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Strummin’ away the afternoon

The Tyller Gummersall Band played a free concert at Buckley Park on Thursday evening as part of the Concert Hall…

Independent voters deserve voice in Colorado primary elections

The U.S. Constitution and the Colorado Constitution both guarantee “freedom of association” – the freedom to associate with whom we…

Senior Center lunch menus

Friday, July 4 — Senior Center closed. Wednesday, July 9 – Lemon baked fish, oven browned potatoes, peas and carrots,…

Local food, dead trees, horse activities = economic development?

Most of the participants at the June 25 session had also attended a previous economic development session as well as…

Be careful with fire this weekend

No fire restrictions were in place for the San Juan National Forest as of June 30. Fire restrictions on the…

Fireworks don’t just happen by themselves

Serious volunteer effort involved for local celebrations

Supreme Court decision on birth control is ridiculous

Chris O’Shea Heydinger Bayfield

Barbara A. Sower-Luebchow

LUEBCHOWdu1-i-syn Barbara was born Jan. 7, 1945 in Chicago and was soon adopted as the daughter of Kenneth and Laura…

Pine River Chiropractic welcomes new massage therapist

Carpenter opening cosmetology business in new office

Parade route ending at Bayfield Parkway

The parade officially ends at the intersection of Mill Street and Bayfield Parkway, according to Bayfield Parks and Recreation staff.…

Calendar of Events

Independence Day! Lots of activities in Bayfield, Durango and Vallecito. THURSDAY, JULY 10 Bayfield Chamber of Commerce, 5:30 p.m. at…

Assayii lake fire 98-percent contained

The fire started June 13 in the mountains of the Navajo reservation north of Gallup. Smoke from the fire arrived…

Time to get wet during hot summer

Dr. Dennis B. McAfee

Please bring food to share and a chair.  

VALLEY IN BRIEF

Astronomer Kevin Manning, a former consultant with NASA, will discuss “Astronomy for Everyone” at 1 p.m. Friday, July 11, at…

Obama: America’s journey to equal rights continues

Fifty years ago Wednesday, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in the East Room of the White House…

Cleanup set to begin at ‘Atomic Man’ site

Specially trained and equipped workers will begin cleaning up this contaminated room at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation this summer. The…

Killing spurs new tensions

Palestinians clashed with police in east Jerusalem after an Arab teen was kidnapped and a burned body was found. Palestinians…

World Briefs

LONDON – British data protection authorities are investigating revelations that Facebook conducted a psychological experiment on its users. The Information…

Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Intelligence officials are concerned about a new al-Qaida effort to create a bomb that would go undetected through…

Most states remain at a loss for jobs

An oil truck sits in a dirt lot near a new housing development in Watford City, N.D. Thanks to the…

FBI seeks victims of child rape after suspect dies

This undated photo released by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Department in Georgia shows Matthew Coniglio’s personal effects, including one of…

A diamond in the rough

Durango’s Dream League finishes its first season

The Blotter

Tuesday 1:10 p.m. A man was reportedly flashing women at the Durango Transit Center, 250 West Eighth Street. 4:11 p.m.…