FRISCO – Colorado transportation officials say the new toll lane on Interstate 70 for drivers heading east to Denver has so far been a success following its official opening earlier…
Heart Safe La Plata, a local nonprofit organization, will offer these CPR classes at Durango Fire Protection District’s Station 1, 142 Sheppard Drive: An Adult CPR/AED class will take place…
Feeding big game is not only illegal in Colorado, it is deadly for wildlife, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The digestive systems of deer, elk, moose and bighorn sheep…
The National Transportation Safety Board investigator is investigating the crash of a small plane in Anchorage, Alaska. The FBI says the pilot was not authorized to be flying the plane,…
The Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, will present “Breaking up with Sugar” from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Fran Sutherlin will explain how sugar affects the body and…
The grants managers of the Ballantine Family Fund will visit these locations to launch a new online grant application: 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at First National Bank of Cortez,…
Enrollment at Mountain Middle School for next year’s sixth, seventh and eighth grades is open from Monday through Feb. 29. The lottery will take place March 2. For more information,…
BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes drove Islamic State militants out of the center of Ramadi on Monday and seized the main government complex there, according to military…
The offices at Southwest Colorado Community College east and west campuses will be closed through Sunday in observance of the holidays. All returning students, or others interested in classes, are…
BAGHDAD – Islamic State fighters are putting up a tough fight in the militant-held city of Ramadi, slowing down the advance of Iraqi forces, a senior Iraqi commander said Sunday.…
Zumba with Donna Middleton will offer a free Zumba class at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Core Value Fitness Center, 208 East Animas Road (County Road 250). This will be a…
NEW YORK – Mass shootings and attacks weighed heavily on the minds of Americans in 2015, according to a new AP-Times Square poll that found most believe this year was…
St. Columba Parish invites Catholics to return to the church. The parish offers a program called “Landings” as a way to explore faith and spirituality. During several sessions, a small…
CENTENNIAL – Authorities say someone stole a red Salvation Army kettle from a grocery store parking lot in suburban Denver on Christmas Eve. KMGH-TV reported Thursday that the bell ringer…
ABUJA, Nigeria – A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria on Thursday, killing more than 100 people lining up to refill their…
Durango’s original competitive snowshoe race – The Winter Warrior 10k – has made RUNNER’S WORLD Magazine’s “Top 12 Snowshoe Races” in its December issue. Steve Ilg started the Winter Warrior…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A long-standing dispute sparked a shooting at a crowded North Carolina shopping mall on Christmas Eve, police said, and an off-duty officer fatally shot an armed person…
Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., welcomes award-winning contemporary western artist Maura Allen. Allen portrays the American West – ranching life, cowboys, cowgirls, Native Americans, and the native flora of…
ASPEN – Eighty skiers and snowboarders were evacuated Wednesday from a malfunctioning chairlift in Aspen. The Aspen Times reported that it is the third consecutive ski season in which a…
Connect for Health Colorado has granted an enrollment extension for former Colorado HealthOp customers. The enrollment deadline is now Dec. 31 for coverage taking effect Jan. 1. Residents who get…
San Juan Mountains Association is seeking membership approval of these candidates to serve as directors on the association’s board in 2016: Robert Meyer and Larry Eads (fourth year of second…
IOWA CITY, Iowa – A prominent lottery official who has run the Powerball game since its inception was quietly removed from his 28-year post leading the Multi-State Lottery Association after…
The Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will offer: Line dancing is available in eight-week sessions. The cost is $20. Beginning line dancing will take place from 1:30 to…
Mexican Tile Designs, owned by Andy Kayner and Jenny Wrenn, offering Mexican and Spanish tile, Mexican sinks, tile murals and Saltillo flooring, has moved from downtown Durango to an expanded…
The Ignacio Community Library recently received a grant from the Ballantine Foundation to support the Voices of Ignacio Oral History Project. The goals of the project are to collect and…
Mourners set up a makeshift memorial to the victims of a woman who allegedly plowed her car into crowds of people walking down the Las Vegas Strip Sunday night. The…
Animas High School announces programs: AHS is a tuition-free public charter school that prepares all students for college and post-secondary success by creating critical thinkers and engaged students through an…
WASHINGTON – The year-end spending bill that passed Congress on Friday contains $750 million to help El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras fight poverty and gang violence, improve security and reform…
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Rescuers pulled five bodies from the wreckage of a small plane that crashed into an orchard in central California after vanishing from radar, local and federal authorities…
Two local businesses will be matching donations made to the Salvation Army kettles located at North City Market, 3130 Main Ave. Southwest Retina Consultants will match the kettle on Wednesday…
