County planning commissioners have started work on the infastructure part of updating the 2001 comprehensive plan. They discussed it at their June 4 meeting with county planning staff. Planning Director…
Steven Horak, right, said he and Tori Duhame, second from right, and Duhame’s child were stopped on South Camino del Rio at the intersection with Sawyer Drive when a three-wheeled…
Flash flood watch in effect in Four Corners
The void caused by planned summer science camps that were canceled after financial troubles forced the closure of the Powerhouse Science Center has been filled by a collaboration between former…
The new La Plata County Comprehensive Plan could lay out general guidance for many aspects of infrastructure lacking in the current plan. The 2001 version of the plan addressed only…
Durango Police Thursday 1:06 a.m. Police were called to the 20300 block of U.S. Highway 160 to a fight in an apartment involving two women. It was unknown if they…
13 rural districts propose Student Centered Accountability Project to meet state requirements
Approximately one-fourth of vehicle crashes in Colorado in 2013 were attributed to distracted driving, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). CDOT has started a summer “Drop the Distraction”…
Pine River Senior Center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays (BYO lunch), Wednesdays, and Fridays. Hot lunch is served at noon on Wednesday and Friday. Call…
Food, music, art tomorrow in Ignacio Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center in Ignacio will host a Tinker Tool Garden Show, whimsical metal sculptures by Tanya Lawyer, Saturday from noon to…
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Bayfield Yard Sale day. The map is in this edition of the newspaper! Friends of the Pine River Public Library book sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.…
Bayfield Elementary School presented its 2014-2015 American Citizenship Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The awards were presented by Principal Diane Sallinger and BES School Counselors…
Cool cars will cruise Ignacio on Saturday, June 13, and Saturday, July 25 for San Ignacio Fiesta. Cruisers meet at 5 p.m. Saturday at the old Ignacio Elementary parking lot…
First National Bank of Durango (FNBD) has launched a new philanthropic program called First Employees Give. All bank employees were allotted $100 to donate to the charitable organization of their…
There was a time when if you were mangled in a car crash, police or passers-by would heft you into a car and drive you to the hospital. And maybe…
Volunteers needed for 'High School Bigs'
The La Plata County Humane Society (LPCHS) will celebrate its 13th annual Adopt-a-thon today and tomorrow. “We were able to adopt out 52 cats and dogs last year,” says Jonell…
Deer Valley, Forest Lakes eligible for federal grant funds
Story in top 4 in state in pole bending
Keller Williams Realtors and staff volunteer their time in May for a service project, including landscaping a home for a veteran in Dove Ranch in Bayfield. Participating in the local…
Backers say without added interest, loans to the poor will disappear
She says, ‘I’ve never called myself pro-choice as a politician’
Matt Besecker, a certified arborist with the city of Durango’s Forestry Division, steadies a Kentucky coffeetree as it is hoisted into place Thursday in front of the Main Mall on…
