Briefs

World Briefs

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran rejected naming a new diplomat Saturday to represent it at the United Nations, with one lawmaker…

April 12, 2014

Nation Briefs

Computer outage demands spacewalk at station CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has ordered spacewalking repairs for a serious computer outage…

April 12, 2014

Religion

Religion Briefs

Local churches will hold special services for Holy Week, which begins with Palm Sunday. A second schedule with special services…

April 11, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama praised outgoing Health and Human Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for helping to steer his health-care law’s…

April 11, 2014

Education

Education Briefs

Trujillodu1-i-syn The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi announces that Amanda Champany of Durango was recently initiated into Phi Kappa…

April 11, 2014

Local News

Local briefs

Tony Cerato, chairman of the Rotary District 5470 Annual and Permanent Fund Committee, will speak about Rotary fundraising at the…

April 11, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

SEATTLE – After a year of requests, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it is giving Washington state access to…

April 10, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs

Durango Friends of the Arts seeks artists for the 3rd Annual Artists Market to be held June 21 at Santa…

April 10, 2014

Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

EXPORT, Pa. –Police have identified and charged a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing and slashing 21 fellow students and a…

April 9, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College presents “The Brain – A User’s Guide to Life-Long Dynamics of…

April 9, 2014

Good Earth

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