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The Durango High Noon Rotary Club will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. Shelley Walchak will give a talk called…
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WASHINGTON – The State Department says it has reduced the number of American personnel working at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, amid chaos in that country…
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The Riverside Nature Center is seeking Farmington river-parks photo entries for its annual March Photo Show to be on display from March 7 to April 18. There is a limit…
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A snowshoe workshop called “Winter Ecosystems and the Snowpack” will take place from 10 a.m. from noon Saturday at Andrews Lake. The workshop is free for members, and $10 for…
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. official says the FBI has finished its investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed, black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri. The Justice Department has not yet…
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CAIRO – Conservators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo say the blue and gold braided beard on a mask of famed pharaoh Tutankhamun has been hastily glued back on with…
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The Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will offer these computer workshops conducted by Jon Cordalis, The Computer Tutor, from 9 a.m. to noon: “iPad I” will take place…
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CINCINNATI – Tons of concrete and steel covered the southbound lanes of a major artery Tuesday after an overpass collapse during demolition work left one worker dead, a tractor-trailer driver…
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SANAA, Yemen – Shiite rebels shelled the residence of Yemen’s leader and swept into the nearby presidential palace Tuesday in what a top army commander said was an unfolding coup.…
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Courtesy of Ska Brewing Co. Manna Soup Kitchen and the Garden Project of Southwest Colorado are partnering to offer a garden share program for low-income families. Garden Project Executive Director…
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Southwest Center for Independence, a local nonprofit that helps people with disabilities live well in the community, will host a Caregiver Support Group at 10 a.m. Saturday at the center,…
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Mark Dickmann, who holds a master’s degree in social work and is a licensed clinical social worker, is now providing full-time mental health counseling. Dickmann, who is a member of…
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The Durango Education Center will offer “Beginning Spanish for Conversation” from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Jan. 26 to Feb. 4. The…
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SANAA, Yemen – Yemen’s U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace and a key military base in what one…
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CINCINNATI – Four death-row inmates who are suing Ohio officials over a new state law that shields the names of companies providing lethal injection drugs want a federal court to…
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DENVER – The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 3.0 earthquake reported in southern Colorado didn’t actually happen. USGS geophysicist Don Blakeman told The Denver Post a faulty sensor and…
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The Museum at the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College invites up to four Native American artists from the Southwest to participate in its Artist Leadership Program to…
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Hour Exchange La Plata, or HELP, the local time bank, will host a free introductory overview of time banking and a potluck on Tuesday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 910…
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TOKYO – Shin Dong-hyuk, the North Korean prison-camp survivor who has admitted that parts of his well-known tale are inaccurate, has urged his supporters to continue publicizing the “horrendous and…
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Multiple gunshots were fired outside Vice President Joe Biden’s home in Delaware, and a vehicle fled the area on Saturday night, Secret Service officials said. The vice president and his…
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FamilyTime Yoga for caregivers and families with children ages 4 to 10 led by Joy Kilpatrick will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 1 at Yogadurango, 1140-A, Main…
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CORONADO, Calif. – Not yet in the presidential race, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mitt Romney already are previewing the likely focus of the 2016 campaign, a competition over who’s better…
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CAIRO – The famed French weekly Charlie Hebdo continued to draw a somewhat contradictory reaction across the Muslim world. Many Muslims have expressed disgust at the deadly assault on the…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Saudi authorities on Friday postponed the second round of public flogging of a blogger convicted of insulting Islam after a doctor concluded that his wounds…
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, saying it is the best way to fairly compensate victims of clergy…
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The Durango Botanical Society will offer the program “Creating an Illustrated Journal” from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays from Jan. 21 to Feb. 25. An illuminated journal is one that…
Education
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Hayley Anderson, a Durango native, received academic honors from Arizona State University by making the university’s dean’s list for the spring 2014 semester. Undergraduate students who earn 12 or more…
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CORONADO, Calif. – The Republican National Committee finalized the dates for its next presidential nominating convention. The GOP’s 2016 convention will take place July 18-21 in Cleveland, committee chairman Reince…
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The Friends of Ridgway State Park Inc. is offering two $1,000 scholarships to college students who have completed at least one semester of post-secondary education. Applicants must have graduated from…
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The Durango Arts Center is looking for art educators and enthusiasts to join its docent team. DAC Docents is an all-volunteer committee that organizes several programs, such as “Art in…