Briefs

Local Briefs

The Durango Business Improvement District announces a call for entries for the Stars & Stripes Parade set for 6 p.m.…

May 14, 2015

Nation & World Briefs

PHILADELPHIA – The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia, killing at least seven people, was hurtling at 106 mph before…

May 13, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Durango Nature Center will offer these events: The Nature Center is open to the public on Saturdays from 10 a.m.…

May 13, 2015

Local Briefs

The Durango Police Department will host a Peace Officers Memorial Service at 10 a.m. Friday at the Durango Police Department,…

May 13, 2015

Business

Business Briefs

Evenings Porch Assisted Living welcomes Janahy Tsosie, Courtney Schlapfer and Larry Benson to its team. Tsosie has been an in-home…

Nation Briefs

CHICAGO – President Barack Obama will establish his presidential library on the South Side of Chicago, a part of the…

World Briefs

SANAA, Yemen – With cargo ships poised to launch a desperately needed aid operation in embattled Yemen, a five-day humanitarian…

Local Briefs

Peter Pino will present insights into his 20-year involvement with issues related to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation…

Food

On the side

Taste of Durango is our town’s summer kick-off (OK, a bit early, but who doesn’t love a street festival?) and…

Education

Education Briefs

Students in the Ignacio High School Choices class presented their skills in dialectical behavior therapy at the class’s final equine…

Nation Briefs

LAKE MARY, Fla. – The man who called 911 to report he was involved in a shooting with George Zimmerman…

May 11, 2015

World Briefs

KUMANOVO, Macedonia – Macedonian authorities Monday jailed 30 people captured in a weekend gun battle in a northern town that…

May 11, 2015

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Living with Wildlife Advisory Board and Colorado Parks & Wildlife have collaborated to acquire a large…

May 11, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Durango Public Library’s children’s librarian Amadee Ricketts and photographer James Orndorf announces the release of their picture book, Cortez the…

Health

Health Briefs

A radon-mitigation class will be held at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The…

Local Briefs

The city of Durango Parks and Recreation Department will commence tree-spraying at Greenmount Cemetery all day Monday. If inclement weather…

Nation & World Briefs

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The deaths of Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate stunned this small city in southern Mississippi. On…

Nation Briefs

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Republicans making their pitch to be the party’s 2016 presidential nominee aimed to out-do each other Saturday…

May 9, 2015

World Briefs

MONROVIA, Liberia – On the day Mercy Kennedy lost her mother to Ebola, it was hard to imagine a time…

May 9, 2015

Local Briefs

Southwest Colorado Coalition for Occupant Protection will offer Alive at 25 defensive-driving classes over the summer. Alive at 25 is…

May 9, 2015

Local Briefs

Because of an unforeseen circumstance, La Plata County Humane Society has canceled the annual meeting scheduled Saturday. The meeting will…

May 8, 2015

Religion

Religion Briefs

The First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will offer a new sermon series called “Forgiveness” that will be given…

May 8, 2015