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Final Gold Star Parents Weekend slated

Fallen Colorado service members will be remembered and their parents honored from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sept. 25 at Rotary Park. The event will be the last of the season in Durango. A...

81st Colorado Archaeological Society conference scheduled

The 81st annual Conference of the Colorado Archaeological Society will be held Oct. 7-10 at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. The conference will feature a Friday meet-a...

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Nigeria head sorry for plagiarizing Obama LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari apologized Saturday for plagiarizing President Barack Obama's 2008 victory speech and said he ...

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U.S. tightens rules on medical research The Obama administration is publishing new rules to help doctors and patients learn if clinical trials of treatments worked or not. At issu...

Nation & World Briefs

Witness: Duterte ordered killings MANILA, Philippines – A former Filipino militiaman testified before the country’s Senate on Thursday that President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was still a cit...

Grange to host orchard restoration talk

Jude Schuenemeyer, co-founder of the The talk will focus on Colorado heritage apples and Schuenemeyer’s work to restore the region’s orchard culture and economy. Refreshments wi...

Best Friends manager and ‘DogTown’ star to speak

John Garcia, emergency response manager at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and star of National Geographic’s “DogTown” show, will speak at the Garcia began rehabilitating 22 tortured pit bul...

Music classes offered for disabled adults

Stillwater Music will hold a Stillwater Adaptive Orchestra group music class for adults with disabilities from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. each Tuesday from Sept. 20 through Oct. 25 at 121 West 32nd ...

Nation & World Briefs

Grand jury clears officers in shootout WACO, Texas – A grand jury declined to recommend charges for three Waco, Texas, police officers who shot bikers during a gunfight between rival motorcy...

Medieval combat at Buckley Park

The Society of Creative Anachronism will host a Current Middle Ages demonstration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Buckley Park, 1200 block of Main Ave. Fully armored combatants in medieva...

City wants feedback on communication methods

The city of Durango is seeking public input through Sept. 29 to evaluate methods for communicating with residents. Two survey respondents will be selected randomly to win 25 Duran...

Nation & World Briefs

Household income finally shows gains WASHINGTON – In a long-awaited sign that middle-class Americans are finally seeing real economic gains, U.S. households got a raise last year after seven...