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All good dogs go to heaven

Therapy dogs Beep, left, Boo, center, and Bounce received some recognition for their good works as therapy dogs Wednesday at…

The Blotter

Wednesday 2:08 a.m. Neighbors were being loud in a backyard in the 3200 block of West Second Avenue. Police made…

Council unanimously votes to remodel sewer plant

will be asked to approve the debt

Local Briefs

The Old Fort Farm Stand will be open from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday outside the Fort Lewis College Student…

Dayplanner Thursday

La Plata County Commissioner Julie Westendorff will hold office hours, 9-11 a.m., Pine River Library Conference Room, 395 Bayfield Center…

Lights out!

Every once in a while, corporations need a checkup, and when it comes to sign lighting for their stores in…

Federal funding formulas blamed for health-insurance troubles

Cooperatives, feds at odds over cause of possible insurance scramble

Ticket flap hits GOP debate

100 seats available to students at CU

House OKs Tipton’s bank relief bill

Legislation will ease exam costs for many smaller institutions

Wax ’em up!

‘Kennewick Man’ researcher to speak at FLC

Smithsonian anthropologist to give keynote at conference

Dayplanner Wednesday

Kiwanis of the Narrow Gauge meeting, 6:45-7:30 a.m., Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave., 375-0079. Sunrise Yoga adult classes, 7-8…

City supports new mill levy tax increase

Council approves resolution Tuesday

Local Briefs

The La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is seeking members of the community to serve on its Marijuana Local…

La Plata County finances for 2016 take shape

The county has 10 separate funds, including the general fund, road and bridge fund, social services fund, and joint sales…

FLC alum donates $90,000 for new hall

FLC alumnus Chuck Baltzer, who graduated with a degree in geology in 1982, has donated $90,000 to the school. Most…

Guv forms mascot commission

to study eliminating Native American images usage

Code enforcement keeps it tidy

freeing raccoons to dealing with homeless, extension of law enforcement does it all

Marijuana tax question on November ballot

asked to allow Colorado to keep over $66 million

School garden comes to harvest

Weighted down by a bountiful harvest, Animas Valley Elementary School fifth-grader Gabriel Goens carries bins full of fresh produce grown…

Man who stabbed Orio’s bouncer strikes plea deal

faces 10 to 20 years in prison

Trial date set for ATM holdup suspect

Fort Lewis athlete pleads not guilty to charges

DHS suspends 7 cross country runners

Marijuana, alcohol found in hotel room

Farmington man arrested in connection with former Durango woman’s death

50-year-old held on murder charge