Briefs

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 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 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 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…

Regional News

Region Briefs

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

World Briefs

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

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

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

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.…

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…

Nation & World Briefs

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

Local Briefs

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

Business

Business Briefs

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

Local Briefs

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

Nation & World Briefs

Mourners set up a makeshift memorial to the victims of a woman who allegedly plowed her car into crowds of…

Education

Education Briefs

Animas High School announces programs: AHS is a tuition-free public charter school that prepares all students for college and post-secondary…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The year-end spending bill that passed Congress on Friday contains $750 million to help El Salvador, Guatemala and…

December 21, 2015

Nation & World Briefs

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Rescuers pulled five bodies from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an orchard in…

December 20, 2015

Local Briefs

Two local businesses will be matching donations made to the Salvation Army kettles located at North City Market, 3130 Main…

December 19, 2015