New photos from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s New Horizons spacecraft show massive canyons and fractures on Charon, one of Pluto’s moons.NASA via Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –…
CAIRO – Egypt’s antiquities minister is promising authorities will move quickly to get the necessary radar equipment to search for Queen Nefertiti’s tomb amid a new theory that it could…
The award-winning documentary “Alive Inside” will be shown at 6 p.m. Thursday at Sunflower Theatre in Cortez.Courtesy photo The Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., will exhibit handcrafted black-and-white darkroom…
In an effort to both assist hunters and protect valuable electrical equipment, La Plata Electric Association will resume its underwriting support of “Sight-in Days” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.…
As part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Chuck LaRue and Laurie Webster at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Sunflower…
McALESTER, Okla. – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin postponed at the last minute Wednesday the execution of an inmate who claims he’s innocent, after prison officials said one of the three…
Durango Nature Studies will offer a “Silent Nature” workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Durango Nature Center. The cost is $10 for nonmembers and free for…
Food safety training required for Colorado cottage-food producers and egg producers will be held from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 19 or from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 21…
The new Community Development Services Online Toolkit is now available. It is designed to improve access to property information and services to residents of La Plata County, according to The…
Malarsie The La Plata County Economic Development Alliance will host the ninth annual Economic Summit Oct. 28 at the Sky Ute Casino & Resort in Ignacio. The business conference, “Jumping…
NEW YORK – Edward Snowden, who has confounded U.S. officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone in Twitter. The former…
DUBLIN – Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams and six other suspected IRA veterans will face no charges over the outlawed group’s 1972 abduction, slaying and secret burial of a…
Fort Lewis College will present a panel of experts speaking on Animal Sentience and Human Interaction at 7 p.m. Oct. 7 in the Student Union Ballroom at Fort Lewis College.…
The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County announces an upcoming “Screening with the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (Asq-3)” and “The Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social Emotional (Asq:se) in a…
WASHINGTON – The State Department has told Senate investigators that it didn’t provide Hillary Rodham Clinton’s lawyer with a secure-enough method to read now-highly classified material from her homebrew email…
The Business Affairs Committee of the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, followed by the Academic & Student Affairs Committee at 3 p.m. These…
TEMPE, Ariz. – An Arizona music festival is set to resume for a Kanye West performance after as many as 12 people were injured when a crowd rushed a stage,…
Dr. Temple Grandin, an internationally famous animal scientist, will end her visit to Durango at a picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Student Union quad at…
Applications are being accepted for upcoming vacancies on 17 Judicial District Nominating Commissions. Judicial nominating commissioners are volunteers and serve six-year terms, interviewing and nominating applicants for judicial vacancies. Non-attorneys…
PHILADELPHIA – Pope Francis arrived in the City of Brotherly Love on Saturday for the final leg of his U.S. visit – a festive weekend devoted to celebrating Catholic families…
UNITED NATIONS – China’s president pledged billions in aid on Saturday and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world’s poorest nations, as…
In preparation for the visit by Dr. Temple Grandin, the featured guest author for Fort Lewis College’s Community Common Reading Experience, there will be a showing of the HBO film…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, says she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by Democrats in her fight against same-sex marriage.…
BUDAPEST, Hungary – Croatia lifted its blockade of the border with Serbia on Friday, as southeastern Europe’s squabbling governments took steps to ease tensions that had been rising because of…
The Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., will present the William Matthews exhibit “Our West Now” showing Friday through Oct. 24, with an opening reception from 5 to 7…
Seniors Outdoors announces these activities: A hike to Crater Lake will take place at 8 a.m. Saturday. The cost to carpool is $6. Dogs are allowed. To RSVP, call Nancy…
Mesa Verde National Park will offer free admittance Saturday for National Public Lands Day. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. Seven federal…
BOGOTA, Colombia – A diplomatic breakthrough leaves many problems standing between Colombia and the prospect of peace after generations of armed conflict. President Juan Manuel Santos and leaders of the…
BERLIN – Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world’s top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissions to pass U.S. tests during his tenure. No replacement was…
United Blood Services will host these blood drives: 1:30 to 5 p.m. Oct. 1 at the First Methodist Church, 515 N. Park, Cortez. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 3,…
