Briefs

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

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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…

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Local authors are invited to apply and audition for an opportunity to present and sell their books at this year’s…

April 6, 2015

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is seeking an interested individual to serve on the Durango Public Library…

April 6, 2015

Nation Briefs

BILLINGS, Mont. – Tank cars carrying oil or ethanol by rail urgently need to be retrofitted or replaced to make…

World Briefs

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan warplanes bombed militant camps in Somalia, officials said Monday, following a vow by President Uhuru Kenyatta…

Nation & World Briefs

Christians in the Holy Land and across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected…

Health

Health Briefs

A class about radon will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Florida Room of the La…

Local Briefs

Craig Childs, a western Colorado author who writes about people, animals and the outdoors, will make a couple of appearances…

Nation & World Briefs

INDIANAPOLIS – Gay-rights advocates are hoping to parlay the momentum from their legislative victories in Indiana and Arkansas this week…

April 4, 2015

Local Briefs

On April 1, driveway standards went into effect for new driveway development in unincorporated portions of La Plata County. The…

April 4, 2015

Local Briefs

The Durango High School Class of 1965 will have a reunion planning meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Elks…

World Brief

SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni military officials say the Saudi-led coalition has airdropped weapons to fighters battling Shiite rebels in the…

Nation Briefs

SEATTLE – Finally cleared of involvement in her roommate’s 2007 murder in Italy, Amanda Knox says she will work on…

Religion

Religion Briefs

Congregation Har Shalom will host a Farewell Party and Appreciation Celebration for Herb and Enid Brodsky for their many contributions…

Education

Education Briefs

Hannah Robertson of Durango performed in the Cornell College Steel Drum Ensemble concert held March 27 in King Chapel. Robertson…