Briefs

Local Briefs

The Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners (State Land Board) will meet Thursday and Friday at Durango DoubleTree Hotel, 501…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday described a surge in unaccompanied immigrant children caught trying to cross the Mexican…

Local Briefs

Fort Lewis Mesa Branch Library, 11274 Colorado Highway 140 in Hesperus, will host a summer reading program from June 11…

Health

Health Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center will host an informational class for people diagnosed with prediabetes from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday…

Nation & World Briefs

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As President Barack Obama prepares to announce tougher new air-quality standards, lawmakers in several states already…

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

COLLBRAN – Gov. John Hickenlooper has toured the mudslide in Mesa County near Collbran where three men are still missing.…

Local Briefs

Donations of air miles are sought for Carol who works at South City Market, who has a 3-year-old grandson in…

Nation & World Briefs

Mickelson cooperating in insider-trading probe DUBLIN, Ohio – Hall of Fame golfer Phil Mickelson said he is cooperating in an…

Sports

Sports Briefs

One of the top collegiate volleyball coaches in the country is coming to Bayfield. Tom Hilbert, the head coach at…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – White House press secretary Jay Carney became the news instead of just delivering it Friday, when President Barack…

Local Briefs

True Life Coaching will start a new bimonthly group for the summer, guiding people dealing with change. A free meeting…

Religion

Religion Briefs

Registration is open for a six-week beginning meditation class with Katherine Barr, an experienced meditation practitioner, teacher and community Dharma…

Education

Education Briefs

Katrina H. Ferguson of Bayfield has been named to the 2014 spring semester dean’s list at Colorado State University-Pueblo. The…

World Briefs

BANGKOK – More than 1,000 Thai troops and police sealed one of Bangkok’s busiest intersections Thursday to prevent a planned…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier meal…

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

The First Thursdays Art Walk will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday around downtown Durango. The walk celebrates…

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Mountain Bike Specialists will participate in the third annual Specialized Women’s Ride, the national event encouraging women to ride a…

Nation Briefs

NEW ORLEANS – BP PLC must resume paying claims while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review its settlement…

May 28, 2014

World Briefs

CAIRO – Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from the embarrassment of low voter turnout that has…

May 28, 2014