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Nation Briefs

Capitol lockdown lifted after suicide WASHINGTON – A precautionary lockdown of the U.S. Capitol was lifted after about two hours Saturday following a suicide by a man carrying a p...

Local Briefs

Living wage coalition to meet Monday Thrive! La Plata County’s Living Wage Coalition will meet from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Commons Building, 701 Camino del Rio. ...

Nation & World Briefs

Secret Service officer is arrested WASHINGTON – A uniformed officer in the Secret Service’s Foreign Missions Branch was put on leave and his security clearance suspended Friday a...

Religion Briefs

Yoga doesn’t bend rules on religion LOS ANGELES – Yoga taught in a San Diego County school system is not a gateway to Hinduism and doesn’t violate the religious rights of students...

Education Briefs

Dylan Schwantes helps in New Orleans Dylan Schwantes, from Durango, studying history at Marquette University, traveled to New Orleans over spring break with the Marquette MARDI GR...

Military Brief

Sara Sloan graduates basic training Army Pvt. Sara A. Sloan has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina. During the nine weeks o...

Local Briefs

A grief therapist talks Parkinson’s disease The Durango Parkinson’s Disease Support and Education Group meets the third Thursday of every month. The next meeting will ...

World & Nation Briefs

Prostitutes protest closure of windows AMSTERDAM – Scores of prostitutes have taken to the streets of Amsterdam to protest moves to rejuvenate the city’s famed Red Light District ...

Local Briefs

Volunteers sought for Lodging Tax Panel The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is seeking interested members of the community to apply for vacancies on the Lodging Tax ...

A&E Briefs

Bite of Jazz concert series continues Music in the Mountains will host the next installment in its “Bite of Jazz” dinner and concert series at 6:15 p.m. Thursday at St. Mark’s Epi...

Outdoors Briefs

Mountain Bike Specialists peddles a pair of clinics Mountain Bike Specialists will host these free informational clinics Saturday at 949 Main Ave.: An Introduction to C...

World Briefs

Bombing case defendant convicted BOSTON – Federal prosecutors Wednesday said they are “gratified” by the guilty verdict against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and thank...