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The Blotter

Durango Police Thursday 11:23 a.m. A man was ranting and raving and hitting the bench in front of Kroegers Ace…

Yard Sale Day map available

Bayfield Yard Sale Day is Saturday, June 6. The map listing more than 40 yard sale locations in the area…

Infrastructure is current focus of county comp plan update

County planning commissioners have started work on the infastructure part of updating the 2001 comprehensive plan. They discussed it at…

Rinderle to lead state board

City councilor new president of municipal league

Wildlife underpass to divert animals

CDOT plans $94M in regional road projects

Motorcyclist rear-ends car

Steven Horak, right, said he and Tori Duhame, second from right, and Duhame’s child were stopped on South Camino del…

June off to a wet start – and get ready for more

Flash flood watch in effect in Four Corners

Durango takes delight in National Doughnut Day

Science summer camps will go on in Durango

The void caused by planned summer science camps that were canceled after financial troubles forced the closure of the Powerhouse…

Durango woman honors lost husband

Photo project takes Durangoan back decades to Vietnam

Infrastructure examined in county comp plan

The new La Plata County Comprehensive Plan could lay out general guidance for many aspects of infrastructure lacking in the…

‘Who pooped in the river?’

Study shows humans did, but for reasons unknown

The Blotter

Durango Police Thursday 1:06 a.m. Police were called to the 20300 block of U.S. Highway 160 to a fight in…

Bayfield school district helps create testing alternative

13 rural districts propose Student Centered Accountability Project to meet state requirements

CDOT, CSP target distracted driving

Approximately one-fourth of vehicle crashes in Colorado in 2013 were attributed to distracted driving, according to the Colorado Department of…

Senior Center lunch menus

Pine River Senior Center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays (BYO lunch), Wednesdays, and Fridays. Hot…

Float your boat at Vallecito

Sporting group working to open marina

Bayfield museum opens for summer

NEWS IN BRIEF

Food, music, art tomorrow in Ignacio Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center in Ignacio will host a Tinker Tool Garden Show,…

Calendar of Events

SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Bayfield Yard Sale day. The map is in this edition of the newspaper! Friends of the Pine…

Bayfield Elementary School announces 2014-2015 student awards

Bayfield Elementary School presented its 2014-2015 American Citizenship Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The awards…

Cars cruisin’ this weekend

Cool cars will cruise Ignacio on Saturday, June 13, and Saturday, July 25 for San Ignacio Fiesta. Cruisers meet at…

First National Bank donates $8,400 on behalf of employees

First National Bank of Durango (FNBD) has launched a new philanthropic program called First Employees Give. All bank employees were…

Upper Pine honors first responders for EMS Week

There was a time when if you were mangled in a car crash, police or passers-by would heft you into…