Briefs

Local Briefs

Mesa Verde National Park will waive entrance fees Saturday and Sunday in celebration of National Park Week. Balcony House will…

April 12, 2015

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A precautionary lockdown of the U.S. Capitol was lifted after about two hours Saturday following a suicide by…

April 11, 2015

Local Briefs

Thrive! La Plata County’s Living Wage Coalition will meet from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Commons Building, 701…

April 11, 2015

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – A uniformed officer in the Secret Service’s Foreign Missions Branch was put on leave and his security clearance…

Religion

Religion Briefs

LOS ANGELES – Yoga taught in a San Diego County school system is not a gateway to Hinduism and doesn’t…

Education

Education Briefs

Crawford Dylan Schwantes, from Durango, studying history at Marquette University, traveled to New Orleans over spring break with the Marquette…

Military Brief

Army Pvt. Sara A. Sloan has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. During the nine…

Local Briefs

The Durango Parkinson’s Disease Support and Education Group meets the third Thursday of every month. The next meeting will take…

World & Nation Briefs

AMSTERDAM – Scores of prostitutes have taken to the streets of Amsterdam to protest moves to rejuvenate the city’s famed…

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is seeking interested members of the community to apply for vacancies on…

Arts and Entertainment

A&E Briefs

Music in the Mountains will host the next installment in its “Bite of Jazz” dinner and concert series at 6:15…

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Mountain Bike Specialists will host these free informational clinics Saturday at 949 Main Ave.: An Introduction to Cycling 101 will…

World Briefs

BOSTON – Federal prosecutors Wednesday said they are “gratified” by the guilty verdict against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and…

April 8, 2015

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Trails 2000 will host these programs: The Join and Renew Party will take place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. April…

April 8, 2015

Local Briefs

Native Roots Garden Center will host a free class on the new Tower Garden Aeroponic system for home gardeners at…

Business

Business Briefs

All persons owning, possessing or controlling taxable personal property with a total actual value greater than $7,300 (per owner, per…

Nation Briefs

CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won a second term Tuesday in a runoff election campaign that hinged on serious…

World Briefs

MOSCOW – Russian paratroopers have landed on a drifting ice floe near the North Pole as part of drills intended…

Food

On the side

To show appreciation for the local customers who keep it going through the dreary months, The Palace Restaurant is offering…

Local Briefs

The city of Durango will host a neighborhood meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Carnegie Building, 1188 East Second…

Education

Education Briefs

Bayfield Early Education Programs will begin taking applications April 24 for the 2015-16 preschool year. Children must be at least…