WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he’ll do everything he can to help people coping with health-insurance cancellations, but legally and practically his options appear limited. That means the latest…
Pope John Paul II Catholic Church, 353 South Pagosa Blvd. in Pagosa Springs, announces these Mass schedules: 5 p.m. Saturday (Anticipatory). 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday. 7:30 a.m. Monday,…
WASHINGTON – Furloughing federal workers in last month’s partial federal shutdown cost the government 6.6 million work days, according to a White House budget office report Thursday. Taxpayers will cover…
BEIRUT – Syria’s main Western-backed opposition group is considering an invitation for informal meetings involving Syrian government representatives in Moscow that would focus on establishing humanitarian corridors, opposition figures confirmed…
The Seniors Outdoors general meeting will be held Tuesday at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. A social time will start at 6:30 p.m. Betsy Janeczek, with slides…
The Southwest Civic Winds, with the Durango High School Music Department and Durango Post 4031 of the VFW, will present a pre-Veterans Day concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the…
Hanson Honda will hold its annual “Fill the Ridgeline for the Echo Food Bank” food drive from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. People should bring non-perishable food items to…
WASHINGTON – The number of poor people in America is 3 million higher than the official count, encompassing 1 in 6 residents stemming from out-of-pocket medical costs and work-related expenses,…
CAIRO – A court in Egypt upheld Wednesday an earlier ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets confiscated, the state news agency reported. The decision moves forward…
Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del Rio, announces these events: The Four Corners Regional Lego League Tournament will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Animas Valley…
Bonnie Unis has joined the real estate team at RE/MAX Pinnacle in Durango. Formerly of Bayfield Realty and Preferred Properties, Unis has been a local agent for 18 years. A…
TEANECK, N.J. – Relatives and friends of a young man who fired shots in New Jersey’s largest mall, trapping terrified shoppers for hours before killing himself, struggled Tuesday to reconcile…
All Durango School District 9-R schools will be closed Monday in observance of Veterans Day. DHS winter sports to begin Nov. 13 Durango High School winter sports that include boys…
All city of Durango administrative offices will be closed Monday in observance of Veterans Day and this is the schedule for other city programs: City Hall, River City Hall, Parks…
NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court heard dueling arguments Monday on whether a judge should have approved BP’s multibillion-dollar settlement for compensating victims of its 2010 oil spill in…
Elizabeth Helms, certified senior adviser, will present general information about Medicare and how Obamacare will affect people on Medicare from 1 to 3 p.m. today in Room 3 upstairs at…
The Community Cinema film series will return to the Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., with “The Graduates/Los Graduados” at 6 p.m. Friday. The film explores issues in education today…
The nonprofit Citizens Health Advisory Council will meet from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Durango Community Recreation Center in the Eolus Room, 2700 Main Ave. The council is an…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham airport reopened Sunday after a threat prompted an investigation by bomb technicians, flight diversions and a two-hour evacuation of hundreds of passengers. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport…
Darren McKinnis, a licensed clinical social worker and owner of Higher Ground Counseling, has moved to a new location and recently hired a new intern, Molly Hansen, a marriage and…
BART unions ratify contract that ended strike OAKLAND, Calif. – A second Bay Area Rapid Transit labor union has ratified the contract agreement that brought to an end a bitter…
DAKAR, Senegal – Gunmen abducted and killed two French radio journalists on assignment in northern Mali on Saturday, French and Malian officials said, grabbing the pair as they left the…
Elizabeth Helms, certified senior adviser, will present general information about signing up for Medicare, and about Obamacare and how it will affect people from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday in…
DETROIT – A Michigan man claims he tipped federal investigators to the location of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan eight years before his killing and has hired attorneys to…
JERUSALEM – Israeli aircraft bombed what the military described as a “terror tunnel” used by Hamas in Gaza and the militant Palestinian group said three of its fighters were killed…
The 700 block of Main Avenue will closed to through-traffic from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday to allow for utility construction at Eighth Street. Northbound traffic on Main Avenue…
The Animas Museum’s annual Old Fashioned Christmas Bazaar will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 6 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 7. Vendor space is…
RSVP is not required. Dogs must be on a leash per city ordinance. For more information about Wednesday Wanderers, call Eric Pahlke at 247-1130. For more information about Seniors Outdoors,…
The deadline to enter “EXPOSURE,” Open Shutter Gallery’s annual international photography competition, is Nov. 2. The competition is open to all domestic and international professional and amateur photographers, working with…
Snowdown organizers are accepting entry forms from all event coordinators for the 2014 Snowdown Safari So Good celebration. Anyone wishing to create a new Snowdown event is required to complete…
