Local News

Ignacio’s new grocery store progresses

Construction crews in downtown Ignacio used heaters and blankets to keep the ground warm last week for a concrete pour…

Ignacio trustees question guardrail plans

El Paso hill stability is concern

Haute culture event of the year returns

Forest Service taking comments on Chimney Rock EIS

Projects include construction of up to two miles of interpretive trails, new visitor facilities and parking near the existing visitor…

Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, Feb. 6 – Salad bar, lasagna, garlic bread, pineapple. Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Salad bar, combo burrito smothered w/…

Locals oppose marijuana businesses in Bayfield

Town trying to find more revenue

Bayfield area home sales increased in 2014

Prices down slightly

PRID board seats new member

Shareholders formally elected Allen McCaw to replace Bob Witt at the annual meeting on Jan. 31. McCaw, a fifth generation…

LPEA leads in local renewable power generation

Industry faces major changes

Moving students

School district buses move 500 students daily,drive 200,000 miles annually

Calendar of Events

Spirits Journey, artists reception at Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center, 6 to 8 p.m. 563-4600. Third Time Charmed, live at…

Barbershoppers offer singing valentines

Blood drives scheduled in Ignacio, Bayfield

The first is at the Vida Peabody Room at Sky Ute Casino. The drive will be held from 2:30 to…

National Bank Holdings buys local bank

Purchase costing $14 million

VALLEY IN BRIEF

The Bayfield Area Chamber of Commerce will have its monthly meeting from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12.…

Felony DUI clears panel

‘At some point, enough is enough’

Probing our pot

Young entrepreneurs find niche in marijuana industry

Lawmakers introduce water bill

Ag producers would have leeway in infrastructure funding

Parent’s Bill of Rights moves forward

Colorado proposal would make it easier to choose not to vaccinate children

Snowpack low across region

San Juan Mountain basins are at 66 percent of average

Local Briefs

The Durango FFA Chapter will have a fundraiser from 6 p.m. to midnight Feb. 14 at the Breen Community Building…

Dayplanner Friday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

The Blotter

Thursday 1:28 a.m. Someone reportedly knocked over several metal trash cans onto parked cars at the Irish Embassy Pub, 900…

Grants to help area students study local air pollution

Marci Demming-Bidwell, director of Mountain Studies Institute, plants plugs of grass near Ophir Pass. The institute recently received a grant…