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VALLEY IN BRIEF

The Pine River Youth Baseball 9-10 All Stars are raising funds to travel to next week’s state Little League tournament…

William O. “Bill” Conlon

CONLON Mr. Conlon was born Dec. 23, 1952 in Lakewood, Ohio, the son of Francis P. and Mary J. Conlon…

Do right by your dog

experts can help with canine behavior problems

Goodsell-Crumbaugh

Geoff Crumbaugh and Chanel Goodsell Chanel is a former resident of Bayfield and graduate of Grand Junction High School. She…

Culinary arts classes coming to Durango in fall

Kathy Tonnessen, executive director of Manna, and Norm Jones, executive dean for SCCC, worked together to design a curriculum which…

On to state!

The Bayfield 9-10 Little League All Stars won the district tournament last week, defeating teams from Ignacio, Cortez and Durango.…

Cattlemen gather for annual picnic

The Blotter

Wednesday 3:46 p.m. A woman was arrested for shoplifting at Walmart, 1155 South Camino del Rio. 8:24 p.m. Someone called…

Dayplanner Friday

Outdoor Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Outdoor Amphitheater next to the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.,…

Youths give back

participate in service project in El Salvador

Local Briefs

The city of Durango provides community support funding to local nonprofit agencies every year. Applications for community support funding for…

Happy birthday, San Juan Skyway

The Skyway, which encompasses the famously beautiful and, at points, famously terrifying Million Dollar Highway, stretches 236 miles in a…

Local gas prices buck national trend

flat here, at three-month low nationwide

These scrappy pooches looking for some TLC

society looking for donations to help with vet care

T-bone crash on South Camino

Traffic was blocked about 2 p.m. Thursday after a T-bone crash on South Camino del Rio near Santa Rita Drive.…

Google taking 360s of local businesses

The “See Inside” feature will allow potential customers to tour businesses through photographs for distribution on Google Maps. The virtual…

9-R gets $114,272 check

Fundraising campaign helps schools

LPEA seeks changes in editorial content

members to start contributing articles to industry magazine

Deputy’s bullet hits man’s condo at Edgemont

Resident questions why he wasn’t notified earlier

Utah fires bring haze to Western Slope skies

There are no large wildfires in western Colorado at this time. The jet stream pushing the smoke is expected to…

Risking the herd

Contagious diseases on the rise in La Plata County, and vaccination naysayers may be compounding the problem

Residents challenge smart meters

Springs group willing to take it to court

Forest refuge

Veterans see tough jobs in backcountry as ideal transition back to civilian life

Southern Utes christen deep-water energy system

Floating production facility part of $2B project

Dayplanner Thursday

Durango High Noon Rotary meeting, noon, DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio, www.durangohighnoonrotary.com. Kiwanis Club of Durango meeting, noon, Durango…

The Blotter

Tuesday 7:43 p.m. A man and a woman were reportedly on the sidewalk in front of the Durango Toy Depot…

La Plata Electric names an insider as its interim CEO

Gregg to fill bill until replacement named for Greg Munro

Equineicure

Farrier Danny Murphy visits Rapp Corral once a week to care for the corral’s 40 horses, said owner Anne Rapp.…

Local Briefs

Local historian John Porco will talk about the former Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad and the line that ran…

Durango to Grand Junction bus off and running

The bus stops in Mancos, Cortez, Dolores, Rico, Telluride, Placerville, Ridgway, Montrose and Delta. A return bus leaves Grand Junction…