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Boys & Girls Club turns 7 with party

The nonprofit will host a superhero-themed anniversary party from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Double Tree Hotel,…

Missing man’s body discovered

foul play suspected

Betty Abernathy

Betty Abernathy She was born April 1, 1930, in Nevada, Mo., one of two children of Vernon and Miriam Robins.…

Valley in Brief

A limited number of vendor spaces are available for the Pine River Seniors holiday arts and crafts fair on Saturday,…

One person dead in early morning crash east of Bayfield

catches fire in semi-truck

Brown wants State House seat back

debating for District 59 representative

State oil and gas task force to meet in Durango

Gov. John Hickenlooper created the task force to look at oil and gas regulations as an alternative to several pro-…

Upper Pine chief testifies at Congress

Proposal would cut Medicare costs, he says

New rehearsal, performance spaces added at BHS

Enhanced security, new gym among new features

Calendar of Events

Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, 749-2995 FRIDAY, OCT. 3 Bayfield Homecoming, parade at 2 p.m. on Mill Street, football game at…

Bennett Cloud Thompson

Mr. Thompson was born March 2, 1936 in Ignacio, the son of George and Lucy Cloud Thompson.   Bennett attended the…

Bayfield celebrates autumn with Heritage Days

Morlan celebrates 25 years at Region 9

Ed Morlan Laura Lewis Marchino, assistant director, said Morlan is a strategic, “out-of the box,” big picture thinker and collaborator.…

CBI launches new cold case website

unsolved cases in Durango, La Plata County

Dam gets dedicated

Reservoir named for rancher Bobby K. Taylor

Local Briefs

The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Erica Olsen at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Methodist Church,…

Cowboy tunes

Gary Allegretto, founder of Harmonikids, demonstrates his skills for St. Columba School fifth-grade students Thursday. Students learned how to play…

Roberts prepares for 2nd term

Unopposed Republican would like to focus on resources and feds

40 and still in college

Bryant Liggett, standing, finishes a stint on air and makes way for Shawn Fergusson, host of “The Trading Post” at…

Dayplanner Friday

Sunrise Yoga, 7-8 a.m. and 8:15-9:15 a.m., Boys and Girls Club of La Plata County, 2750 Main Ave., $5, 259-0385.…

The Blotter

Wednesday 3:49 p.m. A suspicious man with facial tattoos and a trench coat was standing by Animas Herbal Wellness Center,…

Scammers posing as LPEA workers

LPEA customers are told that a serviceman is on the way to disconnect a customer’s power unless the bill is…

Grant aids students with disabilities

is connecting with community

Study: Red Arrow is safe

Cleanup of Mancos gold mill is deemed a success