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Dayplanner Saturday

Contractors Yard Sale, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Three Springs, in the park in front of 175 Mercado. Longest Day event, raising…

Digging out from financial aid paperwork

Proposed form would reduce questions from 108 to 2

Are street performers hindering business?

call it loitering; others call it sharing

Gun range is under fire for loud noise

Petitioners: Move La Posta site to more rural location

The Blotter

Friday 12:04 a.m. An intoxicated man was lying on the ground at the Conoco Express Mart, 901 Camino del Rio.…

Local Briefs

The Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society will present Karen Adams at 7 p.m. July 1 at the Methodist…

A Colorado company to watch: FastTrack

FastTrack is one of 50 Colorado businesses to win the award from among more than 1,200 nominees and 106 finalists.…

Local unemployment rate is down in May

The unemployment rate in the county in May was measured at 4.3 percent, a decreased from April’s 4.5 percent. The…

Proud preparation

Jane Betzing with Animas Trading Co., 1015 Main Ave., creates a chalk drawing in front of the business Friday to…

May DUIs/DWAIs

The following are convictions made in May 2014 for driving under the influence with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08 percent…

Nonprofit health facility changes personnel

Jeff Emerson, account executive of large and small group sales in the Grand Junction office, has expanded his territory to…

Hop on a bike, take a walk or catch the bus

Commute Week will kick off today at Durango Farmers Market

Bayfield School Board approves 2014-15 budget

pupil funding better, but...

County plan gets renewed interest

County Commissioners Gwen Lachelt and Julie Westendorff were asked about plan revival at an “On the Road” meeting Monday evening…

Ignacio School Board debates sports priorities

it all about winning?

Free summer meals start in Ignacio

Meals will be served at the new elementary school on County Road 320. Breakfast will be served from 7:45 to…

Roads, emergency communications dominate ‘on the road’ discussion

commissioners meet in Bayfield

New owner expands pet salon in Bayfield

Karista Fogarty has remodeled and renamed Pawsh, the pet supply and grooming store on Mill Street. She's shown here with…

Getting ready for the Fourth

Bayfield Public Works crews were busy last week getting flags and banners up for Flag Day on June 14, as…

Browns celebrating 50th anniversary

Jerry and Carolyn Brown in 1964.du1-i-syn They were married June 19, 1964, in a double wedding at the Church of…

Fire season starting in New Mexico

The Assayii Lake fire has burned more than 13,000 acres in the Navajo Nation between Gallup and Farmington. The fire…

State flowers blooming

Columbines, the state flower of Colorado, are starting to appear in abundance on Mill Street in downtown Bayfield. While these…

Valley in brief

Want to make music and dance around the Pine River Library’s fire pit this summer? The library is hosting three…