Emily Simpson Grandt The new San Juan Ballet School will open for classes in fall 2015. The studio is founded and directed by former Kansas City Ballet School director Emily…
Seniors Outdoors will offer these activities: A hike on the Rhoda-Verde-CDT Loop is scheduled at 6 a.m. Saturday. This hike is very long with significant vertical. Four-wheel drive is necessary.…
City of Durango Utilities will close the inside-southbound lane and turn lane of U.S. Highway 550 at 1415 North Main Ave. on Monday to allow repair crews access to a…
AUSTIN, Texas – When Sandra Bland refused to put out her cigarette, the police officer opened her car door and tried dragging her out of the vehicle. She asked at…
The United Blood Services will host these blood drives: From noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Pine Valley Foursquare Church in the fellowship hall, 1328 County Road 501,…
Beginning Sept. 1, farmers and ranchers can apply for financial assistance to help conserve working grasslands, rangeland and pastureland while maintaining the areas as livestock grazing lands. The initiative is…
Community Connections Inc. will host its 30th anniversary celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center Amphitheater, 2700 Main Ave. The first 100 people will…
Petre and Angela Maianu are offering a collection of antiques, some several-hundred-years-old, in association with Walk on Wood Hardwood Floors. The flooring business is owned and operated by their son,…
MADRID – Three Spanish freelance journalists who traveled to Syria to report amid the country’s long-running civil war have gone missing around the embattled northern city of Aleppo, a Spanish…
HEMPSTEAD, Texas – A police dashboard video released Tuesday shows how a routine traffic stop escalated into a shouting confrontation between a Texas state trooper and a woman who was…
The Durango High School Activities Office will accept paperwork and participation fees to issue red cards from 3 to 6 p.m. Aug. 3-7 and Aug. 10-12 for fall sports. Requirements…
The third annual “Community Baby Shower for Moms in Need” will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Durango Elks Lodge, 901 East Second Ave. Guests are…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California regulators on Monday proposed a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for a group of Central Valley farmers accused of illegally taking water during the drought. It would…
Adult Day Care at “Our Place” an outreach of The First United Methodist Church is seeking loving, caring, compassionate, dependable volunteers. People who are at least 18 years of age,…
MODESTO, Calif. – A man was arrested Sunday in the deaths of his daughter, two other girls and two women whose bodies were found in a California home, police said.…
The Durango High School Class of 1970 is still looking for a few classmates. Almost all 300 graduates have been located. An additional 100 classmates have been invited who attended…
WASHINGTON – The deadly shootings at military sites in Tennessee illustrate the threat that FBI officials have warned about: violence directed against a vulnerable government target by a lone gunman…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates– The nuclear deal is done. Now it’s time to talk business. While it will likely be months before sanctions on Iran ease, business and political leaders…
A free self-help do-it-yourself class for people with back pain, sciatica and hip issues will take place from 6 to 7:15 p.m. Thursday at the Self Heal Center, 635 East…
Monks from the Gaden Shartse Phukhang Monastery in southern India will visit Durango as part of the Sacred Arts of Tibet Tour, a cultural exchange and fundraising event. “Peaceful Heart…
A veterans breakfast will be held 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.…
Swift MANILA, Philippines – The new U.S. commander of the Pacific Fleet assured allies Friday that American forces are well equipped and ready to respond to any contingency in the…
WASHINGTON – Just weeks before Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman sneaked out of a maximum security prison in Mexico, the U.S. government had requested formally that the drug kingpin be sent…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – A gunman unleashed a barrage of fire at a recruiting center and another U.S. military site a few miles apart in Chattanooga on Thursday, killing at least…
ATHENS, Greece – Greece on Thursday won vital pledges of support from bailout lenders needed to keep its economy from collapsing, but officials in Athens said the painful austerity measures…
The musical “Into the Woods,” which provides a unique spin on many of the Grimm fairytales, opens today at 7 p.m. at Durango Arts Center theatre, 802 E. 2nd Avenue.…
CRIPPLE CREEK – Seven of the nine casinos in Cripple Creek have been approved to serve alcohol round-the-clock. The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported that the Cripple Creek City Council…
La Plata County staff will hold a public meeting on La Plata County’s 2016 budget at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the boardroom at the County Administration Building, 1101 East Second…
There are spots available in the Ladies Mountain Bike Clinic, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 25 and from 9 a.m. to noon July 26. The price for…
New images of Pluto show a mountain range stretches across the dwarf planet’s equatorial region.NASA via Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Scientists have released the first up-close images ever…
