Briefs

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement…

January 27, 2014

World Briefs

GENEVA – The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Monday in Syrian…

January 27, 2014

Local Briefs

People should be aware of crews and equipment with police escorts setting up barricades in lanes of traffic on Main…

January 26, 2014

Local Briefs

Lu Nettleton of the Colorado Plateau Growers Association will present a workshop about the local production of marijuana at 12:30…

Regional News

Nation/World Briefs

TOLEDO, Ohio – Two firefighters battling a blaze Sunday at an apartment complex near downtown Toledo have been killed. Toledo…

Health

Health Briefs

Heart Safe La Plata will host these classes at the Durango Fire Protection District training room, 142 Sheppard Drive: An…

Business

Business Briefs

Scholfielddu1-i-syn The Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center announces its new location in the Commons Building, 701 Camino del Rio, Suite…

Local Briefs

The Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del Rio, will host these programs: Trivia takes place at 6 p.m. every Thursday.…

Nation Briefs

281 passengers ill aboard Royal Caribbean ship SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Warning that a “major loss of life” could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains…

World Briefs

KOLKATA, India – A 20-year-old Indian woman said she was gang-raped on the orders of a village council because she…

Local Briefs

Barbara Tobin Klema will teach the scientific method of plant identification in an eight-week course from 8 to 11 a.m.…

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Jan. 24

Area artists are invited to submit works for the Lost Dog Bar & Lounge annual Snowdown Art Show. The show…

Nation Briefs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A second chemical was released during a spill that contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians,…

January 22, 2014

World Briefs

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday to call early elections…

January 22, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

The Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency (4CORE) is partnering with the city of Durango on residential and commercial energy…

January 22, 2014

Nation/World Briefs

OMAHA, Neb. – An explosion Monday morning that brought down part of an animal feed processing plant in Omaha left…

January 20, 2014

Local Briefs

The Ignacio post office, 1001 Williams St., is available to process passports. For more information or to make an appointment,…

January 20, 2014

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The commander of the nuclear missile force in Montana where 34 launch control officers are implicated in an…

January 17, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Jan. 17

The Durango Arts Center will offer its inaugural Artist-in-Residency Program for contemporary and performing art with two one-week residencies offered…

January 16, 2014

Local Briefs

A new contractor will take over the operation of a VA medical clinic in Durango, Valor Healthcare Inc. will manage…

January 15, 2014