Briefs

Local Briefs

City of Durango Utilities will close the inside-southbound lane and turn lane of U.S. Highway 550 at 1415 North Main…

Nation & World Briefs

AUSTIN, Texas – When Sandra Bland refused to put out her cigarette, the police officer opened her car door and…

Health

Health Briefs

The United Blood Services will host these blood drives: From noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Pine Valley…

Good Earth

Good Earth Briefs

Beginning Sept. 1, farmers and ranchers can apply for financial assistance to help conserve working grasslands, rangeland and pastureland while…

Local Briefs

Community Connections Inc. will host its 30th anniversary celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation…

Business

Business Briefs

Petre and Angela Maianu are offering a collection of antiques, some several-hundred-years-old, in association with Walk on Wood Hardwood Floors.…

World Briefs

MADRID – Three Spanish freelance journalists who traveled to Syria to report amid the country’s long-running civil war have gone…

Nation Briefs

HEMPSTEAD, Texas – A police dashboard video released Tuesday shows how a routine traffic stop escalated into a shouting confrontation…

Education

Education Briefs

The Durango High School Activities Office will accept paperwork and participation fees to issue red cards from 3 to 6…

Local Briefs

The third annual “Community Baby Shower for Moms in Need” will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at…

Nation & World Briefs

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California regulators on Monday proposed a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for a group of Central Valley farmers…

July 20, 2015

And the West is History

Local Briefs

Adult Day Care at “Our Place” an outreach of The First United Methodist Church is seeking loving, caring, compassionate, dependable…

July 20, 2015

Nation & World Briefs

MODESTO, Calif. – A man was arrested Sunday in the deaths of his daughter, two other girls and two women…

July 19, 2015

Local Briefs

The Durango High School Class of 1970 is still looking for a few classmates. Almost all 300 graduates have been…

July 19, 2015

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The deadly shootings at military sites in Tennessee illustrate the threat that FBI officials have warned about: violence…

July 18, 2015

World Briefs

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates– The nuclear deal is done. Now it’s time to talk business. While it will likely be…

July 18, 2015

Local Briefs

A free self-help do-it-yourself class for people with back pain, sciatica and hip issues will take place from 6 to…

July 18, 2015

Religion

Religion Briefs

Monks from the Gaden Shartse Phukhang Monastery in southern India will visit Durango as part of the Sacred Arts of…

Local Briefs

A veterans breakfast will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave.…

World Briefs

Swift MANILA, Philippines – The new U.S. commander of the Pacific Fleet assured allies Friday that American forces are well…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Just weeks before Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman sneaked out of a maximum security prison in Mexico, the U.S.…

Nation Brief

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. â€“ A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a…

July 16, 2015