Briefs

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The computer files of more than 40,000 federal workers may have been compromised by a cyberattack at federal…

World Briefs

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Islamic extremists killed 35 people and kidnapped at least 185 in an attack near the town where…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Executions and new death sentences dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group…

Local Briefs

The city of Durango Parking Division will remove the device for reading old cash keys from the Durango Transit Center…

Business

Business Briefs

The Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and First SouthWest Bank will sponsor a “Starting Your Business” workshop from 8…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration needed an exemption from new Obama administration rules restricting racial profiling by the government…

World Briefs

TOKYO — North Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate the CIA’s “brutal medieval” treatment of terrorism suspects…

Education

Education Briefs

Title VII Native American Education at Durango School District 9-R will host its Holiday Potluck Feast from 5:30 to 7:30…

Local Briefs

This is the holiday schedule for the city of Durango: City administrative offices will be closed Dec. 24-25, including offices…

Food

On the side

Don’t have time for a Christmas tamalada, the gathering of the clan to make 100s of tamales for the holiday…

Local Briefs

Allison Morrissey, newly elected La Plata County Treasurer, will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Dec.…

December 15, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Durango Barbershoppers will perform their annual Christmas concert on Tuesday. The show – “Need a Little Christmas?” – will take…

Nation & World Briefs

PENNSBURG, Pa. – A man suspected of going to three houses in the Philadelphia suburbs and fatally shooting six people,…

Health

Health Briefs

The practitioners at Pura Vida Healthcare will host a free afternoon of 20-minute sessions and classes from noon to 5…

Nation & World Briefs

The Department of Defense says two servicemen died from wounds suffered during an attack in Afghanistan. Officials said Sunday that…

Local Briefs

Ignacio Wrestling Association, a nonprofit organization started to promote Ignacio Wrestling and the surrounding communities, announces its merger with the…

World Briefs

MUBI, Nigeria – With a military escort instead of the usual pomp, the Emir of Mubi was reinstalled Friday in…

December 13, 2014

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – When CIA interrogators were torturing accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at a secret prison in Poland…

December 13, 2014

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Humane Society will host the 14 Dog Days of Christmas through Dec. 24. Usually a dog…

December 13, 2014

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…

December 12, 2014

Religion

Religion Briefs

The Durango Herald will print a schedule of Christmas and holiday services Dec. 20. Churches and organizations may submit information…

December 12, 2014