Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, accompanied by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, told a crowd attending a campaign stop Wednesday at the Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa,…
The Community Health Action Coalition will host the free event, “What’s Bugging You? Infectious Diseases: Real Risks, Real Treatments, Real Prevention” from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Durango…
The Mountain Studies Institute of Durango and Silverton has joined with Terra Environmental to study the effects of Terra’s EnviroNow, an organic spray designed to restore the health and vigor…
The Kiwanis Club of Durango will welcome Harlene Russell as its guest speaker at noon Thursday at the Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave. Russell…
WASHINGTON – An unforeseen flood of revenue is shrinking federal deficits to the lowest level of President Barack Obama’s tenure, Congress’ nonpartisan budget adviser said Tuesday. But in a report…
Kent Curtis, CEO of First Southwest Bank, announced the addition of Paul Broderick to the bank’s senior lending team as senior vice president/commercial lender. Broderick will manage business development and…
The La Plata Conservation District has been awarded a $25,000 grant to assist local landowners with weed removal. The district and county will host two informational sessions to help interested…
Animas High School will host these programs: Parent orientation will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday on campus. Families will have the opportunity to meet their student’s teachers…
WASHINGTON – Air Force officials say they will soon be deploying stealthy, high-tech F-22 fighter jets to Europe to train with other nations’ militaries and reassure allies worried about Russian…
TORONTO – The company behind the adultery website Ashley Madison is offering a $500,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a group that hacked the site. Hackers last…
The local American Cancer Society needs volunteers who are interested in working with patients to arrange for services and goods patients need. Rides to treatment, free lodging for those traveling…
A Yoga for Hikers workshop with certified Iyengar instructor Martha Evers will take place from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Room 32 of the Smiley Building, 1309 East Third…
WASHINGTON – In more than three decades of trying to breed pandas at the National Zoo, there’s been plenty of heartbreak. More cubs born in Washington have died than survived,…
BEIRUT – Islamic State militants destroyed a temple at Syria’s ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the…
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy traveling through a crowded neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital Saturday, killing at least 12 people, including three American civilian contractors…
WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden left the seclusion of the Delaware home where he’s been weighing a presidential run to meet Saturday with Elizabeth Warren – another influential Democrat…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran gained momentum in Congress on Friday as a key Jewish Democrat from New York bucked home-state opposition to back the deal.…
PARIS – Three people were wounded, including two seriously, when a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon on a high-speed train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris Friday, officials said.…
The ninth annual Earth, Water, Sky Summer Science Camp led by Four Corners School, in Monticello, Utah, took place in June. This year, 22 students participated. They floated 26 miles…
Congregation Har Shalom, 2357 County Road 203, will offer these programs: A Family Shabbat service with fifth-year rabbinical student, Eli Herb, will be held at 6 p.m. Friday. Shabbat services…
The Man to Man Prostate Cancer support group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 1 at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Anyone with prostate issues or prostate…
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – A convicted killer serving life behind bars when he staged a daring escape from a maximum-security prison was arraigned Thursday on new criminal charges in his first…
Tsipras JERUSALEM – A Palestinian held without charge by Israel ended his unprecedented 66-day hunger strike Thursday, his lawyer said, after the Supreme Court ordered him released from detention. The…
Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., will present “Writing the Wild: A Day of One’s Own,” a poetry workshop with poets and editors Pam Uschuk and Bill Root, from 1…
The Durango Community Recreation Center will be closed from Monday to Aug. 30 for annual repairs and maintenance. Because of an extensive re-finishing process, the gymnasium will remain closed until…
DAMASCUS, Syria – Islamic State militants beheaded a leading Syrian antiquities scholar who spent most of his life looking after the ancient ruins of Palmyra, then hung his body from…
The Colorado State Tree Farm Committee has recognized Archuleta County tree farmer Peter Prina as the 2015 Colorado Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year. Prina is receiving the award for…
The University of Colorado School of Medicine will offer a free program called “Mini Med School” for people who would like to learn more about medicine, health and the human…
The Kiwanis Club of Durango welcomes Fred Schneider and Lisa Barrett as its guest speakers at noon Thursday in the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Their talk will…
BRUSSELS – United Nations and European border agency officials urged the European Union on Tuesday to step up measures to help thousands of people who have fled violence in Syria,…
