Briefs

Local Briefs

The Durango Elks Lodge will host a Trustees’ Open House & Dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its newly renovated…

Nation & World Briefs

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the nation’s leading chiropractic college on Friday to make accommodations to…

Religion

Religion Briefs

The First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will start a new sermon series called “The Making of a Superhero”…

Education

Education Briefs

Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, named these local students to the 2014 spring semester honor roll: Brady Mott of…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., who cut to the core of the 1973 Watergate hearings when he…

World Brief

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired three short-range projectiles Thursday into the waters off its east coast in a…

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Feat of Clay Gallery in Atzec will host a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday to mark the opening…

Local Briefs

Thirty-four Bike & Build riders will arrive in Durango on July 4 to help Habitat for Humanity at the construction…

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

The Dolores Rotary Club will hold the 16th annual Escalante Days Mountain Bike Race, starting at 9:50 a.m. Aug. 9…

Nation & World Briefs

NEW YORK – U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, the face of Harlem politics for generations, held off a strong Democratic primary…

June 25, 2014

Local Briefs

The city of Durango Parks and Recreation Department will spray these areas through Wednesday: Oxbow Park and Preserve. Ditches around…

June 25, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The San Juan National Forest Columbine Ranger District is offering a second comment period on a Draft Environmental Assessment for…

June 25, 2014

Nation Briefs

PORTLAND, Ore. – A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government violated the rights of 13 people on its…

June 24, 2014

World Briefs

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – A group has taken steps to become the first officially recognized marijuana-growing club in Uruguay, where lawmakers…

June 24, 2014

Education

Education Brief

Applications are available for The Lew Goodhart Memorial Scholarship through the Western Colorado Community Foundation. This scholarship is awarded to…

June 24, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

MarchFourth Marching Band, a Portland, Oregon, ensemble that crowds the stage with musicians, a host of instruments and performers like…

June 23, 2014

Local Briefs

The Herbicide Carryover Working Group will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Pine Room of the La Plata County…

June 22, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

NEW YORK – The secret U.S. government memo outlining the justification for the use of drones to kill American terror…

June 22, 2014

Health

Health Brief

Gentle yoga class with Jennifer Kiel, certified yoga instructor, will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays…

June 22, 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…

Nation & World Briefs

SEATTLE – Friends on Sunday mourned a well-known outdoors writer and photographer who had been missing for three days in…

Business

U.S. homebuilding declined 6.5 percent in May

Workers continue construction on a housing plan in Zelienople, Pa. Housing starts are up 9.4 percent over the past 12…

Local Briefs

Navajo State Park, 1526 County Road 982 in Arboles, will host these archaeology programs: Participants will learn about rock art…