German officials say they are investigating why automatic safety controls appeared to not work Tuesday when two fast-moving trains collided near Bad Aibling, Germany.Josef Reissner/dpa WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on…
A Community Cares 5K in support of local Durango resident Kristen Dugan, who is battling cancer, will take place this Saturday. Race day registration is from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m.…
The Business Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday followed by the Academic & Student Affairs Committee at 3 p.m.…
Cricket Wireless has opened a retail store in Durango at 1145 Camino del Rio. A grand opening celebration was held Saturday. Cricket Wireless provides a nationwide 4G LTE service. For…
The Animas Valley Grange will host a wide variety of monthly talks from February through October, beginning with “Backyard Chickens” by Julie Ott on Feb. 17. These free talks will…
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will ask Congress for $1.8 billion to respond to the Zika virus abroad and prepare for it at home, the administration said Monday. We must…
WHEATON, Ill. – Wheaton College political science professor Larycia Hawkins has decided to part ways with the college just five days before a faculty hearing was scheduled to help decide…
Host guest conductor Daryl Johnson III will work with students on their own compositions and performances of his music on Tuesday Escalante Middle School, 141 Baker Lane,. He will be…
CHICAGO – Authorities on Saturday released the names of six family members found dead this week in their southwest side home – the victims of what Chicago police believe was…
AMSTERDAM – European Union nations anxious to stem the flow of asylum-seekers coming through the Balkans are increasingly considering sending more help to nonmember Macedonia as a better way to…
Herbalist Marija Helt will be hosting a class on reducing reactivity to coming spring allergens from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The class provides information about what precipitates an allergic…
The Garden Club of Durango will meet at 1 p.m. Wednesday. Fort Lewis College professor Andrew Gulliford will present a program about petroglyphs, pictograms, culturally modified ponderosa and aspen trees…
Assange SAN FRANCISCO – A 2005 spate of quakes in California’s Central Valley almost certainly was triggered by oilfield injection underground, a study published Thursday said in the first such…
In a ceremony on Dec, 19, 2015, more than 200 Fort Lewis College graduates and their families packed Whalen Gymnasium for Winter Commencement. The speaker chosen to offer the commencement…
Durango Film will hold its 2016 Volunteer Appreciation Party at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Ska World Headquarters, 225 Girard St. Durango Learns offers three classes Durango Learns is offering these…
WASHINGTON – Two Republican congressmen who are military veterans have introduced a bill requiring women to register for the draft. Reps. Duncan Hunter of California and Ryan Zinke of Montana…
The San Juan Sledders snowmobile group will meet from 6 to 9 p.m., Thursday, in the Exhibit Hall in the Lightner Room at the La Plata County Fair Grounds, 2500…
A free seminar about divorce and custody in Colorado will be presented by a volunteer attorney from Southwest Bar Volunteer Legal Aid at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Durango Public…
NORRISTOWN, Pa. – A judge refused to throw out the sexual assault case against Bill Cosby on Wednesday, sweeping aside claims that a previous district attorney had granted the comedian…
The Durango Community After Prom Association is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing a fun and safe all-night event for Durango High School juniors and seniors to enjoy following the…
WASHINGTON – They say crime doesn’t pay, but that might not be entirely true in the District of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat…
The public is invited to meet Shelby Tisdale, the new director of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the center.…
WASHINGTON – The last thing Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian remembers before last May’s fatal crash in Philadelphia is pushing the throttle forward to pick up speed and then braking when…
Gathering of Southern Colorado Beekeepers will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard St. Among other things, discussion will include what to bring for the Bee…
A Utilities Commission Meeting will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday. Durango Film to hold appreciation party The Durango Film’s 2016 volunteer appreciation party will take place at…
GENEVA – A triple bombing killed at least 50 people in a predominantly Shiite suburb south of the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday even as a U.N. mediator held…
TOKYO – The government and ruling parties welcomed the Bank of Japan’s decision to adopt a negative interest rate policy, expecting it to bolster the Abenomics economic policy package of…
La Plata Quilters Guild will meet for a presentation by award-winning quilter Barb Morgan on “30 Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Quilting” at 6 p.m. Feb. 11 at First United…
The Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the upstairs meeting room of the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. The guest…
British Prime Minister David Cameron, left, with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, said “we are making progress” in negotiating reforms his government is seeking before asking voters to approve remaining…
