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County planning staff continues work on comp plan

Agriculture called 'key' to plan's future

NEWS IN BRIEF

Fox Fire Farms will host its annual Taste of Spring event from 1 to 6 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday.…

Local housing market is busy Home prices up in Bayfield

Numbers of single homes sales in Bayfield are down, but prices are up, according to the Durango Area Association of…

Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, May 15 – Salad bar, corned beef and cabbage, new potatoes, carrots, rye roll, pears. Wednesday, May 20 –…

Mercy earns sixth ‘A’ grade in hospital safety

“Building on our past record of safety, we embarked last year on our journey to become a high reliability organization,…

Still an overall success

Calendar of Events

Taste of Spring at Foxfire Farms, 1 to 6 p.m. Baby animals, live music, tours. Free admission, www.foxfirefarms.com. SATURDAY, MAY…

IHS Choices class finishes year

Members of the Choices class in Ignacio and their horse friends.Courtesy photo The Choices class teaches students skills to use…

Bayfield Education Foundation receives 1st donation

from Southwest Ag to support summer tutoring

A loving farewell

Members of the Crane and Phelps families, along with friends of Aria Crane, released balloons at the 12-year-old's memorial service…

Nigerian army defeats extremist attack

use artillery to repel Boko Haram group

Boehner defends Amtrak funding

House Speaker John Boehner Thursday denied that this week’s Amtrak crash happened because Congress has been cutting the train corporation’s…

World Briefs

DAMASCUS, Syria – A Syrian official on Thursday called on the international community to protect the 2,000-year-old ruins of the…

Nation Briefs

BOSTON – Jurors in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have finished their first full day of deliberations…

Senate clears way for trade-bill vote

adds worker protections

Nepal is struggling to recover

Country ‘not prepared’ for second quake

White House locked down because of drone

apprehended while flying unit in park

Insurance is not a cure-all for all

Study: 1 in 4 people put off medical care because of cost

A beefed-up market

Ranchers benefitting from higher prices, higher demand, but consumers must pay up

Durango’s top educators honored

Each of the eight received $150 from the DEF and a commemorative plaque from The Jewelry Works. A committee composed…

Southwest reservoirs play catch-up

But the precipitation isn’t helping dry downstream states in the Southwest that rely on the Colorado River, which originates in…

Trooper: Driver fell asleep in Hwy. 550 rollover

Jack Youle was driving southbound when he fell asleep and drifted off the right side of the road at 4:46…

Police seek leads in Ignacio robbery

men assault couple in their home

Local Briefs

The Durango Business Improvement District announces a call for entries for the Stars & Stripes Parade set for 6 p.m.…