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Councilors get budget-cutting options

Durango city councilors have one week to decide where $511,000 in spending cuts will come from before a final vote on the 2009 budget set for Dec. 9.

Market drops sharply on spending fears

NEW YORK - The reality that the nation is indeed in recession and that the downturn may be prolonged sent Wall Street plunging anew Monday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 700 points and wiping out more than half of last week's big gains. All the major indicators fell more than 7 percent, with the Standard & Poor's 500 index down nearly 9 percent.

Settlement calling for N.M. lynx study

ALBUQUERQUE - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will decide in two weeks whether to study if the Canada lynx should be protected in New Mexico under the Endangered Species Act.

Corral West to shutter Durango store

The slack economy has taken down another retail outlet at the Durango Mall, the second in two months.

Police probe four Durango burglaries

Four businesses were broken into Sunday night in Durango, extending a rash of burglaries the city has experienced during the last couple of months.

Sports - High School -

Guard-heavy Demons open tonight

There is no Sam Phippen.

Seven seniors leading BHS boys

Chad Nachtrieb has a message for the members of his Bayfield High School boys basketball team - especially the seniors: Make very minute count.

Ignacio to host Durango wrestlers in season-opener

Ignacio is a boom town these days - when it comes to casinos and wrestling.

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Local author uses experience in switch to novels

Durango author and activist Tekla Dennison Miller has mined her adventuresome life for material for two volumes of memoirs.

FLC to celebrate Hispanic culture

El Centro de Muchos Colores Hispano Resource Center at Fort Lewis College plans a parade, cultural festivities and more for this week.