News

Local News

The Blotter

Wednesday 9:23 a.m. Someone reported a duck and duckling in the middle of the roadway, 500 Camino del Rio. 6:20…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Allies offer Putin chance to ease crisis

Group of 7 leaders Thursday said Russia can avoid further Western sanctions by taking steps to ease the crisis in…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

BANGKOK – Thailand’s new military government moved against two of its top targets on Thursday, capturing a top organizer of…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

More deaths reported of vets on VA list

Gibsondu1-i-syn Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson said he does not know whether the 18 new deaths were related to long…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Israel approves new settlement construction

The European Union is denouncing an Israeli decision to move ahead with construction of 1,5000 new homes in Jewish settlements…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Senators told about threat to captive soldier

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro tem of the Senate, heads to a closed-door hearing with…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Report: Oil rig problems remain

A photo shows the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing from a drilling rig in the Gulf…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Leaders, visitors flock to D-Day events

World leaders and dignitaries including President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II will gather to honor the more than 150,000…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

SEATTLE – Police say a Seattle Pacific University student on Thursday disarmed a lone gunman who entered a building and…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – More than 2 million people who got health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law have data discrepancies that…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Report urges steady funding for Mars mission

Mars rover Curiosity is one of many probes sent to explore the Red Planet. A report by the National Research…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Bergdahl’s hometown cancels celebration

The Voice of Jihad has released a video of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s handover to U.S. forces in exchange for…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

World Briefs

DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian President Bashar Assad has been re-elected in a landslide, officials said Wednesday, capturing another seven-year term…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Hong Kong marks Tiananmen protests

State-controlled Chinese news media ignored the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, although a crowd of more than 180,000 turned out…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Obama praises Poland as example for Ukraine

U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question during a joint news conference with Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski at Belweder Palace…

June 4, 2014

Nation & World

Hopes fade for quick Senate vote to help veterans

Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, speaks with Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. as they take an…

June 4, 2014

Local News

Local briefs

Ignacio Community Library, 470 Goddard Ave., will host a drama workshop for kids 9 to 12 years old from 3…

June 4, 2014

Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Durango Nature Studies will offer Weekly Wee Walk Abouts, preschool nature walks, from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays through August…

June 4, 2014

Good Earth

Carbon rules delayed on reservations

will negotiate with tribes about reducing power plant pollution

June 4, 2014

Good Earth

Who will take over the farm?

Challenges mount for those who inherit a business and young entrepreneurs

June 4, 2014

Good Earth

Species vanish faster than ever

The study looks at past and present rates of extinction and finds a lower rate in the past than scientists…

June 4, 2014

Good Earth

Wandering wolf is now a dad

A remote camera captured wolf OR-7 in May on the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. Biologists…

June 4, 2014

Local News

River Days opens with Movie Night

In the movie “Dream,” paddler Ben Marr finds his wildest fantasies coming true.Photo courtesy of Erik Boomer (erikboomer.com) The annual…

June 4, 2014

Local News

The buzz is back right here in River City

River Days getting lift from Whitewater Park

June 4, 2014