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Alliance to meet Tuesday

Durango Joe’s coffee and pastries from Bread Bakery will be provided. The La Plata Economic Development Alliance, or Alliance, is…

Wine tasting, silent auction tonight for charity

AP Photo/Larry Crowe<br><br>Wine tasting and a silent auction tonight will benefit Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County. Tickets are…

Free transit rides Saturday and Nov. 29

The Durango Transit Trolly is always free.Durango Herald file photo Transit vehicles on the Loop Bus Routes, the on-call Opportunity…

Area reservoir levels stay mostly unchanged

Lemon Reservoir has seen some water level gain in recent months.SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald Lemon Reservoir did see some gain. It…

Longmont hospital joins Centura Health

Mercy Regional Medical Hospital is one of 16 operated and managed by Centura Health.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald Under the agreement, Longmont…

Emergency workers mimic winter emergency

The tabletop exercise, held in conjunction with the Southwest Incident Management Team, pretended the area received 48 inches of snow…

Voters pick new county sheriff, treasurer

voted contrary to some statewide results

Bayfield voters reject sales tax increase, again

The Tuesday night tally showed 448 votes for the increase and 508 votes against the proposal to raise the sales…

Bayfield Education Foundation is in the works

Former Bayfield School Board president Barb Wickman gave an update to the current board on Oct. 28, the general vision…

Surveys going out to Bayfield students, others

to student-driven schedules

Pine River Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, Nov. 7 – Election for Pine River Seniors board of directors – salad bar, baked ham, sweet potatoes, Scandinavian…

Singing for a good cause

Local favorites the Bar D Wranglers are returning to Bayfield Nov. 18 to perform a benefit concert for Aria Crane…

Ghouls, goblins strike for a good cause

Salmon to be given away in Durango

Anyone wanting fish must present a valid 2014 Colorado fishing license. Kokanee are currently being spawned at Lake Nighthorse. The…

Roadhouse Pizza holding grand opening at Billy Goat Saloon

A pepperoni pie from Roadhouse Pizza.Courtesy photo Johnny Bologna has opened Roadhouse Pizza ‘n Wings inside the Billy Goat Saloon.…

VALLEY IN BRIEF

The Pine River Seniors will hold their annual bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Pine River Senior…

Calendar of Events

Southern Ute Indian Tribe general election, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., SunUte Community Center, 563-4789. SATURDAY, NOV. 8 Pine River…

College basketball coming to Ignacio

IHS stars playing on FLC roster

Marine Corps veteran turns to fighting cancer

Bayfield woman still advocating for justice in Dylan Redwine case

Mall owners objecting to hotel proposal

Would-be neighbor questions development

Local Briefs

The San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the lyceum of the Center of Southwest…

The Blotter

Wednesday 10:20 p.m. Someone called the police to report a missing trash bin from the 500 block of East Fifth…

Leftover pumpkins?

High physics students demonstrate trebuchets

Weed-or-feed sign stolen

Kassidy Byington, owner of Kassidy’s Kitchen, stands in front of a comical sign he posted outside of his restaurant on…