Briefs

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

NEW YORK – Authorities say one person has died and another has been injured in a three-alarm high-rise apartment fire…

January 4, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Motor Vehicle Division in both Durango and Bayfield as well as the Bayfield Clerk and Recorder’s…

January 4, 2014

Business

Business Briefs

The Durango Business Improvement District has relocated its office to 850½ Main Ave., Suite 2, upstairs from Beads & Beyond.…

January 4, 2014

Local News

Military Brief

Logandu1-i-syn Logan also received the honor of “Distinguished Graduate,” which is determined by totaling combined academic, instructional performance and operational…

January 4, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

As marijuana becomes available for recreational use throughout Colorado, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol remind…

January 4, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Plane makes emergency landing on NYC highway NEW YORK – A small plane made an emergency landing Saturday on an…

January 4, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in…

January 4, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World

SALEM, Ore. – A new study has found that previously uninsured people enrolled recently in Medicaid went to the emergency…

January 2, 2014

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Jan. 3

The San Juan Square Dance Club of Durango will open square-dance classes to newcomers for three weeks, beginning tonight. Introductory…

January 2, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

HARTFORD, Conn. – Residents and emergency management officials in New England and parts of New York prepared on Wednesday for…

January 1, 2014

Local News

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 News

Local Briefs

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

December 31, 2013

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

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

December 31, 2013

Business

Business Briefs

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

December 31, 2013

Education

Education Briefs

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

December 31, 2013

Nation & World

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 & World

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 News

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 & World

Nation Briefs

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

December 29, 2013

Nation & World

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

Local News

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

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