Briefs

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is calling for an investment to move away from one-size-fits-all-medicine, toward an approach that tailors…

January 30, 2015

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says it will ask Congress for $1 billion next year to run schools for Native…

January 29, 2015

Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

“A is for Art, B is for Bernini,” an art history lecture series with Judith Reynolds will take place from…

January 29, 2015

Local Briefs

Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: Monday Maker Skill Sessions will take place from 3 to…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy…

World Briefs

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base…

Local Briefs

The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Becca Simon at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church,…

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The 32nd annual San Juan Basin Extension Beef Cattle Symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb.…

Business

Business Briefs

The Durango Chamber of Commerce and the Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado will host “The Power of Understanding People…

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

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

Nation & World Briefs

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

Local Briefs

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

Education

Education Briefs

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

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…

World Brief

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

Nation Briefs

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

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…

Local Briefs

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

Health

Health Briefs

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

Nation Briefs

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

World Briefs

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

Local Briefs

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