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The cost of recycling

Durango looks to county to help offset expense

Young fans, stay seated

district to enforce rule at games

The Blotter

Friday 4:13 a.m. Someone called the police to report his or her neighbor was doing methamphetamines at the Four Winds…

Local Briefs

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds motorists to be on the lookout for migrating wildlife. Fall is breeding season for elk,…

Updated ballot tallies released

20% returned in La Plata County

Public library remodels teen section

Upgrades will allow students to plug in, recharge, tune out

Debate topic turns to Lachelt

Commissioner a focus between guv, Beauprez

Local parks all organic no longer?

Brookside Park infested with about 50% weeds

City Span TV moves to digital channel

Charter cable customers must now have set top boxes for each TV in their home to view Charter programming. People…

Wife of slain prisons chief speaks out

Clements demands Bob Beauprez quit using her family’s tragedy as fodder

Pine River Seniors giving back

Vicki Mozgai, Joyce and George Knoll, Loraine Sufficool, Candy Gerber (background) and Carole McWilliams received donations for their civic groups…

September births at mercy regional medical center

Tiffany & Matthew Heaston, Bayfield, Wesley Alan, 7lbs. 3oz, 11:36 a.m., September 30, 2014

Wolverines 4th at state

The state Marching Band finals were cancelled Oct. 27 because of sleet and snow in Denver.<br><br>The Marching Wolverines took fourth…

Robert Charles “Bob” Cooper

Bob Cooper Bob was born on March 25, 1950 to Bernerd Mack and Alma Chrysella (Parks) Cooper. Bob was the…

Halloween events start tomorrow

No, it's not a Charlie Brown cartoon, it's the Great Pumpkin Chase! The second annual event is at 10 a.m.…

Alliance: jobs growing in La Plata county

Largest sector is lowest paying

Smith, Begay seek county coroner position

Smith grew up in the county and was an emergency medical technician for the Los Pinos Fire District about 15…

Bayfield sewer rate fairness challenged

resident charged as much as big family

Housing costs a problem in county, RHA says

Median household income in the county is fairly comparable to state and national levels, she said, but the median home…

Local news briefs

The second annual Great Pumpkin Chase starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Momentum 24/7 Fitness in Bayfield Center Plaza. The…

LPEA to give out capital credits in November

The LPEA board approved the refunds at their Oct. 15 meeting. Most credits will be shown on electric bills, but…

Bayfield library hires new director

Shelly Walchak Shelley Walchak was hired following a unanimous vote by the board of trustees, according to Judy London, the…

Reptiles visit students

Calendar of Events

Tailgate barbecue at Bayfield High School, 5 to 7 p.m. before the BHS-Pagosa football game, hosted by BHS boys basketball…