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PUEBLO WEST – About 30,000 residents of Pueblo West are debating whether to form their own town or change its name, with many of them upset over being associated with…
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Nation & World
Nation Briefs
FORT WORTH, Texas – Weeks before “affluenza” teen fugitive Ethan Couch was arrested in Mexico with a cheap disguise of dyed hair and beard, his mother had pulled $30,000 from…
Local News
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The Thrive! Living Wage Coalition will meet Monday on the third floor of the Commons Building, 701 Camino del Rio. Meetings are open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Updates…
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Ute Eckstein, an independent distributor for Thirty-One, will hold a benefit sale for Melanie Mazur, who has stage 1 breast cancer. Mazur is the editor of the Pine River Times.…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
NEW YORK – Fliers who don’t have the latest driver’s licenses will have a two-year reprieve before their IDs are rejected at airport security checkpoints. Many travelers had been worried…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
FAIRFAX, Va. – President Barack Obama tore into the National Rifle Association on Thursday as he sought support for his actions on gun control, accusing the powerful lobby group of…
Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
A Starry Night Snowshoe Tour will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Andrews Lake. San Juan Mountains Association will present this free event in partnership with the…
Arts and Entertainment
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The Snowdown Fashion Do’s & Don’ts announces that ticket sales will begin at 6 a.m. Jan. 16 at Magpie’s Newsstand, 707 Main Ave. The line forms early and this event…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
WASHINGTON – The GOP-led Congress sent legislation to President Barack Obama Wednesday repealing his signature health law, fulfilling a promise to Republican voters in a presidential election year but inviting…
Health
Health Brief
An introduction to mindfulness meditation and to practices for coping more effectively with stress, illness and pain will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 19 on the first…
Local News
Local Briefs
“Colorado Experience,” a weekly program broadcast on Rocky Mountain PBS, will screen “Ladies of the Mines” Tuesday in the Vallecito Room in the Student Union at Fort Lewis College. A…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
SAN FRANCISCO –- Forced by drought to become miserly with water, Californians were warned against reverting to old habits Tuesday as the first of several storms spawned by a record-tying…
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ARVADA – Officials have confirmed that a body found in the rubble of an Arvada building gutted by a fire is that of a man who worked there. The body…
Education
Education Briefs
Because of driver shortages, Durango School District 9-R will cancel one bus route per day on a rolling schedule. The current schedule runs through January. Bus Route AV3 will be…
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Local Briefs
La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt will hold office hours from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, in the Pine Room of the Extension Building,…
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DENVER – A former Arizona state lawmaker who served as Wyoming’s schools chief is Colorado’s new education commissioner. The Colorado State Board of Education voted unanimously Monday to hire Richard…
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Local Briefs
Barbara Balaguer, former board chair of the local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender organization, Four Corners Alliance for Diversity (4cGLAD) will speak about progress and change in local and global…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
NEW DELHI – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake left at least eight dead, scores more injured and houses and buildings flattened in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur early Monday morning.…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
KINCAID, Ill. – The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries continued their retreat Sunday from historic and deadly winter flooding, leaving amid the silt a massive cleanup and recovery…
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The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. The cost for lunch is $15. The…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
LAS VEGAS – A man who was fatally shot by Las Vegas police while holding a cellphone that was mistaken for a gun had recently been convicted of multiple crimes…
Nation & World
World Briefs
SANAA, Yemen – The truce in Yemen between Shiite rebels and a Saudi-led military coalition has formally ended, according to Saudi Arabia’s state-run news agency. The truce technically came into…
Nation & World
Nation Briefs
CLEVELAND – Protesters upset by a decision not to indict two white police officers in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who had a pellet gun,…
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Local Briefs
The Durango Elks Lodge Veterans Committee will serve breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. the first and third Sundays of the month at the Durango Elks Lodge, 901 East Second…
Religion
Religion Briefs
First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will begin a new sermon series called “Half-Truths” on Jan. 9 and 10. Pastor Jeff Huber will begin the year with a five-week…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
LOS ANGELES – Attorneys for the mother of a fugitive 18-year-old known for using an “affluenza” defense in a drunken-driving case say she never violated Texas law when she and…
Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
The Nordic Center at Purgatory will host these events: The first Coke race of the season will take place Saturday. There will be skate ski races of 15km for adults…
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The Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will host these programs: Smartphone Photo Management will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 12. Why and how people take photos…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs
Seed Studio, Room 114 in the Smiley Building at 1309 East Third Ave., will offer these classes and workshops: Creative art workshops will take place from 3 to 4:30 p.m.…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday his committee will look into a report the U.S. spied on the Israeli prime minister and in the process…