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Down comes the snow

Local Briefs

Motorists on U.S. Highway 550 (north Main Avenue) will encounter the final single-lane closure on northbound Main Avenue at 18th Street, as Atmos Energy completes work to upgrade utility lines…

Ballantine purchases Bayfield newspaper

Pine River Times editor to stay

And Durango’s winners are …

Chamber of Commerce holds ceremony Jan. 23

Atmos Energy Corp. warns of email scam

Fake bills contain harmful links

Silverton’s slow season

Town rolls up the sidewalks when train is absent

Manhunt leads to second arrest

Pagosa Springs man jailed on $5,000 bail

Dayplanner Tuesday

Public hearing on the adoption of regulations governing the construction of cell towers and other telecommunications facilities, 10 a.m., meeting room of the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second…

Passers-by alert residents of fire

Shed destroyed, house damaged

The Blotter

Monday 6:20 a.m. Someone reported an ongoing problem in the 100 block of East Sixth Avenue where a diesel truck was idling. Sunday 6:28 p.m. A rock in the middle…

Good day, sunshine

Soaking away seasonal aches

Trimble Spa & Natural Hot Springs helps residents and visitors relax all year – even in the cold and snowy months. Suzanne Sibley, a U.S. Postal Service employee, takes advantage…

Skimo: It hurts so good

Race at Hesperus pushes athletes past their limits

The mourning isn’t over

Parents continue fight against birth-control device they say killed their daughters

Dayplanner Monday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385. Arts and Entertainment Four Corners Arts Forum, 9 a.m., KDUR…

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Motor Vehicle Division in both Durango and Bayfield as well as the Bayfield Clerk and Recorder’s Office will have new office hours beginning Tuesday. Durango Motor…

Military Brief

Logandu1-i-syn Logan also received the honor of “Distinguished Graduate,” which is determined by totaling combined academic, instructional performance and operational training point totals. The mission of SERE is to train…

Dayplanner Sunday

Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Belle Brunch with Donny Johnson, 1 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave., 375-7150. Informal Tango…

6 GOP candidates eye Hickenlooper’s position

Sitting governor is considered vulnerable

Defendant’s rights tangle with tribal sovereignty

Man charged with felony menacing

Sign says …

From A to Z, some odd names for area roads

Journey to Chimayo

Ann Sieben endures strong winds and light snow Saturday as she leaves an area near Durango Mountain Resort on her first day of her pilgrimage to El Santuario de Chimayo…

Avalanche school scholarship in the works

Local business decided to do something to prevent more deaths

Local Briefs

As marijuana becomes available for recreational use throughout Colorado, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the Colorado State Patrol remind motorists it is illegal to drive while impaired by marijuana.…

Manhunt suspect likely has left area

“We have good intelligence that he has left the area,” Driscoll said. “He had a cell phone and GPS, so we’re assuming that he got a ride from a friend.”…

Still a team player

Once proficient at two-point jumpers, DHS grad Megan Cherry now a continent jumper

Mercy marks 2014’s first baby

Pagosa Springs couple’s first is a girl

Bayfield man linked to mailbox thefts

Tried to cash $100K in checks, authorities say

Farmington Hill crash delays intersection traffic

Traffic was diverted for about 40 minutes Friday afternoon after a car collided with a semitrailer near Farmington Hill. Brian Rhode, front, was the driver of the semitrailer. Engineer Charles…

Police arrest 1 after manhunt; second suspect remains at large

Men blew up a trailer to thwart pursuit