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Colorado Public Lands Day is May 19

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, along with partners from federal, local and state agencies, are all celebrating Colorado Public Lands Day on Saturday, May 19. Free events, stewardship projects ...

DATE: May 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Ignacio honors retiring teachers

DATE: May 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

LPEA annual meeting set for May 12

"The Heart of Your Power" is the theme for the La Plata Electric Association Annual Meeting, Saturday, May 12 at the Sky Ute Casino and Resort Event Center, Ignacio. Results of board of dire...

DATE: May 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

National Weather Service explains flash floods

GRAND JUNCTION - Flooding can be a major problem in Colorado, as we experienced in September 2013. Heavy rain fell over a large area of the foothills south to the Pikes Peak Regi...

DATE: May 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Power restored north of Bayfield

As of 9:33 a.m. this morning, all customers of La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) affected by the outage in the Pine River Valley area were back in power. Work continues in the area to dis...

DATE: May 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Ballet Folkorico to perform for Cinco de Mayo

El Centro de Muchos Colores and its Mexican dance program, Ballet Folkorico de Durango, will celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend with several local performances. Cinco de Mayo is the date t...

DATE: May 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Baker elected to tribal council

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe held a special election on Friday, April 20 in Ignacio to fill one seat on the tribal council. Following the certification of votes on April 23, Melvin Baker wa...

DATE: May 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Fire department hosting food drive to collect peanut butter

Upper Pine Fire will is hosting a peanut butter drive to collect 897 jars of the stuff in May. Why 897? "That's the number of calls we ran last year," said Upper Pine C...

DATE: May 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

PTSA holding spring fling, color run on May 5

Bayfield Parent Teacher Student Association is holding a spring festival and color run on Saturday, May 5 in Eagle Park. All proceeds will be used for the kindergarten through fif...

DATE: Apr 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Fire department releases annual report

Upper Pine River Fire Protection district has released its annual report for 2017. Highlights include an improved Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating and a balanced budget of $...

DATE: Apr 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Bayfield schools planning big moving day

Pediatric clinic could be coming to Bayfield campus

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news

Be Frank growing in Bayfield, Durango school districts

The Be Frank Foundation has grown to provide orchestra programs to 425 students in Bayfield and Durango, members of the non-profit's board told members of the Bayfield School Board on Tuesda...

DATE: Apr 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Pine River Times news