Briefs

Earth Brief

The Pagosa Ranger District plans to conduct spring prescribed burning operations in the Turkey Springs area of the San Juan…

April 9, 2014

Business

Business Briefs

The Durango Chamber of Commerce and Wells Fargo Bank will offer a financial series from 8 to 10 a.m. May…

April 8, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says the number of launch-ready Air Force land-based nuclear missiles will shrink to 400 –…

April 8, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

FEMA has awarded $8,900 to La Plata County and $3,000 to the San Juan National Forest to supplement existing emergency…

April 8, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

UNITED NATIONS – The Palestinian U.N. envoy urged the world Tuesday to boycott products from “illegal” Israeli settlements as part…

April 8, 2014

Sports

Sports Briefs

The 19th annual Kirk & Colt Ross Memorial Basketball Tournament will take place Thursday through Saturday in Pagosa Springs. There…

April 8, 2014

Education

Education Briefs

The Heat Is On, an anti-impaired driving campaign led by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and local…

April 8, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee says investigators have uncovered evidence that a former Internal…

April 6, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The Kiwanis Club of Durango will meet at noon Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2800 Main Ave. The…

April 6, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Jeb Bush says all the speculation about whether he’ll run for president in 2016 is actually getting him…

April 6, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

Mercy Regional Medical Center invites the public to join fellowship-trained spine surgeon Douglas Orndorff for “Neck Pain Explained: Causes, Treatments,…

April 6, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Durango Education Center invites children, ages prekindergarten to fifth-grade, to take part in the fifth annual “Around the World Children’s…

April 5, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

Bandu1-i-syn LUXOR, Egypt – A bloody feud in southern Egypt between an Arab clan and a Nubian family killed at…

April 5, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

State lawmakers OK bill to void local gun rules TOPEKA, Kan. – Kansas legislators gave final approval Saturday to a…

April 5, 2014

Regional News

Colorado Briefs

GRAND JUNCTION – Investigators say the pilot of a small, single-engine airplane that crashed into a reservoir near Ridgway, killing…

April 5, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Manna Soup Kitchen is seeking volunteers for this year’s Taste of Durango, which takes place May 18. To volunteer, email…

April 5, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The Beehive Design Collective, a graphic campaign about grassroots resistance to corporate globalization. will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in…

April 4, 2014

Nation & World

World/Nation Briefs

NEW DELHI – An Indian court on Friday sentenced to death three men who raped a photojournalist inside an abandoned…

April 4, 2014

Religion

Religion Briefs

Pesach 2014/5774 will be held at Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203. A gathering with hors d’oeuvres will take…

April 4, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Salute to Veterans, a new nonprofit organization serving veterans, active military and their families, is looking for volunteers to join…

April 3, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to release parts of a hotly contested, secret report that harshly criticizes…

April 3, 2014

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Silverton Mountain will host these events: Silverton Sister’s Meeting in the Mountains will take place today through Sunday. Susie Floros,…

April 3, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Ed Bolster will teach a beginning drawing class from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays from April 15 to May 13…

April 3, 2014

Nation & World

World Brief

LONDON – European pollution and dust swirling in from the Sahara created a “perfect storm” of smog in Britain on…

April 2, 2014