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Bayfield board updates temporary use regulations
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Bayfield board updates temporary use regulations

May 22, 2014

Town Manager Chris La May raised the issue in April, noting that the town code and town land use regulations “often conflict or are silent on the treatment of temporary…

Cool cars coming to Ignacio
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Cool cars coming to Ignacio

May 22, 2014

Cool cars – and trucks and bikes – of all varieties are welcome at this summer's Car Car Cruises June 27 and July 26 in Ignacio. Cool cars will be…

Southern Ute Bear Dance starts today
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Southern Ute Bear Dance starts today

May 22, 2014

The weekend starts with Ute Nation Day today, 8:30 a.m. at the Bear Dance Grounds. This honors tribal police from the Southern Ute, Ute Mountain Ute, Northern Ute, and Jicarilla…

Valley in Brief
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Valley in Brief

May 22, 2014

Bayfield Parks and Recreation and the Pine River Public Library will hold two Lego robotics camps in June. The first is June 16-20, the second is June 23-27, from 1…

Playing the market
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Playing the market

May 22, 2014

Bayfield girl wins regional economic education award

Herbicide working group to meet Wed.
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Herbicide working group to meet Wed.

May 22, 2014

The purpose of the informal working group is to address the issue of herbicide carryover and develop an educational program for those entities that distribute manure as a soil amendment,…

DARRELL L. GARDNER
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DARRELL L. GARDNER

May 22, 2014

GARDNERdu1-i-syn Darrell and his parents, Duane and Donna Gardner, along with his brother and sister, lived in several Colorado towns until they moved to Montrose in 1972. He graduated from…

Pine River Senior Center menus
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Pine River Senior Center menus

May 22, 2014

Friday, May 23 – Salad bar, BBQ pork ribs, corn, creamy coleslaw, wheat French roll, peaches. Wednesday, May 28 – meatloaf, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, seasoned green beans, wheat roll,…

Calendar of Events
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Calendar of Events

May 22, 2014

Southern Ute Bear Dance, Bear Dance Grounds SATURDAY, MAY 24 Ignacio High School graduation, 10 a.m. SunUte Community Center Southern Ute Bear Dance Sunday, May 27 Southern Ute Bear Dance…

Benita Fern Olguin
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Benita Fern Olguin

May 22, 2014

OLGUINdu1-i-syn Mrs. Olguin was born March 21, 1929, in Ignacio, the daughter of Raymundo and Adelina Trujillo. She helped the family on the ranch and excelled at skills involved in…

The Blotter
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The Blotter

May 22, 2014

Thursday 1:43 a.m. A woman was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart, 1155 South Camino del Rio. Wednesday 12:49 p.m. Several people reportedly were smoking and yelling obscenities near the Mason…

Sure beats sittin’ in a classroom
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Sure beats sittin’ in a classroom

May 22, 2014

Mountain Middle School seventh-graders, from left, Andrew Papineau, Gus Kidd and Joe Thomson help Thursday afternoon with maintenance on the Animas Mountain Trail in northwest Durango. The school partnered with…

Local Briefs
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Local Briefs

May 22, 2014

The Herbicide Carryover Working Group will host a follow-up meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Animas Room of the La Plata County Fairgrounds, 2500 Main Ave. The…

Horse activities at fairgrounds resume
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Horse activities at fairgrounds resume

May 22, 2014

The fairgrounds had been closed to all horse-related activities since May 16 because of an outbreak of the virus. While the only reported case was in Rio Grande County, the…

Public meeting planned on Lake Nighthorse
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Public meeting planned on Lake Nighthorse

May 22, 2014

A news release from Ed Warner, Western Colorado area manager, said the agency believed it was near an agreement with partners and stakeholders of the Animas-La Plata Project to integrate…

Rain likely for race day
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Rain likely for race day

May 22, 2014

The dirty lowdown: The National Weather Service is all but guaranteeing precipitation during Saturday’s 43rd running of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. “We’re expecting it will be a cool and…