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Vallecito recognized by FireWise

Mitigation efforts paying off, organizers say

Ignacio High School third quarter honor roll, 2014-2015

SENIORS: 4.4 David Cooper; 4.2 Adison Jones, Tyler Riepel; 4.0 Marillee Cotton, Alicia Naranjo; 3.9 Dynesha Drake; 3.8 July Stricherz;…

Upcoming Vallecito Firewise events and grants

Vallecito Firewise will hold a wildfire preparation day on May 2, focusing on reflective home address signs for $12, or…

Lipbone Redding performing next Friday in Ignacio

Lipbone Redding Lipbone Redding, a North Carolina singer and performer, will be the headliner at a concert and dinner Friday,…

Calendar of Events

SATURDAY, APRIL 4 Easter egg hunt, 10 a.m. at SunUte Park, behind SunUte Community Center. Grand opening and first game,…

Bayfield SkillsUSA students leaving for state

Students competing in Quiz Bowl, drafting, cabinet making

News in Brief

Bayfield trustee holding public meeting J.J. Sanders, a Bayfield town trustee, will have a public meeting from 10 a.m. to…

Daffodils dance

Bayfield woman pleads guilty to mail theft

A former contract employee with the Bayfield Post Office has pled guilty to mail theft in U.S. District Court in…

Colorado panel flips on police-reform bill

Measure killed on unlawful orders after it already passed

Park books its new brand

Family and friends celebrate Mary Kay O’Neil Library

House panel advances racial-profiling prohibitions

Hearing examines other police reforms

Little seedlings

Garden project allows kids and plants do some growing

County tightens driveway standards

Move taken to aid firefighting response

Dayplanner Friday

Meetings and Events Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main…

The Blotter

DURANGO POLICE Thursday 3:55 a.m. A wheel fell off a vehicle in the 1100 block of South Camino del Rio.…

Local Briefs

Calling all Class of 1970 for Durango High School The Durango High School Class of 1970 is searching for classmates…

Man in burglary could erase criminal record

A Durango man, who with a companion broke into the Dunn Deal Thrift Store under cover of night in February…

FCC rule could give us Denver TV

Bill has national interest

Colorado Senate passes the state budget

Despite the partisan bickering, $26B Long Bill heads to House

Native mascot bill loses funding

Effort depends on private dollars

Teenage pot robbery suspect may avoid prison

Logan Griffith could enter Youthful Offender System

C’mon, sing with me now

Durango High School senior Rebekah Hwang, center, playing “Madam Thenardier,” ventures into the audience to draw fellow members of DHS…

River feature debated for better or worse

Whitewater park feature could hurt fish