Briefs

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – Colorado prisons are making profits from charging inmates for phone calls and other personal items, but they’re struggling…

January 27, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power case against former Gov. Rick Perry…

January 27, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College will present “To Every Season: Death with Dignity” at 7 p.m.…

January 27, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Southwest Colorado Community College has added two new classes for emergency medical technicians. The college will hold an EMT refresher…

January 27, 2015

Food

On the side

Courtesy of Yardbird Eatery Goodbye Christina’s Bar and Grille, hello Chavolos Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant space next to the Best…

January 27, 2015

Nation & World

World Brief

MOSCOW – A defiant President Vladimir Putin on Monday called the Ukrainian army a “NATO foreign legion,” reflecting his readiness…

January 26, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A 2-foot-long drone apparently flown by a hobbyist crashed on the White House grounds Monday in an extraordinary,…

January 26, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Brief

Sandstone Productions announces “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” as the 2015 Outdoor Summer Theater Production. Sandstone Productions will hold auditions…

January 26, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

An informative meeting about the adverse impacts the King II coal mine in Hesperus will take place at 6 p.m.…

January 26, 2015

Health

Health Briefs

Bona Dea, a local start-up company creating a new product for women experiencing hot flashes and night sweats associated with…

January 25, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – A winter that has largely spared the Northeast thus far is about to arrive with gusto: A…

January 25, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

ATHENS, Greece – A radical left-wing party vowing to end Greece’s painful austerity program won a historic victory in Sunday’s…

January 25, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

FamilyTime Yoga with Joy Kilpatrick for caregivers with children ages 4 to 10 and families will take place from 10…

January 25, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

Members of the Durango High School Robotics Club, or Durbots, will present and demonstrate the club’s robot to the Rotary…

January 24, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

MIAMI – A decade-long addiction to oil subsidized by Venezuela may be coming to an end for several Caribbean nations,…

January 24, 2015

Religion

Religion Briefs

Lisa McCorry will present “Abstinence in the Age of Abundance” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of…

January 23, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama arrives in India this weekend anxious to take another step in moving the world’s two…

January 23, 2015

Nation & World

World Briefs

DONETSK, Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged…

January 23, 2015

Education

Education Briefs

Shane Bisogno, a Durango native, received academic honors from Arizona State University by making the university’s dean’s list for the…

January 23, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501…

January 23, 2015

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The State Department says it has reduced the number of American personnel working at the U.S. Embassy in…

January 22, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment Briefs

The Riverside Nature Center is seeking Farmington river-parks photo entries for its annual March Photo Show to be on display…

January 22, 2015

Local News

Local Briefs

A snowshoe workshop called “Winter Ecosystems and the Snowpack” will take place from 10 a.m. from noon Saturday at Andrews…

January 22, 2015

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A U.S. official says the FBI has finished its investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed, black…

January 21, 2015