Briefs

World Briefs

VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency on Thursday turned down an offer by Iran to visit a site, saying access…

Nation Brief

WASHINGTON – In a victory for unions, the National Labor Relations Board ruled Thursday that employees can use their company…

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

The Stillwater Foundation’s fourth annual Winter Wonder Bands fundraising concert will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday at…

Local briefs

McDonald’s will host “Breakfast with Santa” from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at McDonald’s, 201 West College Drive. Santa will…

Outdoors

Outdoors Brief

Seniors Outdoors will host these activities: John Martin will lead a snowshoeing group in the mountains Saturday. An avalanche beacon…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The chairman of a special House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, strongly defended his…

December 10, 2014

Local Briefs

The Old Fort Farm Stand will be on the Fort Lewis College campus from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday. The…

December 10, 2014

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry asked Congress on Tuesday for new war powers to provide the legal grounding…

World Brief

MOSCOW – Russia’s richest man said he bought James D. Watson’s Nobel Prize medal at Christie’s in order to return…

Business

Business Briefs

Walston 6th St. Hair Salon & Day Spa, 115 W. College Drive, welcomes new cosmetologist Riley Ham. Ham has been…

Local Briefs

Friends of the Durango Public Library is offering Christmas gift books, as well as the Book Lover’s Calendar for 2015.…

Food

On the side

Saturday is your last chance to buy fresh, local vegetables until the Durango Farmers Market reopens in May. So if…

Education

Education Briefs

Animas High School will host these events: Hannah Starbuck’s discrete math and precalculus students will share their research about mathematicians…

Nation & World Briefs

KABUL, Afghanistan – American and NATO troops closed their operational command in Afghanistan on Monday, lowering flags in a ceremony…

December 8, 2014

Local Briefs

The Colorado Department of Transportation is teaming with the Colorado State Patrol and law-enforcement agencies across the state to encourage…

December 8, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

The work of Durango photographer Joaquin Salazar is featured in a new online exhibit “Visions of the Bosque.” The exhibit…

December 7, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Caleb Gates, licensed acupuncturist, will give a presentation called “Resolving Allergies, Food Sensitivities and Sinusitis Using Advanced Allergy Therapeutics.” This…

December 7, 2014

Local Briefs

The Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., will host a Tech-Petting Zoo from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and…

December 7, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Veterans who survived the Pearl Harbor attack that launched the United States into World War II…

Nation Briefs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An SUV involved in the death of a Missouri teenager outside a Somali community center had…

World Briefs

HONG KONG – A prominent teenage leader of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests ended his hunger strike Saturday after 4½ days…

Local Briefs

The residents and staff of Sunshine Gardens 32nd Street Assisted Living invite the community to their second annual Holiday Open…