Court rejects gay therapy ban challenge WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to California’s law that bars mental counseling aimed at turning gay minors straight. The justices…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. is sending another 300 troops to Iraq to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy and elsewhere in the Baghdad area to protect U.S. citizens and…
The Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will host a season kick-off party Tuesday, offering a chance for patrons to purchase optimal tickets for the 2014-15 season before they…
CAIRO – Egypt will restrict sermons during the holy month of Ramadan to topics of faith and morality, the state’s top official in charge of religious affairs said Sunday in…
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A sign sits in front of a home for sale in West Des Moines, Iowa. All-cash home sales have more than doubled in the last year, increasing from 19.1 percent…
The city of Durango announces this holiday schedule for Friday: All city administrative offices will be closed, including: Durango City Hall, River City Hall, Durango Police Station and Substation, Durango…
Pelosi holds little hope for immigration reform BROWNSVILLE, Texas – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border that she holds little hope that…
The Durango Elks Lodge will host a Trustees’ Open House & Dinner at 6 p.m. Tuesday in its newly renovated banquet room, 901 East Second Ave. The cost for salad,…
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the nation’s leading chiropractic college on Friday to make accommodations to allow blind students to complete degrees, in an important victory…
The First United Methodist Church, 2917 Aspen Drive, will start a new sermon series called “The Making of a Superhero” from today to July 27. The five messages will take…
Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, named these local students to the 2014 spring semester honor roll: Brady Mott of Dolores. Brenden Harrison of Ignacio. Garek Erskine of Pagosa Springs.…
WASHINGTON – Former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., who cut to the core of the 1973 Watergate hearings when he asked, “What did the president know and when did he…
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired three short-range projectiles Thursday into the waters off its east coast in a possible move to stoke tensions with Seoul, a South Korean…
Feat of Clay Gallery in Atzec will host a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday to mark the opening of two new exhibits. Both artists will be on hand…
Thirty-four Bike & Build riders will arrive in Durango on July 4 to help Habitat for Humanity at the construction site in Bayfield on July 5. Bike & Build benefits…
The Dolores Rotary Club will hold the 16th annual Escalante Days Mountain Bike Race, starting at 9:50 a.m. Aug. 9 at Fifth and Central in Dolores. There will be cash…
NEW YORK – U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, the face of Harlem politics for generations, held off a strong Democratic primary challenge and moved one step closer to what he says…
The city of Durango Parks and Recreation Department will spray these areas through Wednesday: Oxbow Park and Preserve. Ditches around Hillcrest Golf Course. All of the Animas River Trail. City…
The San Juan National Forest Columbine Ranger District is offering a second comment period on a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Weminuche Landscape Grazing Analysis. The Forest Service is able…
PORTLAND, Ore. – A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government violated the rights of 13 people on its no-fly list by depriving them of their constitutional right to…
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – A group has taken steps to become the first officially recognized marijuana-growing club in Uruguay, where lawmakers have made their country the world’s first national marketplace for…
Applications are available for The Lew Goodhart Memorial Scholarship through the Western Colorado Community Foundation. This scholarship is awarded to people who demonstrate the desire, ability and determination to complete…
MarchFourth Marching Band, a Portland, Oregon, ensemble that crowds the stage with musicians, a host of instruments and performers like fire-dancers, will play at 9 p.m. Thursday at the Animas…
The Herbicide Carryover Working Group will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Pine Room of the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building, 2500 Main Ave. The meeting will feature…
NEW YORK – The secret U.S. government memo outlining the justification for the use of drones to kill American terror suspects abroad was released by court order Monday, yielding the…
Gentle yoga class with Jennifer Kiel, certified yoga instructor, will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays and from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesdays at St. Mark’s…
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. Lunch is $15. The club will have…
SEATTLE – Friends on Sunday mourned a well-known outdoors writer and photographer who had been missing for three days in Mount Rainier National Park before searchers said they recovered a…
Workers continue construction on a housing plan in Zelienople, Pa. Housing starts are up 9.4 percent over the past 12 months, but most of that gain is in apartment construction.Keith…
