Briefs

Nation & World Briefs

HIDALGO, Texas – The first wave of National Guard troops has taken up observation posts along the Texas-Mexico border. Texas…

Nation & World Briefs

SAN FRANCISCO –Sheriff’s officials in the San Francisco Bay Area defended their decision to release details about how actor Robin…

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – The Capitol dome’s $17 million renovation is nearly complete. On Wednesday morning, gilders rappelled down the dome to…

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Telluride will host the annual Water 101 Seminar from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Telluride Town…

Regional News

Regional Briefs

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly has signed an executive order aimed at improving 911 service and…

Local Briefs

Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., is offering Kindle Paperwhites for checkout. These pre-loaded devices allow patrons to read the…

Nation Brief

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of thousands of people who signed up under the new health-care law risk losing their taxpayer-subsidized insurance…

Local Briefs

A Puppy Play Party and Dog Happy Hour will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the play…

World Briefs

CANBERRA, Australia – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching…

Business

Business Briefs

Peak physical therapy announces, Stephanie Roberts has successfully completed a doctorate in physical therapy from Regis University in Denver. She…

Food

On the side

Really want to know how to can the summer’s bounty for winter’s dark days? Wendy Rice and the Colorado State…

Education

Education Briefs

All ninth-grade Animas High School students will have student orientation from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Monday , from 8:15…

Local Briefs

The city of Durango has partnered with Peak Democracy to launch Virtual City Hall, an online platform designed to engage…

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

DENVER – A 19-year-old suburban Denver woman accused of trying to help a foreign terrorist organization plans to plead guilty…

Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

The True West Railfest is bringing a free screening of the 1957 film “Night Passage” to the Animas City Theatre,…

Nation & World Briefs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Three missionaries who worked with patients infected with the Ebola virus in Liberia are back in the…

Health

Health Briefs

The Upper Pine River Fire Protection District will offer CPR and first aid classes at the Pine River Library, 395…

Nation & World Briefs

BAGHDAD – Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in a surprise speech late Sunday, resisted calls for his resignation and…

Local Briefs

The Ignacio FFA Booster Club will host the “Taste of the Four Corners” fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday…

Nation & World Briefs

Judge denies GM motion to dismiss ignition lawsuit NEW YORK – A Georgia judge has denied a motion by General…

Local Briefs

Steve Ruddell of CarbonVerde, LLC will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater…

Sports

Sports Briefs

Jeff Clark was crowned a two-time champion at the Durango Community Tennis Association Summer Open. Clark beat Paul Edwards 6-1,…

August 8, 2014