Briefs

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Every minute of every day, usually without thinking, thousands of New Yorkers reach across the counter at…

May 4, 2016

Earth Briefs

Several organizations will work together Saturday in the Hay Gulch area to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season. The Vista…

May 4, 2016

Southwest Life

Health Briefs

Free dental clinics for La Plata County students will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school-based…

May 4, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

HARTFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee…

May 4, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

Residents of Durango and La Plata County who have not filled out a bear survey they received earlier this year…

May 4, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

PHOENIX – The Navy SEAL killed in Iraq on Tuesday was identified as Charlie Keating IV, a former Phoenix high…

May 3, 2016

Business

Business Briefs

RE/MAX Pinnacle has announced that Durango business owner Katri Annast has joined its team as a broker associate. As a…

May 3, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

Leadership La Plata will host an information session about its program from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 11 at Mercy…

May 3, 2016

Education

Education Briefs

The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County is accepting applications from licensed child care providers (centers and homes) who…

May 3, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Lonnie Franklin Jr., left, appears in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 16 for opening statements in his trial in…

May 2, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501…

May 2, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Emergency personnel work at the scene after a CSX freight train derailed in Washington on Sunday.Cliff Owen/Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya…

May 1, 2016

Local News

Local Briefs

The Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Durango Public Library, second…

May 1, 2016

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Memphis Melton, 7, looks at the destruction in his aunt’s backyard in Lindale, Texas, on Saturday. Lindale is about an…

April 30, 2016

Local News

local briefs

La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff will hold office hours for the general public to meet with her from 10…

April 30, 2016

Nation & World

World Briefs

BEIRUT – The Syrian government launched new airstrikes Saturday on insurgent-held neighborhoods in Aleppo while rebels shelled government-held parts of…

April 30, 2016

Local News

Local briefs

The Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. the first and third Sundays of…

April 29, 2016

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

FILE – This 1978 file photo shows actor-director John Wayne. California lawmakers have defeated a resolution intended to honor Wayne…

April 29, 2016

Nation & World

World Briefs

MADRID – Workers laying pipes in a southern Spanish park have unearthed a 1,300-pound trove of Roman coins in what…

April 29, 2016

Arts and Entertainment

arts briefs

Connie Morse completed her oil painting, “Along the Coast,” on location. Morse said you can smell the cool, clean ocean…

April 28, 2016

Outdoors

outdoors brief

The San Juan Fly Fishing Federation is will present its spring “free” fly fishing seminar Saturday at the Cottonwood Campgrounds…

April 28, 2016

Local News

local briefs

The Durango Police Department will accept unused or expired household medication for safe disposal from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

April 28, 2016

Health

Health Briefs

The community is invited to attend the National Nurses Week Champagne Celebration at 7 p.m. May 5 in The Pullman…

April 27, 2016

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Hastert CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the…

April 27, 2016