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Forest Service plans controlled burn near Sauls Creek Small fires could start this weekend through mid-September

The San Juan National Forest plans to conduct a prescribed burn sometime in the next few weeks on about 1,100 acres in the Sauls Creek area about five miles east of Bayfield. Th...

Federal suit filed against two Ignacio police officers

Alleges use of excessive force and filing a false police report

Photo exhibit finishing at Pine River Valley Bank

An exhibit of work by local photographer Yvonne Lashmett is finishing up at Pine River Valley Bank in Bayfield. She specializes in scenes of the area mountains and the Durango and Silverton ...

Is it time for the B word?

Bond discussed as Bayfield kindergarten class bulging

Local schools transition to new teacher evaluations

What makes an effective teacher?

Ignacio FFA gun raffle stirs debate

How much control does a school organization have over its own money? Ignacio school officials and FFA supporters debated that question at the Aug. 14 school board meeting. At iss...

State Water Plan meeting set for Aug. 27 in Durango

A meeting on the Colorado Water Plan and the Southwest Basin Implementation Plan will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 27 at the Durango Public Library. The meeting...

IHS construction proceeds, but not smoothly

The block walls are going up at Ignacio High School, and the new main entrance is starting to take shape. But there are continuing glitches, Superintendent Rocco Fuschetto told th...

LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS

Vendor applications available for Bayfield Heritage Days Bayfield Heritage Days will take place this year on Sept. 26 and 27. The Bar D Wranglers will perform Friday, Sept. 26 in ...

July births at mercy regional medical center

Stacie and Jon Atkinson, Bayfield, Clayton Matthew, 8lbs. 4oz, 10:25 p.m., July 1, 2014 Kelly and Kevin Sutherlin , Bayfield, Brylee Bryn, 6lbs. 7oz, 4:38 p.m., July 2, 2014 ...

Federal agents investigate mail theft

The U.S. Postal Service Office of the Inspector General is investigating the theft of mail earlier this year at the Bayfield Post office. One Bayfield resident said she mailed tw...

COGCC honors outstanding operators

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission honored WPX Energy, Swift Energy Operating and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe - Department of Energy as Outstanding Operators and Anadarko Pe...