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Water, highways top list of legislative priorities

By J. Paul Brown The sheep are in the mountains, and we are very thankful for a good lamb crop. We will move each camp in the high country every week with horses and mules and wil...

DATE: Jul 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

4-H members preparing for fair

The 4-H community is getting all excited for the 2016 La Plata County Fair. The fair will be held next month and open to the public from Aug. 10-14. The fairgrounds located at 2...

DATE: Jul 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Strike back against the ugliness

What an irony that our readers got their July 8 Times with the article about the award for the Bayfield Marshal's Office at the same time they were getting news of the sniper killing of five...

DATE: Jul 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Bayfield hits a homer on 4th of July fun

I love the 4th of July, although sometimes, I wish we could have the 4th off. But that's not the way it works when you have a job at a small-town paper where Independence Day is the big town...

DATE: Jul 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Durango Botanical Society earns the coveted Golden Shovel Award

I like awards. And trophies. Even the occasional plaque or certificate can bring a smile to my face. When I was in second grade, I got a first-place Pee Wee Championship Wrestlin...

DATE: Jul 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

From the Extension Office A little bit of planning can help make your summer travel safe

This seems like a logical weekend to think of getting into the mountains. With such high temperatures this summer, heading to the mountains is looking better and better. Last year...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Declare independence from health-care greed with Amendment 69

By Don Martin Two hundred-and forty-years ago, American colonists struggled hard with deep ideological issues with Mother England. Life in America was hard. Yet Englan...

DATE: Jun 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

July 4 triggers uneasy feelings

In Bayfield we take great pride in our Independence Day activities - the Lions Club breakfast, the parade that's grown too large to go around twice, the park activities, the fireworks that a...

DATE: Jun 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

County asking for tax increase for Road & Bridge Fund

Courtesy La Plata County Board of Commissioners La Plata County crews are responsible for ensuring that our 653 miles of county roads provide residents and visitors safe, efficien...

DATE: Jun 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

To the victims, all mass shootings are terrorism

Colorado has a tragic history of mass shootings. First was Columbine High School in 1999. Then a man invaded the high school near Bailey, took a bunch of girls hostage and killed ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

4-H adventure unites rural, urban young people

Summer is the time to take an adventure. For the last three years, La Plata County 4-H has teamed with Denver 4-H for a five-day adventure throughout Colorado. This trip is calle...

DATE: Jun 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Bullies reach new low in questioning financial need

Whatever happened to, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?" Questioning a military widow for accepting financial support, to me, is about the lowest thing s...

DATE: Jun 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times