BANGKOK – More than 1,000 Thai troops and police sealed one of Bangkok’s busiest intersections Thursday to prevent a planned protest, as authorities said they would no longer allow any…
WASHINGTON – A House committee has endorsed a GOP plan to allow some schools to opt out of healthier meal standards. The rules set by Congress and the Obama administration…
The First Thursdays Art Walk will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday around downtown Durango. The walk celebrates contemporary art and artists in galleries and alternative art spaces…
Mountain Bike Specialists will participate in the third annual Specialized Women’s Ride, the national event encouraging women to ride a mountain bike, on Saturday. Women should meet at 9:30 a.m.…
NEW ORLEANS – BP PLC must resume paying claims while it asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review its settlement with businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill,…
CAIRO – Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from the embarrassment of low voter turnout that has dented former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s hopes for an enthusiastic…
Marvel Grange will host a free community breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Grange Hall, 217 County Road 133A. Pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, juice and coffee will…
Durango Nature Studies will host a New Moon Astro-Tour at 9 p.m. Friday at the Durango Nature Center in Bondad. The program is free for members and $10 for nonmembers.…
The Durango Lions Club will meet at noon Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio. The speaker will be Lindel Silvertooth, Lion 6 West District Governor. Visitors are…
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s military chiefs and the president are apparently split over how to free nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists, with the military saying use of force…
WASHINGTON – Senior White House officials say President Barack Obama asked his Homeland Security chief to hold off on completing a review of U.S. deportation policies until the end of…
Pilates Durango, a new fully equipped Pilates Studio located at 801 Florida Road, Suite 6, announces its opening. Pilates Durango is offering privates, duets, semi-privates, mat classes and equipment classes.…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Officials said rain forecast this week in Alaska may help crews gain control over a massive wind-whipped wildfire, forcing dozens of people to flee to shelters and…
Regular tours of the Library Demonstration Garden, located between the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave., and the Animas River Trail, will begin Friday and will be offered every…
San Juan Basin Health Department reminds residents as summer approaches, so does the risk of contracting certain animal-borne diseases, such as rabies, West Nile virus, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, plague and…
The summer reading program “Fizz, Boom, Read!” will start at 10 a.m. June 2 for children from newborns to 18-year-olds at Pine River Library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive, Bayfield. The…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Officials say a massive wildfire burning in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage has grown in windy conditions, and mandatory evacuations are underway. She says the fire…
DENVER – Six Frontier Airlines aircraft that were damaged by hail at Denver International Airport are back in service. The Denver Post reports the airplanes re-entered service Thursday after a…
President Obama to argue for avoiding overreach WASHINGTON – Confronting critics of his foreign policy, President Barack Obama soon will outline a strategy for his final years in office that…
Shiite pilgrims beat themselves as a sign of grief Saturday outside the holy Shiite shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, in Baghdad. Shiite pilgrims are expected to converge on the shrine…
The Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will conduct a public meeting at 8:30 a.m. Friday in the Vallecito Room in the Student Union at FLC. Executive session may…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated up-and-coming Democrat Julian Castro as the nation’s housing secretary. The move is part of a broader shuffle of Obama’s Cabinet that includes nominating…
“Heart of Collecting: 50 Years of Collecting Southwestern Native American Art” is the theme of Judith K. Lavender’s presentation at 7 p.m. June 5 at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center,…
Veniece Fagerlin, of Hesperus, published undergraduate research in the Spring 2014 edition of Metamorphosis. Fagerlin’s research, titled “High Intensity Interval Training as Means to Reduce Symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome,” was…
Calvary Presbyterian Church, 89 E. Mill St. in Bayfield, will offer “Weird Animals Vacation Bible School” from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. June 9 to June 13. The Bible school is…
The Herbicide Carryover Working Group will host a follow-up meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Animas Room of the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The…
WASHINGTON – The House on Thursday passed legislation to end the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of American phone records, the first legislative response to the disclosures by former NSA…
SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korean warships exchanged artillery fire Thursday in disputed waters off the western coast, South Korean military officials said, in the latest sign of…
Seniors Outdoors will host these events: On Friday a group will hike the switchbacks up the Goulding Creek Trail, follow the ridge south on the Pinkerton Flagstaff Trail and descend…
