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Six wagons will compete at the Chuck Wagon Cook-off on Saturday under the trees south of the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. Competing this year will be of…

Gem Village festival gets thumbs-up from artisans

‘Off the Beaten Path’ draws tourists, local residents

Weekend work to begin at 160/550 project

New closures will be in effect

Colorado, county see job growth

Long-term employment trend proves positive

Dayplanner Saturday

Durango Council No. 1408 of the Knights of Columbus will host its eighth biennial garage sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Columba School Gym, 1801 East Third Ave. Bayfield Farmers Market,…

Temperature swings hurt growers

Late frost plays havoc with harvest

Intensive training

The State Street Ballet Summer 2014 Intensive is training 25 students from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and California at Fort Lewis College, says Judy Austin, program faculty member. At left…

Our very own Ska Brewing in spotlight

Scottish beer-makers to highlight company on Esquire Network

The Blotter

Thursday 8:42 a.m. Someone called the police to report a stolen trash can in the 700 block of East Seventh Ave. 3:28 p.m. A man reportedly was squatting behind the…

Local Briefs

The city of Durango will host a public information meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the council chambers of City Hall, 949 East Second Ave. This meeting will focus on…

State’s national parks boost economy

Mesa Verde alone generated $45M in tourism from 460,237 visitors

Online school making presentation

The academy allows kindergarten through 12th grade students to interact with a teacher and/or fellow student via the computer. Colorado Connections Academy has more than 2,000 students in the state.…

Immigrant offers perspective

But one woman hopes her experience can shine some light on why this is happening and what can be done to help. Kenia Calderon made the journey from El Salvador…

9-R superintendent chairs state task force

Snowberger The task force, formed by legislation earlier this year, held its first meeting Tuesday at the Capitol. The task force’s assignment is to study the impact of testing on…

LPEA names interim CEO

A 42-year veteran of LPEA, Gregg began his career as an equipment operator with the cooperative. He held several positions within Operations – primarily construction and equipment maintenance – until…

Fires out, smoke coming from Utah

Over the past 10 days, Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center has mobilized firefighting response to 68 wildfires on federal lands across southwestern Colorado. Two dozen of those fires occurred just…

Pine River Library asks, ‘What’s next?’

After garden, bees, tropical frogs, and more

Pine River Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, July 18 – Salad bar, brats and sauerkraut, scalloped potatoes, green beans, rye roll, apricots. Wednesday, July 23 – Salad bar, BBQ brisket, cheesy potatoes, broccoli peanut salad, wheat…

Bayfield trustees review draft highway access plan

The plan “sets the stage for our own land use planning,” Town Manager Chris La May said. “It creates this backbone framework to begin all these other efforts.” The plan…

Art studio expands in Gem Village

Festival 'exploding' tomorrow

Calendar of Events

Free pie night! The Patio in Ignacio, 563-9571. SATURDAY, JULY 19 Bayfield Farmers Market begins, 8:30 until noon, Roadside Park. Off the Beaten Path, family friendly art festival and more,…

Lila June Barnett

Mrs. Barnett was born Feb. 28, 1929 in Wheeling, W.V., the daughter of Herbert and Hannah Miller. June was one of three children, and she grew up in West Virginia…

VALLEY IN BRIEF

The Pine River Youth Baseball 9-10 All Stars are raising funds to travel to next week’s state Little League tournament in Grand Junction. The Bayfield team defeated All-Star teams from…

William O. “Bill” Conlon

CONLON Mr. Conlon was born Dec. 23, 1952 in Lakewood, Ohio, the son of Francis P. and Mary J. Conlon (Gulling).   He grew up in Broadview Heights, Ohio and graduated…

Do right by your dog

Local experts can help with canine behavior problems

Goodsell-Crumbaugh

Geoff Crumbaugh and Chanel Goodsell Chanel is a former resident of Bayfield and graduate of Grand Junction High School. She recently graduated from Colorado Mesa University with a degree in…

Culinary arts classes coming to Durango in fall

Kathy Tonnessen, executive director of Manna, and Norm Jones, executive dean for SCCC, worked together to design a curriculum which will be available to Manna clients as well as community…

On to state!

The Bayfield 9-10 Little League All Stars won the district tournament last week, defeating teams from Ignacio, Cortez and Durango. They move on to the Little League state tournament next…

Cattlemen gather for annual picnic

The Blotter

Wednesday 3:46 p.m. A woman was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart, 1155 South Camino del Rio. 8:24 p.m. Someone called police to report that a deer was blocking traffic at…