Night Live’ after high-profile departures

FILE – This May 10, 2017, file photo shows an NBC logo at their television studios at Rockefeller Center in…

September 2, 2025

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Drake places a $300,000 bet on Jannik Sinner to win the US Open

Rapper Drake watches the ladies singles match between Serena Williams, of the United States, and Victoria Azarenka,of Belarus, at the…

September 2, 2025

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Gérard Depardieu to face trial in Paris over rape and sexual assault allegations

FILE – Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives with his lawyer Jeremie Assous, right, to face trial for the alleged sexual assaults…

September 2, 2025

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Army football player and his dad save a man from flames after a car crash near West Point

FORT MONTGOMERY, N.Y. (AP) — An Army football player and his father pulled a man from a crashed car just…

September 2, 2025

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Fan attempts to open Jannik Sinner’s bag after his fourth-round match at the US Open

Jannik Sinner, of Italy, reacts after defeating Alexander Bublik, of Kazakhstan, during the fourth-round of the U.S. Open tennis championships,…

September 2, 2025

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Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision, an AP source says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision, an AP…

September 2, 2025

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NYC’s West Indian parade celebrates Caribbean culture with music, merriment and mayoral candidates

FILE – A reveler marches in the West Indian Day Parade on Sept. 2, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of…

September 1, 2025

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Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

FILE – Rudy Giuliani speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court in New York, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted…

September 1, 2025

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Two small planes collide midair at an airport in Colorado, killing 1 person and injuring 3

FORT MORGAN, Colo. (AP) — One person was killed and three were injured when two small planes collided midair as…

September 1, 2025

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Man is found dead at annual Burning Man festival in Nevada, a sheriff’s office says

FILE – The sun rises behind a wood and neon statue, the center piece of the annual Burning Man festival…

September 1, 2025

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Bayfield Primary School honors life of student after long battle with cancer

Positive attitude, shining personality of Ozzie Goldman inspires town, school faculty, students, to ‘Live Like Ozzie’

September 1, 2025

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Earthquake in eastern Afghanistan destroys villages and kills 800 people, with 2,500 injured

An injured person is carried to a military helicopter that landed to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed…

September 1, 2025

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Man apologizes for taking Kamil Majchrzak’s hat from a young fan at the US Open

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who took tennis player Kamil Majchrzak’s hat from a young fan at the U.S.…

September 1, 2025

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Lost boy wandering elevated monorail line in Hersheypark is saved by another parkgoer

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A lost boy wandering a monorail line high above the crowd at Hersheypark was rescued by…

August 31, 2025

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Tennis player Sorana Cirstea says trophy was stolen from her New York hotel room during the US Open

Soraya Cirstea, of Romania, pulls off her visor after losing to Karolina Muchova, of the Czech Republic, during the second…

August 31, 2025

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State should reconsider vaccine mandate

I am writing in response to the article, “Five vaccinations required for Colorado K-12 students,” (Herald, Aug. 20). I, and…

August 31, 2025

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Durango man’s invention helped others in crisis – then he faced his own

Levitator is a specialized gurney for backcountry search and rescue extractions

August 31, 2025

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City accepting pro and con statements for Durango fire district’s property tax ballot question

Proposal to voters would raise property taxes by 4.45 mills

August 30, 2025

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Dejan Joveljic scores twice and Sporting KC beats Rapids 4-2 to end six-match winless streak

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Dejan Joveljic scored a goal in each half and Sporting Kansas City ended a six-match…

August 30, 2025

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Sen. Hickenlooper rebukes anti-renewable energy policies at Durango press conference

power stakeholders stick up for threatened federal funding programs

August 30, 2025