Briefs

Local Briefs

Ringing in Christmas Through the Years will take place at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at St. Columba Church, 1800 East…

November 23, 2013

Business Briefs

The Four Corners Film Office announces Lisa Schwantes as the organizationâ€™s new coordinator. Schwantes will assist the office in its…

November 23, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Boeing advises about engine icing problems WASHINGTON – Boeing is alerting airlines about possible engine icing problems on some of…

November 23, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

The Durango School District 9-R Board of Education is accepting applications from people living in Director District A and District…

November 23, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Sunni religious leaders said Saturday they closed the sect’s mosques in Baghdad indefinitely to protest attacks targeting…

November 23, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

The public is invited to a Solarize La Plata open house from noon to 2 p.m. today at 333 E.…

November 22, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

MINNEAPOLIS – A family spokesman says two of the children rescued from a pond after a car veered off a…

November 22, 2013

Religion

Religion Briefs

First United Methodist Church of Durango, 2917 Aspen Drive, will host its 40th annual Holiday Bazaar from 8 a.m. to…

November 22, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

GENEVA – Secretary of State John Kerry and foreign ministers of other major powers lent their weight to the Iran…

November 22, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are “outdated,” and it’s time to change them, federal regulators…

November 21, 2013

Outdoors

Outdoors Briefs

Durango Nature Studies will host a full-moon hike under the Hunter’s Moon from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m. Sunday at Falls…

November 21, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

TRIPOLI, Libya – Militias from a string of Libyan cities left the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, nearly a week after…

November 21, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

The Colorado Department of Transportation has a single lane closed on U.S. Highway 550 on Bondad Hill that will remain…

November 21, 2013

Arts and Entertainment

Arts Briefs for Nov. 22

San Juan Symphony will usher in the holiday season with selections from Handel’s “Messiah” at concerts this weekend in Farmington…

November 21, 2013

Good Earth

Earth Brief

The Colorado State University Extension Office in La Plata County is accepting applications for the 2014 Colorado Master Gardener Program…

November 20, 2013

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the U.S. and Afghanistan have agreed on the language of…

November 20, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

The Mount Allison Go-Getters 4-H Club is serving a Thanksgiving Dinner for senior citizens from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday…

November 20, 2013

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

SANFORD, Fla. – George Zimmerman’s girlfriend said he tried to choke her about a week ago during an altercation that…

November 19, 2013

Business

Business Briefs

Carolyn Striker has joined Mumbling Marmot Tutoring as a tutor serving Durango and Bayfield specializing in cognitive skills, study skills,…

November 19, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

The Civil Air Patrol Senior Squadron will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Mancos, 150…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

ROME – The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest…

November 19, 2013

Education

Education Briefs

Joseph Bruchac – writer of poetry, short stories, novels, anthologies and music that reflect his Abenaki Native American heritage and…

November 19, 2013

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON, Ill. – When a cluster of violent thunderstorms began marching across the Midwest, forecasters were able to draw a…

November 18, 2013

Local News

Local Briefs

The Colorado Department of Transportation has a single lane closed on U.S. Highway 550 on Bondad Hill that will continue…

November 18, 2013