Religion
Religion Briefs
Sacred Heart Church will hold its annual Vacation Bible School for children entering preschool through fifth grade from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday at the Sacred Heart…
Local Briefs
Nation & World
World Briefs
Muchinguri BRUSSELS – NATO allies agreed Friday on a package of measures to help strengthen Iraqi security and defense forces, including in the fields of military training, mine removal and…
Nation & World
Nation Brief
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has blocked the release of any recordings made at meetings of abortion providers by an anti-abortion group that previously revealed secretly recorded videos of…
Local News
Local Briefs
A veterans breakfast will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday at the Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. The cost is $5 for veterans and $6 for non-veterans.…
Nation & World
Nation Briefs
CINCINNATI – A University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot a motorist during a traffic stop pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges and was ordered jailed on $1…
Nation & World
World Brief
JERUSALEM – Revelers dancing and singing through the streets of Jerusalem during the holy city’s annual gay-pride parade were left shrieking in pain and panic Thursday night, as an anti-gay…
Outdoors
Outdoors Briefs
Seniors Outdoors will offer these activities: A hike of the Highland Mary Lakes/Continental Divide Trail Loop will take place at 7 a.m. Monday. Poles are helpful for creek crossings. The…
Arts and Entertainment
Arts Briefs
The Open Shutter Gallery, 735 Main Ave., will present an exhibit of color photo transfers by Michigan-born, now-local artist Arista Slater-Sandoval, in a show titled “Segmentations” in the Red Room,…
Local News
Local Briefs
Living Vision Durango will present a Celebrate Our Youth Benefit Fair Fest and Dance from 3 to 10 p.m. Sunday at Rotary Park. A traditional Ute blessing will take place…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
RICHMOND, Va. – Three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story filed…
Good Earth
Good Earth Briefs
Durango Nature Studies will host a Blue Moon Hike from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Birket Trailhead in Dalla Mountain trail system. The hike is free for members…
Health
Health Briefs
People with prediabetes are invited to attend a free class by Sheena Carswell and Marge Morris from 9 to 11 a.m. Aug. 7 in Suite 140 of the medical office…
Local News
Local Briefs
Durango Transit has placed an immediate, one-week closure on all southbound trolley stops on Main Avenue. This temporary closure of southbound service affects stops from 14th Street to Seventh Street,…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry warned skeptical lawmakers not to nix the contentious nuclear deal with Iran, insisting that it includes strict inspections and other safeguards to deter…
Education
Education Briefs
The National FFA organization awarded a $1,000 Built Ford Tough Scholarship to Jennifer Smith, a recent graduate of Pagosa Springs High School and member of the Pagosa Springs FFA. The…
Local News
Local Briefs
The Kiwanis Club of Durango will welcome Cathy Metz, director of Durango Parks & Recreation, to discuss current status and future park and recreation projects at noon Thursday at the…
Business
Business Briefs
Bear Smart Durango, a local nonprofit, would like to thank Coutts and Clark Western Foundation for its $5,000 contribution toward general operating support and Bear Smart’s Electric Fencing Incentive program.…
Nation & World
Nation Briefs
NEW YORK – The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion because of their faith.…
Nation & World
World Briefs
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – President Barack Obama launched a personal push for peace in South Sudan on Monday, convening African leaders for urgent talks in neighboring Ethiopia aimed at keeping…
Local News
Local Briefs
Roberta Eickman of the New In Town Welcome Service will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Her company’s…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
CAMARILLO, Calif. – The average price of gasoline has dropped a penny over the past two weeks to $2.82 a gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday that the current…
Regional News
Regional Briefs
FORT COLLINS – Fire investigators say a misplaced hookah is to blame for a devastating Fort Collins apartment fire earlier this year. The Coloradoan of Fort Collins reported the May…
Nation & World
World Briefs
BAGHDAD – Turkish jets struck camps belonging to Kurdish militants in northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday in what were the first strikes since a peace deal was announced in…
Nation & World
Nation Briefs
LAFAYETTE, La. – John Russell Houser was deeply troubled long before he shot 11 people in a movie theater in Louisiana, but decades of mental problems didn’t keep him from…
Local News
Local Briefs
Four Corners Materials will continue street reconstruction and paving work from Monday to Friday. Work is scheduled for: Conejo Drive; Molas Drive; West Third Avenue (between Weston Drive and 23rd…
Local News
Local Briefs
The High Noon Rotary Club of Durango 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.…
Religion
Religion Briefs
Join Congregation Har Shalom, 2537 County Road 203, and Eli Herb for his third class of the summer series called “Difficult Questions.” Herb is a fifth-year rabbinical student and friend…
Nation & World
Nation Briefs
DETROIT – Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall about 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S. just days after two hackers revealed that they took control of a Jeep…
Nation & World
World Briefs
BUJUMBURA, Burundi – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a third term in office, an electoral official announced Friday, amid controversy over whether his new term is constitutional. Nkurunziza won…
Nation & World
Nation & World Briefs
WASHINGTON – Turkey has agreed to let the U.S. military launch airstrikes against the Islamic State from a key air base near the Syrian border, senior U.S. officials said Thursday,…