Briefs

Local Briefs

The Four Corners Back Country Horsemen will meet at 7 p.m. Jan. 9 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500…

January 1, 2014

Local Briefs

Durango Public Library will host an encore screening and discussion of “Durango and Abu Dhabi: A Cross-cultural Exchange” from 6…

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Catholic organizations made a last-minute effort Tuesday to get the Supreme Court to block portions of President Barack…

Business

Business Briefs

The monthly BID Coffee & Conversation, hosted by the Durango Business Improvement District, will be held from 8:30 to 9:30…

Education

Education Briefs

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is offering a workshop called “Mesa Verde National Park: Convergences and Crossroads in the American Southwest”…

World Briefs

JUBA, South Sudan – Uganda’s president on Monday warned South Sudan’s rebel leader against rejecting the government’s offer of a…

December 30, 2013

Nation Briefs

OAKLAND, Calif. – A California judge on Monday ordered a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead to be kept…

December 30, 2013

Local Briefs

The Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol will increase DUI enforcement through Thursday. The Heat Is On…

December 30, 2013

Nation Briefs

PHOENIX – The Secret Service says a man suspected in bank robberies in Mississippi and Phoenix over the last week…

December 29, 2013

World Briefs

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Authorities in El Salvador evacuated an area around the Chaparrastique volcano after the peak shot…

December 29, 2013

Health

Health Briefs

Heart Safe La Plata will offer these classes at the Durango Fire & Rescue Authority training room, 142 Sheppard Drive:…

December 29, 2013

Military Brief

Meyerdu1-i-syn Chief Master Sergeant William C. Meyer will retire from the United States Air Force after serving more than 30…

December 28, 2013

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

San Juan Mountains Association will host a Winter Discovery Walk in La Plata Canyon from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday.…

December 26, 2013

Nation/World Briefs

HONOLULU – President Barack Obama has signed a bipartisan budget bill easing automatic spending cuts over two years, marking a…

December 26, 2013

World/Nation Briefs

CAIRO – Egypt’s military-backed interim government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization Wednesday, intensifying its campaign of arrests and…

December 25, 2013

Local Briefs

The 2014 Safe Food Handler training classes will take place from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 17, March 13, May…

December 25, 2013

Regional News

Region Briefs

DENVER – Coloradans who need health-care coverage starting on New Year’s Day now have even more time to sign up.…

December 24, 2013

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Mailing a letter is about to get a little more expensive. Regulators on Tuesday approved a temporary price…

December 24, 2013

Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit-card information, and experts say incidents like the…

December 22, 2013

World Briefs

BEIJING – Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world’s biggest phone…

December 22, 2013

Health

Health Briefs

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and women are encouraged to talk with their health-care providers about scheduling a pap…

December 22, 2013

Business

Business Briefs

Alexanderdu1-i-syn Southern Ute Community Action Programs Inc. in Ignacio announces that its Youth Services Division has restructured staffing to better…

December 21, 2013