Briefs

Nation & World Briefs

BERKELEY, Mo. – Demonstrators took to the streets for a second night after a white police officer in Berkeley, Missouri,…

December 25, 2014

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

The Nordic Center at Purgatory is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day. The center…

December 25, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts briefs

The Durango Arts Center invites emerging and professional playwrights to submit works to its fourth annual 10-Minute Play Contest. The…

December 25, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army has prosecuted about 1,900 cases of desertion since 2001, despite tens of thousands of soldiers…

December 24, 2014

Local Briefs

Alternative Horizons has openings for a free and confidential 10-week women’s group exploring healthy relationships. Groups will start Jan. 20,…

December 24, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez is accepting applications for its three-week summer institute. Called “From Mesa Verde to…

December 24, 2014

Nation Briefs

HONOLULU – Call it a holiday gift from Pele. Lava from the mountain believed to be home to the Hawaiian…

World Brief

BEIRUT – The search for a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war is gaining steam, as President Bashar Assad’s…

Food

On the Side

Pumpkin Chocolate Spice Muffins are one of many baked goods Baker Streak offers.Courtesy of Baker Streak Baker Streak, a new…

Education

Education Briefs

Columbine Christian School announces that these students exemplified responsibility in December: Cedar Turner, Hudson Gray, Sean Geraghty, Jesse Powers, PJ…

Business

Business Briefs

Building Specialties announced its move to the Durango Tech Center, and the business also has changed its name to Lewis…

December 22, 2014

Local Briefs

The La Plata Quilters Guild drew the winning ticket for this year’s raffle quilt at its annual Christmas party. Clark…

December 22, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

MINNEAPOLIS – A group of wolf experts disputed Monday that gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are endangered or…

December 21, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Genetic counselors in Colorado Springs are now meeting with patients in Durango by two-way video conferencing. In a partnership with…

December 21, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

LANSING, Mich. – Christians and Satanists put up competing displays Sunday on the Michigan Capitol grounds as Christmas week got…

December 21, 2014

Nation Briefs

KanKemwa Green of Mankato, Minn., participates in a protest at the Mall of America on Saturday.AARON LAVINSKY/The Star Tribune BLOOMINGTON,…

December 20, 2014

Local Briefs

A group of Durango residents are working to help longtime Durango resident Eileen Reedy, who recently suffered a life-changing accident,…

December 20, 2014

World Briefs

PANAMA CITY – Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is nearly forgotten, languishing in a steamy jungle prison near the interoceanic…

December 20, 2014

Local Briefs

“Inklings,” a book club for children in second- and third-grade, will meet from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays beginning Jan.…

Religion

Religion Briefs

Mary Ocken will present “Sustaining the Gaze as Shadows Grow Long” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government isn’t fully prepared to handle a nuclear terrorist attack or a large-scale natural catastrophe, lacks…

Education

Education Briefs

Bates student Ellen Southworth of Durango, spent the fall 2014 semester studying abroad in France at the Paris College of…