Briefs

Local Briefs

The Durango Lions Club will meet at noon Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. The speaker will…

May 27, 2014

World Briefs

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s military chiefs and the president are apparently split over how to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted…

May 27, 2014

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Senior White House officials say President Barack Obama asked his Homeland Security chief to hold off on completing…

May 27, 2014

Business

Business Briefs

Pilates Durango, a new fully equipped Pilates Studio located at 801 Florida Road, Suite 6, announces its opening. Pilates Durango…

May 26, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Officials said rain forecast this week in Alaska may help crews gain control over a massive wind-whipped…

May 26, 2014

Local Briefs

Regular tours of the Library Demonstration Garden, located between the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., and the Animas…

May 26, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

San Juan Basin Health Department reminds residents as summer approaches, so does the risk of contracting certain animal-borne diseases, such…

May 25, 2014

Local Briefs

The summer reading program “Fizz, Boom, Read!” will start at 10 a.m. June 2 for children from newborns to 18-year-olds…

May 25, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Officials say a massive wildfire burning in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage has grown in windy…

Business

50 units, rent controlled

Affordable apartments to be built in north Durango, open in 2015

Regional News

Region Briefs

DENVER – Six Frontier Airlines aircraft that were damaged by hail at Denver International Airport are back in service. The…

Nation Briefs

President Obama to argue for avoiding overreach WASHINGTON – Confronting critics of his foreign policy, President Barack Obama soon will…

World Briefs

Shiite pilgrims beat themselves as a sign of grief Saturday outside the holy Shiite shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, in…

Local Briefs

The Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will conduct a public meeting at 8:30 a.m. Friday in the Vallecito…

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated up-and-coming Democrat Julian Castro as the nation’s housing secretary. The move is part…

Local Briefs

“Heart of Collecting: 50 Years of Collecting Southwestern Native American Art” is the theme of Judith K. Lavender’s presentation at…

Education

Education Briefs

Veniece Fagerlin, of Hesperus, published undergraduate research in the Spring 2014 edition of Metamorphosis. Fagerlin’s research, titled “High Intensity Interval…

Religion

Religion Briefs

Calvary Presbyterian Church, 89 E. Mill St. in Bayfield, will offer “Weird Animals Vacation Bible School” from 8:30 to 11:45…

Local Briefs

The Herbicide Carryover Working Group will host a follow-up meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Animas Room…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American phone records,…

World Briefs

SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korean warships exchanged artillery fire Thursday in disputed waters off the western coast,…

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Seniors Outdoors will host these events: On Friday a group will hike the switchbacks up the Goulding Creek Trail, follow…

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

The Durango Arts Center announces its new MicroGrants program, a funding program to support artists in La Plata, Archuleta, Montezuma,…