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Santa Paws is coming to town

Chris Nelson, director of the La Plata County Humane Society, poses for a picture holding Juliet Whitfield’s Jack Russell terriers…

Report says state loses out on wasted gas

A report from Taxpayers for Common Sense estimates that Colorado has lost millions in royalties because of the production practice…

Iron Horse rolls out

Wolf Creek Pass reopened

Wolf Creek Pass was closed Friday morning while the Colorado Department of Transportation conducted avalanche control work.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald file…

Warming up for Noel Night

DHS student program for needy

Starting Wednesday and through Saturday, food, books, toys and toiletry items may be left at the school. The beneficiaries of…

NASA’s Orion lands with ‘bullseye’ splashdown

NASA’s Orion spacecraft lifts off from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral AIr Force Station in Florida. The new spacecraft…

Obama taps Pentagon veteran Carter to lead DOD

President Barack Obama said on Friday his nominee to head the Defense Department, Ashton Carter, will need to make “smart…

Residents escape early morning house fire in Bayfield

Upper Pine was paged at around 2:34 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1 for a fire at 22 S. Los Pinos…

Bayfield trustees approve $10.4 million budget for 2015

The $10.4 million total appropriated for 2015 includes an assortment of transfers between funds, meaning those amounts are counted twice…

CDOT shows new preferred link to Hwy 550 south

house draws good-sized crowd

Local news briefs

Ignacio’s Taste of Christmas, the monthly First Friday activities, and the Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center fundraiser are all today.…

LPEA board sets ‘smart meter’ opt out fee

Comment period now open

Work beginning on new grocery store in Ignacio

The demolition went “very smoothly” and was actually a bit ahead of schedule, Cindy Swanemyr said this week. Work has…

Students create issue art

IHS grad receives national FFA award

Amanda Witcher receiving her American FFA Degree in Louisville, Kentucky.Courtesy photo Witcher received the American FFA Degree. The degree is…

Holiday events fill Pine River Valley

The Christmas Shoppe at Lewis True Value Mercantile is a popular stop for visitors and locals every Christmas.FILE PHOTO BY…

Local chambers planning for 2015

The group’s annual Christmas party will be hosted by Pine River Valley Bank from 5:30 to 7 p.m. All Bayfield-area…

Calendar of Events

Ignacio Taste of Christmas, 5 to 7 p.m. Ignacio Community Library, 563-9287. SATURDAY, DEC. 6 St. Nicholas Day benefit Pilates…

European health technique comes to Bayfield

Pilates studio to hold benefit event tomorrow

Firefighters called south of Durango to douse blaze

can stay in mobile home

Tough enough?

sentences extend far beyond guidelines, judges

Rape kits hard to find for students

Colleges: Costs too high for offering exams on campus

Healing. Remembering.

Hospice of Mercy held a remembrance service Thursday for families that lost loved ones at Mercy Regional Medical Center. Kati…