Briefs

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NEW ORLEANS – A handcuffed prisoner in a moving police cruiser somehow managed to grab a gun, fatally shoot the…

June 20, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

City of Durango crews will perform street light maintenance from 10 a.m. to noon Monday in the southbound lane of…

June 20, 2015

Religion

Religion Briefs

Mary Ocken will give a talk called “The Inner Journey Home” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship…

June 19, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

Wolfwood Refuge will return to Pagosa Springs from 1 to 6 p.m. June 27 at Wolfe Brewing Co., 2045 Eagle…

June 19, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

ISTANBUL – WikiLeaks is in the process of publishing more than 500,000 Saudi diplomatic documents to the Internet, the transparency…

June 19, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates rose in 25 U.S. states last month, driven higher in many cases by more people who…

June 19, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rallied Thursday, with the Nasdaq composite index closing at a record, a day after the…

June 18, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Tickets for “On Fire!,” the San Juan Symphony’s 2015-16 season, will go on sale Monday. This 30th anniversary season will…

June 18, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The lap pool at the Durango Community Recreation Center will close to the public at 6 p.m. Friday and remain…

June 18, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

Ignacio Community Library has been selected to receive a competitive Latino Americans: 500 Years of History grant from the National…

June 17, 2015

Nation & World

World Brief

ATHENS, Greece – Greece and its creditors publicly blamed one another for an impasse in bailout talks Wednesday, on the…

June 17, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Lightning sparked nearly a dozen new wildfires in Alaska as firefighters struggled Wednesday to keep up with…

June 17, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The Columbine Ranger District reports that the composting vault for the toilet at the upper parking lot at Andrews Lake…

June 17, 2015

Health

Health Briefs

Eileen Wasserbach is the new chairwoman of the Community Health Action Coalition board. Wasserbach, who also is the executive director…

June 17, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday reaffirmed a ban against torturing detainees and moved ahead on a more than $600…

June 16, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

The Bayfield Knowledge Bowl Team of Ben Young, Tierzah Smith, Mitchell McCloskey, Henry Walters, Michael Fusco and coach Tara Henderson…

June 16, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

A property-tax exemption will be available for the tax year 2015, affecting taxes payable in 2016 for qualifying seniors and…

June 16, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

The La Plata Conservation District, in service to local landowners, recently elected its seventh supervisor to the board of directors,…

June 16, 2015

Nation & World

World Brief

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran launched its first official matchmaking website on Monday in a bid to encourage millions of singles…

June 15, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

DALLAS – The historic rainfall that inundated Texas in May continues to leave the soil saturated and rivers engorged, but…

June 15, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

A mindful parenting class taught by Rachel Turiel and Joy Kilpatrick will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday…

June 15, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

DANNEMORA, N.Y. – Two convicted murderers who used power tools to cut their way out of a prison near the…

June 14, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Pagosa Ranger District reports that the Mosca Road (Forest Road 631) has been cleared of debris, and is open…

June 14, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

DALLAS – A man planted pipe bombs outside Dallas’ police headquarters early Saturday before opening fire on the building and…

June 13, 2015