A free turkey hunting workshop will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Local experts will explain behavior and biology of…
WAXED welcomes Jenna Morrison, licensed esthetician. She will offer eyelash extensions in addition to the services currently offered. WAXED is open Monday through Saturday. The address is 2855 N. Main…
PATTAYA, Thailand – Authorities questioned travel agents Monday at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the vanished Malaysia Airlines plane with stolen passports, part of a…
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s government confirmed late Sunday the leader of the Knights Templar Cartel was killed in an early-morning shootout with marines despite being declared dead by authorities in…
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Investigators combed through a collapsed theater stage at a Southern California high school Sunday, trying to determine why it buckled during a performance and sent 25 students…
The Citizens Health Advisory Council is asking residents to complete a survey about the state of behavioral health in La Plata County. Behavioral health is described – for the purpose…
Durango Nature Studies will host its spring Volunteer Naturalist Training for its Children Discovering Nature Program from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Eoulus Room of the Durango Community…
BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber in a stolen police Humvee passed through a military checkpoint in Iraq before detonating his explosives, killing seven people authorities said – part of a…
MacRaedu1-i-syn ‘The Honeymooners’ star Sheila MacRae dies at 92 ENGLEWOOD, N.J. – Sheila MacRae starred on the Broadway stage and in films, yet it was her small-screen role as the…
A Euchre tournament will be held at 1 p.m. March 16 at the Lost Dog Bar & Lounge, 1150 Main Ave. For more information, call Joe Zuber at 259-1375. Women’s…
CAIRO — Egypt has announced a team of European archaeologists have found a nearly 6-foot- tall alabaster statue of a pharoanic princess, dating from approximately 1350 B.C., outside the southern…
First United Methodist Church of Durango, 2917 Aspen Drive, will start a new sermon series this weekend. The title of this six-week series is “Not a Fan,” and it looks…
The Durango Arts Center and Merely Players will present the adult play “Maple and Vine,” written by Jordan Harrison and directed by Mona Wood-Patterson, on March 14, 15, 20, 21…
The inaugural Grip Fest sport climbing competition will take place March 15 at the Rock Lounge Gym, 1111 Camino del Rio. The USA Youth SCS Climbing event will take place…
UNITED NATIONS – The United States is asking the U.N. Security Council to take action against North Korea for firing two rounds of ballistic missiles in the last week in…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division was blocked by bipartisan Senate opposition Wednesday in an emotional postscript to the long-ago murder of…
Twelve Road Scholar volunteers from around the world gathered at the Anasazi Heritage Center to inventory and store ceramic artifacts excavated by the Dolores Archaeological Program. The artifacts were collected…
The Colorado Department of Transportation is in the process of upgrading signal cabinets on U.S. Highway 160 (Main Street), U.S. Highway 491 (Broadway) and Colorado Highway 145 in Cortez. The…
Pinnacol Assurance and Mountain West Insurance & Financial Services will host a seminar on managing worker’s compensation costs from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700…
LONDON – Scotland’s pro-independence leader says a separate Scotland would not be a foreign country to England and claims U.K. Treasury chief George Osborne made a “monumental error” when he…
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is the first new Republican nominee for the state’s governor in more than a decade. Abbott coasted Tuesday night to a primary…
Never fear faulty tires again. Moutain Bike Specialists is holding two upcoming basic flat repair clinics from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and March 19. The class will teach how…
AIR FORCE ACADEMY – The Air Force Academy says it will cut 99 jobs and eliminate 10 academic majors as the Defense Department reduces overall spending. The Gazette of Colorado…
WASHINGTON – Seeking to salvage an elusive Middle East peace plan, President Barack Obama pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday to make the “tough decisions” needed to move forward…
KUNMING, China – Authorities on Sunday blamed a slashing rampage that killed 29 people and wounded 143 at a train station in southern China on separatists from the country’s far…
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society hosts Café con Leche, a free monthly telephone-support group conducted in Spanish for people living with MS. Each session runs from noon to 1:30 p.m.…
WASHINGTON – A House committee expects to hear firsthand from the embattled former official at the center of what the government has acknowledged was the improper targeting of tea-party groups…
Writers and Scribblers will meet from 3:30 to 5 p.m. March 12 at the Pine River Valley Bank, 1701 Main Ave. “Writing Sex Scenes: The Good, the Bad and the…
Carly Pierson of Durango, a student at Cornell College located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, has been named to the dean’s list, earning High Honors. A grade point average of at…
‘12 Years a Slave’ rolls at Spirit Awards SANTA MONICA, Calif. – “12 Years a Slave” rolled at the Spirit Awards, winning five awards including best feature at the annual…
