Briefs

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango will welcome Cathy Metz, director of Durango Parks & Recreation, to discuss current status and…

July 28, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

Bear Smart Durango, a local nonprofit, would like to thank Coutts and Clark Western Foundation for its $5,000 contribution toward…

July 28, 2015

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored…

July 27, 2015

World Briefs

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama launched a personal push for peace in South Sudan on Monday, convening African…

July 27, 2015

Local Briefs

Roberta Eickman of the New In Town Welcome Service will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m.…

July 27, 2015

Nation & World Briefs

CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past two weeks to $2.82 a…

July 26, 2015

Regional News

Regional Briefs

FORT COLLINS – Fire investigators say a misplaced hookah is to blame for a devastating Fort Collins apartment fire earlier…

July 26, 2015

World Briefs

BAGHDAD – Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday in what were…

July 25, 2015

Nation Briefs

LAFAYETTE, La. – John Russell Houser was deeply troubled long before he shot 11 people in a movie theater in…

July 25, 2015

Local Briefs

Four Corners Materials will continue street reconstruction and paving work from Monday to Friday. Work is scheduled for: Conejo Drive;…

July 25, 2015

Local Briefs

The High Noon Rotary Club of Durango will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel,…

Religion

Religion Briefs

Join Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, and Eli Herb for his third class of the summer series called…

Nation Briefs

DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall about 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S. just days after…

World Briefs

BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a third term in office, an electoral official announced Friday, amid…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Turkey has agreed to let the U.S. military launch airstrikes against the Islamic State from a key air…

July 23, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Brief

Emily Simpson Grandt The new San Juan Ballet School will open for classes in fall 2015. The studio is founded…

July 23, 2015

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Seniors Outdoors will offer these activities: A hike on the Rhoda-Verde-CDT Loop is scheduled at 6 a.m. Saturday. This hike…

July 23, 2015

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…