Briefs

Nation & World

World Briefs

BEIRUT – The U.S. is struggling to counter anger among the Syrian opposition, where many believe that the air campaign…

September 27, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

SUP Girls Durango will host its second annual “A Paddle and a Pint,” a stand up paddle boarding fundraiser for…

September 27, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – North Korea’s military is taking steps to field a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile that could threaten the United…

September 26, 2014

Religion

Religion Briefs

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive, will present a talk called “The Practice of Teshuvah” at…

September 26, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering is seeking entries for its motorless parade, which will be held Oct. 4. Entries will…

September 26, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The Regional Housing Alliance of La Plata County offers a free monthly Homebuyer Education Class. The class is an eight-hour…

September 25, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

Local photographer Paul Pennington’s work is included in the September/October issue of Orion Magazine. A photo of Pennington’s will be…

September 25, 2014

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Robinsons Game Farm, on County Road 235, will host the La Plata County Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation…

September 25, 2014

Sports

Sports Briefs

The future looks bright for the Bayfield High School boys basketball team. Bayfield Middle School sent a team of seventh…

September 25, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The parents of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two black men who died in encounters with white police…

September 24, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

UNITED NATIONS – Iran’s president warned world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that the goal of extremists…

September 24, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Onward! A Legacy Foundation is a community foundation dedicated to the philanthropic health of Southwest Colorado and is launching its…

September 24, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Brief

NEW ORLEANS – BP wants its money back – hundreds of millions of dollars of it – but a federal…

September 23, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

BAGHDAD – The Islamic State group Tuesday paraded captured Iraqi troops through the streets of a militant stronghold west of…

September 23, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials Tuesday laid out worst-case and best-case scenarios for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa,…

September 23, 2014

Business

Business Briefs

Zebulon L. Smith, a certified public accountant, has joined FredrickZink & Associates, PC – an accounting, tax and business-consulting firm…

September 22, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The city of Durango contracting with Four Corners Materials will begin Phase II of the Dominguez Drive/Walmart paving project today.…

September 22, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

In honor of Wilderness Week, San Juan Mountains Association in partnership with the Tres Rios Field Office of the Bureau…

September 22, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Maria’s Bookshop, 960 Main Ave., will be celebrating 30 years of independent book-selling all week with deals, specials and a…

September 21, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammunition, a machete and two hatchets in the car of the…

September 21, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

San Juan Basin Health Department announces a two-year grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to provide Project SPARK (sports, play…

September 21, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

In honor of Wilderness Celebration Week, San Juan Mountains Association in partnership with the Tres Rios Bureau of Land Management…

September 21, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly three-dozen structures were destroyed in a massive Northern California wildfire that continues to spread more than…

September 20, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Teams assess damage as massive wildfire burns POLLOCK PINES, Calif. – Assessment teams hoped to get an idea Saturday of…

September 20, 2014