Briefs

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 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 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 Briefs

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

August 23, 2015

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

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 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 Briefs

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

World Brief

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

Education

Education Briefs

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

Religion

Religion Briefs

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

Local Briefs

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

Nation Brief

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

World Briefs

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

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., will present “Writing the Wild: A Day of One’s Own,” a poetry workshop with…

Local Briefs

The Durango Community Recreation Center will be closed from Monday to Aug. 30 for annual repairs and maintenance. Because of…

World & Nation Briefs

DAMASCUS, Syria – Islamic State militants beheaded a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after…

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The Colorado State Tree Farm Committee has recognized Archuleta County tree farmer Peter Prina as the 2015 Colorado Outstanding Tree…

Health

Health Briefs

The University of Colorado School of Medicine will offer a free program called “Mini Med School” for people who would…

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango welcomes Fred Schneider and Lisa Barrett as its guest speakers at noon Thursday in the…

World Briefs

BRUSSELS – United Nations and European border agency officials urged the European Union on Tuesday to step up measures to…

August 18, 2015