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VALLEY IN BRIEF

Public comment on draft county policies related to water will be taken by the county Water Advisory Commission (WAC) on…

Youth basketball fills SunUte

Casino, tribe hosting money booth for non-profit groups

Applications due May 1

Calendar of Events

Poor Boy supper, 5 to 7 p.m. Calvary Presbyterian Church in downtown Bayfield. $4 person, $10 family. La Plata-Archuleta Cattlemen…

Police think car crash didn’t cause fatality

bender may have stressed victim

High fashion in Bayfield?

Photographer Rich Miller captures images of wildlife and Colorado scenery. His works have been shown extensively in Durango. He has…

McFarland manslaughter trial: Law officers take stand

Defense says investigation is flawed

Nation & World Briefs

TOPEKA, Kan. – A new Kansas law tells poor families that they can’t use cash assistance from the state to…

Court hears EPA challenge

want to kill proposed rule on coal plant gases

Putin: Economy is improving

If his marathon session in 2014 trumpeted the annexation of Crimea and issues of national pride, this year Putin fielded…

Committee clears two for LPEA board race

Critics say conflicts of interest taint candidates

Man shoots, kills wife’s co-worker

Ferguson later shoots himself

Ignacio Chamber hosting Outdoor Expo May 30-31

deadline is April 20

Rare California condor soars near Dolores

bird missing from Grand Canyon

Springtime in the Rockies

S.W. Colorado sees chance of snow for a couple of days

Newspaper’s role in Capitol stunt examined

Florida postal worker Doug Hughes puts address labels on letters he planned to deliver to members of Congress after he…

FLC professor goes on British radio

Woldemariam originally from Eritrea

Local Briefs

Native Roots Garden Center will host a free class on organic pest control at noon Saturday at 26266 U.S. Highway…

ATV bill driven into study

force would examine allowing them on roads

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

Thursday 4:01 a.m. A blue SUV with the doors open was in the parking lot on the east side of…

Medical marijuana dispensary robbery: Offer extended to father

with son, Joe Griffith charged in pot heist

Financial incentives OK’d for workplace wellness programs

Equal Opportunity Employment Commission Chairwoman Jenny Yang says her agency is trying to “harmonize” federal laws banning discrimination based on…

Homeland chief: Gyrocopter came in ‘under the radar’

Several lawmakers are questioning how Florida Postal Service worker Doug Hughes was able to fly a gyrocopter from Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania,…