Local & Regional News

Leavenworth leaving Volunteers of America

Will move to Axis Health System

Governor Hickenlooper: Time to tone down Planned Parenthood rhetoric

Calls to curb ‘inflammatory rhetoric’ and investigate as terrorism

Iron Horse Bicycle Classic registration opens Friday in Durango

Those who can’t come in person can register Saturday

Local Briefs

FLC committees to meet Thursday The Investment Advisory Committee of the Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Business Affairs Committee of the…

Dayplanner Tuesday

Meetings and Events Master’s Men Ministries of Colorado meeting, 6:30 a.m., DoubleTree Hotel Lounge, 501 Camino del Rio, 749-2888. DeColores Civitan Club meeting, noon, call Lon Erwin at 247-1019 for…

Roads reopen after Sunday night snowfall in Durango

Police report six weather-related crashes

When are you too intoxicated for a night in jail?

In La Plata County, drunken inmates are sadly common and medically needy

Free whooping cough vaccinations offered in Durango

Because pertussis, or whooping cough, cases are continuing to rise in La Plata County, San Juan Basin Health Department is offering free (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccinations Wednesday.Pine River Times…

Harley riders provide a merry Christmas for families in need

23rd annual Toy Run scores bounty for kids

GMO legislation would prohibit states from labeling

Activists say federal bill would keep consumers in the dark

Dayplanner Monday

Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, props provided, 259-0385. Center of Southwest…

Local Briefs

Pine River Library to host toy exchange The Pine River Library will host a Toy Exchange from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at the library, 395 Bayfield Center Drive in…

Snow closes North College Drive Sunday night

Farmington Hill also slick

Owner of Gold King Mine feels victimized by EPA

Todd Hennis claims EPA planned mine spill to usher in Superfund

STATE CHAMPIONS

Nineteen years after the first state football championship in school history, the Bayfield Wolverines claimed another Saturday in Kersey with a 28-20 victory against Platte Valley. A class of 13…

Dayplanner Sunday

Arts and Entertainment Irish music jam session, 12:30 p.m., Irish Embassy Pub, 900 Main Ave., 403-1200, www.theirishembassypub.com. Informal Tango Practice, 5-7 p.m., Groove U Durango, 26369 U.S. Highway 160, tangodurango.info.…

Two arrested in BLM land pot grow in Southwestern Colorado

465 pounds of marijuana, 1,200 plants seized along Dolores River

Budget, elections reforms suggested to improve Colorado

Coalition looks at conflicts from TABOR

The number of Coloradans passing GED test plummets since 2014 rewrite

The same is happening in Durango

Leveling the field

Jo Young, left, and Jim Libby, both with the San Juan Mountains Association’s annual Christmas Tree Conservation Fundraiser, uses a machine Saturday that levels the Christmas tree and bores a…

Local Briefs

DHS chorale group set to sing to Rotary Club A small choral group from Durango High School will sing at the meeting of the Rotary Club of Durango at 6…

Dayplanner Saturday

Meetings and Events Community Craft Bazaar, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Breen Community Building, 15300 Colorado Highway 140, 749-5338. Free wine tasting, 2-5 p.m., The Wine Merchant, 1514 Main Ave., 375-0076. Arts…

Black Friday shoppers fill downtown Durango

Black Friday a precursor to events like Small Business Saturday, Noel Night

Snow builds up north of Durango

Motorists on U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango drive on a wet road Friday as snow fell throughout the region. Accumulation is only expected in the mountains, according to the…

Local Briefs

Colorado Gives Day to benefit WolfWood WolfWood Refuge will be a part of Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 8. Donations designated for the refuge help provide a safe haven for…

’Tis (officially) the season

Parade, tree lighting kick off holiday

Bayfield designs new grade school to be energy-efficient

District seeks top certification

Bayfield football team heads to state championship game

How tourism officials calculate Gold King Mine spill in ad dollars

If news articles were instead advertisements, cost would have been $4 million

Sen. Ellen Roberts tours Dolores schools affected by her votes in Legislature

State Sen. Ellen Roberts was given a whirlwind tour of Dolores Schools last week. Dolores Re-4 Schools Superintendent Scott Cooper said superintendents across the state are offering tours of schools…