FAIZABAD, Afghanistan – A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber attacked a line of people waiting outside a bank Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 35 and wounding 125 in an assault…
BOSTON – It’s been decades since you could run in the Boston Marathon without qualifying, before limits on the field size made entering – almost as much as finishing –…
Rabbi Eliot Baskin will be honored for his service to Hillel of Colorado at its annual Spring Fling fundraising brunch at 11 a.m. April 26 at University of Denver Hillel,…
COLOGNE, Germany – The Germanwings crash last month was an “unbelievable horror” for the families of those killed, compounded by the apparent senselessness of the co-pilot’s actions in bringing down…
AUSTIN, Texas – Timothy McVeigh considered the Oklahoma City bombing a failure because he left the building standing and once suggested the government should pay his defense attorneys $800,000. Documents…
These local students have been recognized as First-Year Scholars for the fall 2014 semester at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley: Kevin Brinkley of Durango. Rydell Stottlemyer of Durango.…
La Plata County Commissioner Gwen Lachelt will hold office hours from noon to 2 p.m. Monday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds in the Animas Room of the Extension Building,…
Seniors Outdoors will offer these activities: The semi-annual highway cleanup day will take place Saturday. Members will clean up two stretches of U.S. Highway 550. Coffee and donuts will be…
TOPEKA, Kan. – A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can’t use cash assistance from the state to attend concerts, get tattoos, see a psychic or buy lingerie.…
Halavach Fort Lewis College Art Gallery will present “End of the Line,” the 2015 graduating senior art and design majors exhibition, from Friday through May 1. A reception will take…
Native Roots Garden Center will host a free class on organic pest control at noon Saturday at 26266 U.S. Highway 160. Participants will learn the latest proven organic controls for…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – President Barack Obama promoted his tax proposals Wednesday while criticizing congressional Republicans who are pushing to repeal the estate tax. The House is expected to pass a…
The Durango High School Class of 1970 is looking for classmates. People who graduated or would have graduated from Durango High School in 1970 are asked to call Alice Ferguson…
The Four Corners Broadband, a local chapter of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, will host an ‘Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk” with local naturalist Calida May from 9:30 a.m. to…
Bush CH Property Service announces new owner Chuck Huntoon. The business provides general construction, landscaping, excavation and property service. The business also now offers welding and fabrication as well as…
WASHINGTON – The same Internet access now available on most commercial flights makes it possible for hackers to bring down a plane, a government watchdog warned Tuesday. The finding by…
The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners formed the Water Advisory Commission to answer policy questions tailored to encompass numerous water-related issues that La Plata County is currently exploring.…
Bayfield Elementary Primary School, 658 S. East St., will host kindergarten registration May 18 and 19. A child must be 5 years old on or before Sept. 15 to qualify…
PARIS – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called Monday for emergency government surveillance powers in case of an exceptional threat, a move prompted by the deadly Paris attacks earlier this…
LOS ANGELES – One of California’s largest water wholesalers moved forward Monday on a plan to reduce the amount of water it delivers to more than two dozen cities and…
Theater Ensemble Arts will present “Song of Extinction” by E.M. Lewis at 7:30 p.m. April 17, 18, 24, and 25 and 2:30 p.m. April 26 at the Totah Theater, 315…
The Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave., announces its 2015 annual open house will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday throughout the hotel. More guestrooms will be open this…
A “Climb Out of the Darkness” event will be held in Durango to raise awareness about maternal mental illnesses such as postpartum depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis at 10…
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Rev. Al Sharpton thanked the mayor and police chief in North Charleston on Sunday for their response to the fatal shooting of Walter Scott. Sharpton…
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling the massacre by Ottoman Turks “the first genocide of the 20th century”…
Mesa Verde National Park will waive entrance fees Saturday and Sunday in celebration of National Park Week. Balcony House will be open for the season. Tours are $4 per person,…
WASHINGTON – A precautionary lockdown of the U.S. Capitol was lifted after about two hours Saturday following a suicide by a man carrying a protest sign. The man died after…
Thrive! La Plata County’s Living Wage Coalition will meet from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Commons Building, 701 Camino del Rio. The meeting is open to the public…
WASHINGTON – A uniformed officer in the Secret Service’s Foreign Missions Branch was put on leave and his security clearance suspended Friday after he was arrested in Washington, the agency…
LOS ANGELES – Yoga taught in a San Diego County school system is not a gateway to Hinduism and doesn’t violate the religious rights of students or their parents, a…
