Briefs

Local Briefs

City of Durango crews will begin work with Durango Electric and La Plata Electric Association to replace power lines in…

April 1, 2014

Sports

Sports Briefs

The Durango running community has one more chance to celebrate former Durango High School coach Ron Keller on the heels…

April 1, 2014

Education

Education Briefs

Students participating in Crow Canyon’s Middle School Archaeology Camp, High School Archaeology Camp and High School Field School excavate alongside…

April 1, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – A Senate investigation concludes waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods provided no key evidence in the hunt for…

March 30, 2014

Health

Health Briefs

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

March 30, 2014

World Briefs

KABUL, Afghanistan – In a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Hamid Karzai accused Pakistan of being…

March 30, 2014

Local Briefs

The Colorado Department of Transportation will host a series of telephone town hall meetings providing the public with an opportunity…

Regional News

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Secret Service says a man has been arrested after he climbed over a fence at the White…

Education

Education Briefs

Garciadu1-i-syn Gabriela Garcia, a senior at Ignacio High School, applied for the Prudential Spirit of Community Scholarship, and while she…

Nation Briefs

Walker, Christie court donors at Vegas gathering LAS VEGAS – Two of the nation’s highest-profile Republican governors on Saturday called…

World Briefs

CAIRO – A court in Egypt’s second-largest city sentenced two supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to death on Saturday…

Local Briefs

Three finalists have been selected for an original three-dimensional sculpture to be installed in the traffic island as part of…

Local Briefs

The Southern Ute Cultural Center & Museum will be open weekdays only from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to…

March 28, 2014

Nation/World Briefs

ARLINGTON, Wash. – A mountainside community waited in anguish Friday to learn the full scope of the Washington state mudslide…

March 28, 2014

Religion

Religion Briefs

Financial Peace University, a new class at First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will take place Wednesdays from April…

March 28, 2014

Local Briefs

A property tax exemption may be available for tax year 2014 for qualifying senior citizens, the surviving spouses of seniors…

Nation Briefs

AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Texas’ tough abortion restrictions that have forced the closure of…

World Briefs

GENEVA – A U.N. panel has found serious shortcomings in the United States’ civil-rights record, with experts citing Thursday a…

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for March 28

Merely Players has launched a “Pave the Yellow Brick Road” campaign to assist in the theatrical troupe’s continued ability to…

World/Nation Briefs

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles Wednesday, South Korea and the U.S. said, a defiant…

March 26, 2014

Local Briefs

Durango Bird Club will meet at 7 p.m. Friday at the Department of Wildlife Museum at the Durango Fish Hatchery,…

March 26, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Brief

Roulsondu1-i-syn Great Old Broads for Wilderness, a nonprofit advocacy group, has hired M’Lissa Roulson as its communications director. With more…

March 26, 2014