Briefs

Nation Briefs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A Tennessee judge has upheld the state’s lethal-injection process for executing inmates. Davidson County Chancery Judge Claudia…

August 26, 2015

Nation & World

Election Briefs

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, told a crowd attending a campaign stop Wednesday…

August 26, 2015

Health

Health Briefs

The Community Health Action Coalition will host the free event, “What’s Bugging You? Infectious Diseases: Real Risks, Real Treatments, Real…

August 26, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The Mountain Studies Institute of Durango and Silverton has joined with Terra Environmental to study the effects of Terra’s EnviroNow,…

August 26, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango will welcome Harlene Russell as its guest speaker at noon Thursday at the Boys &…

August 26, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – An unforeseen flood of revenue is shrinking federal deficits to the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s tenure,…

August 25, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

Kent Curtis, CEO of First Southwest Bank, announced the addition of Paul Broderick to the bank’s senior lending team as…

August 25, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The La Plata Conservation District has been awarded a $25,000 grant to assist local landowners with weed removal. The district…

August 25, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Animas High School will host these programs: Parent orientation will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday on campus.…

August 25, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Air Force officials say they will soon be deploying stealthy, high-tech F-22 fighter jets to Europe to train…

August 24, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

TORONTO – The company behind the adultery website Ashley Madison is offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the…

August 24, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The local American Cancer Society needs volunteers who are interested in working with patients to arrange for services and goods…

August 24, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

A Yoga for Hikers workshop with certified Iyengar instructor Martha Evers will take place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday…

August 23, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – In more than three decades of trying to breed pandas at the National Zoo, there’s been plenty of…

August 23, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

BEIRUT – Islamic State militants destroyed a temple at Syria’s ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst…

August 23, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday,…

August 22, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden left the seclusion of the Delaware home where he’s been weighing a presidential run…

August 22, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran gained momentum in Congress on Friday as a key Jewish Democrat…

August 21, 2015

Nation & World

World Brief

PARIS â€“ Three people were wounded, including two seriously, when a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a…

August 21, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

The ninth annual Earth, Water, Sky Summer Science Camp led by Four Corners School, in Monticello, Utah, took place in…

August 21, 2015

Religion

Religion Briefs

Congregation Har Shalom, 2357 County Road 203, will offer these programs: A Family Shabbat service with fifth-year rabbinical student, Eli…

August 21, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Man to Man Prostate Cancer support group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Durango Public Library,…

August 21, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Brief

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A convicted killer serving life behind bars when he staged a daring escape from a maximum-security prison…

August 20, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

Tsipras JERUSALEM – A Palestinian held without charge by Israel ended his unprecedented 66-day hunger strike Thursday, his lawyer said,…

August 20, 2015