Local Briefs

Local Briefs
Local News

Local Briefs

January 30, 2015

The Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: “Privacy and the Internet” will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday. “Working from templates in Microsoft Office” will take…

Religion Briefs
Religion

Religion Briefs

January 30, 2015

Registration is open for a six-week beginning insight-meditation class at Durango Dharma Center. Classes will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Feb. 10, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 17,…

Nation & World Briefs
Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

January 30, 2015

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is calling for an investment to move away from one-size-fits-all-medicine, toward an approach that tailors treatment to your genes. The White House said Friday that…

Nation & World Briefs
Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

January 29, 2015

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says it will ask Congress for $1 billion next year to run schools for Native American children – including millions in new money to help…

Art Briefs
Arts and Entertainment

Art Briefs

January 29, 2015

“A is for Art, B is for Bernini,” an art history lecture series with Judith Reynolds will take place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursdays from Thursday to March 5…

Local Briefs
Local News

Local Briefs

January 28, 2015

Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will offer these programs: Monday Maker Skill Sessions will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. each Monday. Programs will include “Origami” on Monday;…

Nation Briefs
Nation & World

Nation Briefs

January 28, 2015

WASHINGTON – Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy tumbled in 2008. Numbers released by the Census Bureau Wednesday…

World Briefs
Nation & World

World Briefs

January 28, 2015

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba…

Local Briefs
Local News

Local Briefs

January 28, 2015

The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Becca Simon at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church, 515 Park St., Cortez. Simon will discuss “How to Clean…

Earth Briefs
Good Earth

Earth Briefs

January 27, 2015

The 32nd annual San Juan Basin Extension Beef Cattle Symposium will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave.…

Business Briefs
Business

Business Briefs

January 27, 2015

The Durango Chamber of Commerce and the Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado will host “The Power of Understanding People Hollywood Style” on Feb. 12 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501…

Colorado Briefs
Regional News

Colorado Briefs

January 27, 2015

DENVER – Colorado prisons are making profits from charging inmates for phone calls and other personal items, but they’re struggling to break even from shops run by inmate labor to…

Nation & World Briefs
Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

January 27, 2015

AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power case against former Gov. Rick Perry on constitutional grounds, ruling that criminal charges against the possible…

Local Briefs
Local News

Local Briefs

January 27, 2015

The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College will present “To Every Season: Death with Dignity” at 7 p.m. Thursday in Noble Hall, Room 130 at FLC. Advances in…

Education Briefs
Education

Education Briefs

January 27, 2015

Southwest Colorado Community College has added two new classes for emergency medical technicians. The college will hold an EMT refresher course from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays from Feb.…

On the side
Food

On the side

January 27, 2015

Courtesy of Yardbird Eatery Goodbye Christina’s Bar and Grille, hello Chavolos Mexican Restaurant. The restaurant space next to the Best Western on U.S. Highway 160 changed hands Jan. 1 and…

World Brief
Nation & World

World Brief

January 26, 2015

MOSCOW – A defiant President Vladimir Putin on Monday called the Ukrainian army a “NATO foreign legion,” reflecting his readiness to stand up to the West regardless of rising economic…

Nation Briefs
Nation & World

Nation Briefs

January 26, 2015

WASHINGTON – A 2-foot-long drone apparently flown by a hobbyist crashed on the White House grounds Monday in an extraordinary, if unintended, breach that raised fresh questions about the president’s…

Arts Brief
Arts and Entertainment

Arts Brief

January 26, 2015

Sandstone Productions announces “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast” as the 2015 Outdoor Summer Theater Production. Sandstone Productions will hold auditions for its 2015 season from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.…

Local Briefs
Local News

Local Briefs

January 26, 2015

An informative meeting about the adverse impacts the King II coal mine in Hesperus will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School, 11274 Colorado…

Health Briefs
Health

Health Briefs

January 25, 2015

Bona Dea, a local start-up company creating a new product for women experiencing hot flashes and night sweats associated with perimenopause and menopause, is seeking participants for a proof-of-concept study.…

Nation Briefs
Nation & World

Nation Briefs

January 25, 2015

NEW YORK – A winter that has largely spared the Northeast thus far is about to arrive with gusto: A storm the National Weather Service called “potentially historic” could dump…

World Briefs
Nation & World

World Briefs

January 25, 2015

ATHENS, Greece – A radical left-wing party vowing to end Greece’s painful austerity program won a historic victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, setting up a showdown with the country’s international…

Local Briefs
Local News

Local Briefs

January 25, 2015

FamilyTime Yoga with Joy Kilpatrick for caregivers with children ages 4 to 10 and families will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 1 at YogaDurango, 1140-A, Main Ave.…

Local Briefs
Local News

Local Briefs

January 24, 2015

Members of the Durango High School Robotics Club, or Durbots, will present and demonstrate the club’s robot to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater…

Nation & World Briefs
Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

January 24, 2015

MIAMI – A decade-long addiction to oil subsidized by Venezuela may be coming to an end for several Caribbean nations, with a nudge from the United States. Fears that falling…

Religion Briefs
Religion

Religion Briefs

January 23, 2015

Lisa McCorry will present “Abstinence in the Age of Abundance” at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango, 419 San Juan Drive. Participants will consider the interconnected…

Nation Briefs
Nation & World

Nation Briefs

January 23, 2015

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama arrives in India this weekend anxious to take another step in moving the world’s two largest democracies beyond the deep tensions that have beset their…

World Briefs
Nation & World

World Briefs

January 23, 2015

DONETSK, Ukraine – Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and announced a new multi-pronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops. The main separatist leader in…

Education Briefs
Education

Education Briefs

January 23, 2015

Shane Bisogno, a Durango native, received academic honors from Arizona State University by making the university’s dean’s list for the Fall 2014 semester. Undergraduate students who earn 12 or more…