Briefs

Health Briefs

Heart Safe La Plata, a local nonprofit organization, will offer these CPR classes at Durango Fire Protection District’s Station 1,…

December 30, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Brief

Feeding big game is not only illegal in Colorado, it is deadly for wildlife, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.…

December 30, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

The National Transportation Safety Board investigator is investigating the crash of a small plane in Anchorage, Alaska. The FBI says…

December 29, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, will present “Breaking up with Sugar” from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.…

December 29, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

The grants managers of the Ballantine Family Fund will visit these locations to launch a new online grant application: 9…

December 29, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Enrollment at Mountain Middle School for next year’s sixth, seventh and eighth grades is open from Monday through Feb. 29.…

December 29, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of the center of Ramadi on Monday…

December 28, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The offices at Southwest Colorado Community College east and west campuses will be closed through Sunday in observance of the…

December 28, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

BAGHDAD – Islamic State fighters are putting up a tough fight in the militant-held city of Ramadi, slowing down the…

December 26, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

Zumba with Donna Middleton will offer a free Zumba class at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Core Value Fitness Center, 208…

December 26, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Mass shootings and attacks weighed heavily on the minds of Americans in 2015, according to a new…

December 26, 2015

Religion

Religion Brief

St. Columba Parish invites Catholics to return to the church. The parish offers a program called “Landings” as a way…

December 25, 2015

Regional News

Region Briefs

CENTENNIAL – Authorities say someone stole a red Salvation Army kettle from a grocery store parking lot in suburban Denver…

December 25, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

ABUJA, Nigeria – A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria on Thursday,…

December 25, 2015

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Durango’s original competitive snowshoe race – The Winter Warrior 10k – has made RUNNER’S WORLD Magazine’s “Top 12 Snowshoe Races”…

December 25, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A long-standing dispute sparked a shooting at a crowded North Carolina shopping mall on Christmas Eve, police…

December 24, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., welcomes award-winning contemporary western artist Maura Allen. Allen portrays the American West – ranching…

December 24, 2015

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

ASPEN – Eighty skiers and snowboarders were evacuated Wednesday from a malfunctioning chairlift in Aspen. The Aspen Times reported that…

December 24, 2015

Health

Health Briefs

Connect for Health Colorado has granted an enrollment extension for former Colorado HealthOp customers. The enrollment deadline is now Dec.…

December 23, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

San Juan Mountains Association is seeking membership approval of these candidates to serve as directors on the association’s board in…

December 23, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

IOWA CITY, Iowa – A prominent lottery official who has run the Powerball game since its inception was quietly removed…

December 23, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will offer: Line dancing is available in eight-week sessions. The cost is…

December 23, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

Mexican Tile Designs, owned by Andy Kayner and Jenny Wrenn, offering Mexican and Spanish tile, Mexican sinks, tile murals and…

December 22, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Ignacio Community Library recently received a grant from the Ballantine Foundation to support the Voices of Ignacio Oral History…

December 22, 2015