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Lessons in the debris

Big Front Range fires show the benefits, limits of forest thinning

DATE: Aug 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Firefighters see changing climate

No doubt about it, firefighters say. It's getting hotter. Wildland firefighters usually cite three main reasons for the recent increase in large, costly fires. In addit...

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Losing the war on wildfire

National attitude toward fire creates indefensible space

DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Revving up the music scene

Blues Traveler to christen Aztec track as a prime venue

DATE: Aug 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

First day on the clock

Students find classes, get lockers, reunite with friends

DATE: Aug 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

New digs for Animas High School

Shreds of carpet, power tools and loose wires are expected to be tidied up in time for students’ arrival next week at Animas High School. The charter school, in its fifth year, ha...

DATE: Aug 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Boys of the gridiron

‘Sometimes it hurts, but it goes away’

DATE: Aug 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

A steer named Moby is tops

Demolition derby, auction return as annual fair favorites

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Getting its ACT together

Theater ready to reopen after extensive remodel

DATE: Aug 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Music

Kitchen fire damages downtown restaurant

Smoke filled Ken & Sue’s Restaurant and an adjacent business, Shirt Off My Back, from a fire that started from a stove top in the restaurant’s upstairs kitchen Thursday morning, said Fire Ma...

DATE: Aug 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Itâ€™s fair time

The La Plata County Fair continues through Sunday, August 11. For more information, visit http://co.laplata.co.us/departments_officials/general_services/fairgrounds/county_fair. ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News