Briefs

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 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 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…

Nation & World Briefs

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

Health

Health Briefs

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

Local Briefs

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

Nation & World Briefs

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

Nation Briefs

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

World Briefs

MINSK, Belarus – Sporadic artillery fire hit parts of eastern Ukraine on Saturday, hours after negotiators agreed to create a…

Regional News

Region Briefs

ARVADA – The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is moving its forensic lab to a bigger building to accommodate a rising…

Local Briefs

The second annual Peace & Unity Festival will take place from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. today at Buckley Park.…

Religion

Religion Briefs

Bonnie Miller will give a talk called “Contemplating Afterlife” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalists Fellowship, 419 San…

September 19, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Army’s top officer warned Friday that it will become increasingly difficult to target and launch precision airstrikes…

September 19, 2014

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Home Depot said that 56 million debit and credit cards are estimated to have been breached in…

September 18, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

The local artistic community is invited to meet Cristie Scott, the new executive director of the Durango Arts Center, at…

September 18, 2014

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

The latest rock climbing guide to the Durango area has been released. The fifth edition of Durango Sandstone â€“ The…

September 18, 2014

World Briefs

BEIRUT – Islamic State militiamen backed by tanks defiantly advanced Thursday in Syria, capturing more than 20 Kurdish villages as…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled House voted grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels Wednesday as…

Local Briefs

The town of Dolores has contracted with D & L Construction to build sidewalk, curb and gutter along Railroad Avenue…

Good Earth

Earth Brief

Durango Nature Studies will host a Natural History Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Durango Nature Center.…