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LPEA names interim CEO

A 42-year veteran of LPEA, Gregg began his career as an equipment operator with the cooperative. He held several positions…

Fires out, smoke coming from Utah

Over the past 10 days, Durango Interagency Fire Dispatch Center has mobilized firefighting response to 68 wildfires on federal lands…

Pine River Library asks, ‘What’s next?’

garden, bees, tropical frogs, and more

Pine River Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, July 18 – Salad bar, brats and sauerkraut, scalloped potatoes, green beans, rye roll, apricots. Wednesday, July 23 –…

Bayfield trustees review draft highway access plan

The plan “sets the stage for our own land use planning,” Town Manager Chris La May said. “It creates this…

Art studio expands in Gem Village

Festival 'exploding' tomorrow

Calendar of Events

Free pie night! The Patio in Ignacio, 563-9571. SATURDAY, JULY 19 Bayfield Farmers Market begins, 8:30 until noon, Roadside Park.…

Lila June Barnett

Mrs. Barnett was born Feb. 28, 1929 in Wheeling, W.V., the daughter of Herbert and Hannah Miller. June was one…

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…