News from the Durango Herald

IRS supervisor involved in scrutinizing forms from tea-party groups

Jun 17, 2013 4:58 am

WASHINGTON x2013 An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea-party groups seeking tax-exempt status...

As U.S. considers no-fly zone in Syria, officials look to Iraq

Jun 17, 2013 4:57 am

WASHINGTON x2013 The Obama administration, trying to avoid getting drawn deeper into Syriax2019s civil war, has pointed to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 as a symbol of what can go wrong when A...

NationWorld Briefs

Jun 17, 2013 4:53 am

N. Korea changes tack, seeks talks with U.S.PYONGYANG, North Korea x2013 After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the U...

Targeting health carex2019s 1 percent club

Jun 17, 2013 4:46 am

By Cara DeGetteColorado Public NewsRebecca Yanes recently joined an elite club. Itx2019s not a club she wanted to join. In fact, itx2019s one that some health professionals across Colorado and the cou...

Durango essay winner to lead Thneedville

Jun 17, 2013 4:45 am

A new mayor is in town, and he is here to make some changes.Nicholas Piccaro, son of John and Michele Piccaro, will be named honorary mayor at the Durango City Council meeting Monday night.The 13-year...

Crews scale back search for Texas man

Jun 17, 2013 4:45 am

The search for 51-year-old Mitchell Stehling, missing from a hiking trail at Mesa Verde National Park since June 9, has been scaled back because of a lack of clues and new information, said Betty Lieu...

Police cite driver for hitting pedestrian

Jun 17, 2013 4:45 am

A few additional details have been released about the accident between a pedestrian and vehicle that occurred around 230 p.m. Saturday at College Drive and East Second Avenue. However, no names have b...

3,500 prospective jurors to be summoned for Aurora trial

Jun 17, 2013 4:23 am

DENVER x2013 As many as 3,500 prospective jurors will be summoned when Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes goes on trial, another measure of the complexity and sensitivity of the case.Judge C...

Firefighters guarding historic N.M. town

Jun 17, 2013 4:03 am

KINGSTON, N.M. x2013 Crews were focusing Sunday on protecting homes in a historic southwest New Mexico mining town from a 35-square mile wildfire that had prompted the evacuation of 26 people from the...

Local Briefs

Jun 17, 2013 3:06 am

Agencies to give senior health screeningsMonthly senior health screenings at the Bayfield, Durango and Ignacio senior centers will be conducted by Guardian Angel Home Health and Mercy Home Health begi...