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Ballet Folklorico classes starting at FLC

Ballet Folklorico dance classes start Monday, Sept. 8 at Fort Lewis College. Ballet Folklorico de Durango will begin new youth and college/adult classes in September and the cultu...

United Blood Services announces urgent need for Type O blood donors

United Blood Services last week announced an urgent appeal for type O blood donors in New Mexico and Southwest Colorado, joining a growing number of blood centers across the country that are...

Home school families have choices, resources locally

By Karen Edmonds Pine River Community Learning Center Families make the decision to home school their children for many reasons. Concerns about the schoo...

Forest Service plans controlled burn near Sauls Creek Small fires could start this weekend through mid-September

The San Juan National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed burn sometime in the next few weeks on about 1,100 acres in the Sauls Creek area about five miles east of Bayfield. Th...

COGCC honors outstanding operators

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission honored WPX Energy, Swift Energy Operating and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe - Department of Energy as Outstanding Operators and Anadarko Pe...

Biologist to talk about wildlife in the wilderness

As part of the continuing celebration of the 50th anniversary of the federal Wilderness Act, a veteran Colorado biologist will talk about the importance of wilderness to wildlife populations...

CDOT to start rockfall work on Highway 3

Colorado Department of Transportation will start rockfall mitigation on State Highway 3 on Thursday, Aug. 21. The south end of Hwy. 3 will be closed through mid November for this work. ...

LPEA installing self-service payment kiosk

La Plata Electric Association has been installing a customer self-service kiosk this week outside LPEA headquarters at 45 Stewart St. in Bodo Business Park in Durango. The drive-t...

Navajo State Park 50th anniversary celebration Aug. 23

ARBOLES - This year marks the 50th anniversary of southwest Colorado's Navajo State Park, and the public is invited to visit the park on Aug. 23 for activities and programs to commemorate th...

Ignacio superintendent welcomes students back

Dear parents and students of Ignacio schools: Welcome to a new and exciting school year. The school board and the administrative Tteam would like to officially welcome you back to...

Upper Pine crews fighting California fire

Two crews from Upper Pine Fire Protection District have been deployed to the July Complex fire in Northern California. Six wildland firefighters and two engines left on Saturday,...

See you this weekend at the La Plata County Fair

By MELANIE BRUBAKER MAZUR TIMES EDITOR The La Plata County Fair offers grand opportunities for one of my favorite things ever - eating really decadent food. ...