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Ignacio manager pushing workforce housing progress

“I think we’re gaining momentum,” Ignacio Town Manager Lee San Miguel told town trustees on March 11 about the on-going…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Lenora Mary Martinez

Lenora Mary Martinez, 81, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at home in Ignacio. Visitation was at Hood Mortuary on Monday,…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Local donates $3,000 to food backpack program

Photo by Melanie Brubaker Mazur<br><br>A $10 donation came back in a backpack sent home with a Bayfield Elementary family. 'Pay…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Bayberry Jam set for June 21

The Bayfield Association for the Advancement of Music, a.k.a. BAAM, is proud to announce the second annual fundraiser “Bayberry Jam”!…

March 20, 2014

Local News

‘Third’ the word for ‘Cats at state

IHS finishes 25-1 with Day 3 win at state 2A tourney

March 20, 2014

Local News

Controlled burns planned at Sauls Creek

Starting next week, the Columbine Ranger District plans to burn up to 1,500 acres in the Sauls Creek area of…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Woman honored by CDOT thanks others who stopped

I appreciate the accolades in the article that was published March 14, 2014 “Bayfield Residents Honored For Heroics.” Scott Key’s…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Calendar of Events

Saturday, March 22 Pine River Shares Community Potluck, 5 p.m. old BMS gym, 884-4747 Bayfield Early Education Program Cowboy Luau,…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Wolverines bringing ruckus to Farmington

Shamrocks and shenanigans abounded on St. Patrick’s Day on Monday. But with a 10-0 slam-rocking of the green-clad Farmington JV…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Valley in Brief

Tickets for Cattlemen Banquet on sale Tickets for the La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen’s Banquet are now available. The banquet will be…

March 20, 2014

Local News

BHS varsity team wins regional Knowledge Bowl

The varsity BHS Knowledge Bowl Team won their regional competition held at the school on Saturday. This win qualifies them…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Lady ‘Cats blanked in Pagosa Springs

IHS girls’ soccer Head Coach Oscar Cosio was still recuperating Tuesday evening from a weeklong fight against a severe rash-like…

March 20, 2014

Nation & World

Taliban launch two attacks in Afghanistan

Taliban militants are claiming responsibility for two attacks that killed 11 in Afghanistan Thursday. Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a…

March 20, 2014

Nation & World

West ups stake with new Russia sanctions

President Barack Obama says the “world is watching” as Russia positions troops for further incursions in Ukraine territory. Obama announced…

March 20, 2014

Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Florida executes man in deaths of 2 women STARKE, Fla. – A Florida man has been executed for killing two…

March 20, 2014

Local News

Local Briefs

Books for a buck now at Durango library Friends of the Durango Public Library Bookstore now features a bargain cart…

March 20, 2014

Nation & World

Lawmaker derides general’s sentence

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, right, says he will retire from the Army after being sentenced to a reprimand and losing…

March 20, 2014

Nation & World

Searchers checking ‘best lead’ yet

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A freighter used searchlights early Friday to scan rough seas in one of the remotest places…

March 20, 2014

Nation & World

Phelps tested free speech with anti-gay protests

Fred Phelps Sr. announced his plans to run for the Democratic nomination for governor of Kansas on Nov. 18, 1989.…

March 20, 2014

Local News

FLC snubbed again at Capitol

Other schools to receive funds

March 20, 2014

Local News

Winter survivors

A herd of elk rests in a fenced-in pasture just off U.S. Highway 550 near Animas Valley Elementary on Wednesday…

March 19, 2014

Local News

From small acorns …

Recently back from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Lanny Barnes, left and twin sister Tracy Barnes work with Ignacio…

March 19, 2014

Regional News

Skiers happy, landowners complain

Access gates put back near Telluride ski area

March 19, 2014

Regional News

Insurance campaign seeks more young residents

Deadline approaching to sign up

March 19, 2014