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The ice fishing tournament at Vallecito Reservoir completed its fifth year Saturday with a 5-pound catch and 153 participants from around the country. Competitors arrived early to attempt to snare...
DATE: Feb. 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Vallecito Conservation and Sporting Association held its fifth annual ice fishing tournament Saturday, resulting in some winning catches and disputed results. The ice fishing tournament is the...
DATE: Feb. 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Heavy snow the past few days has caused a host of headaches for La Plata Electric Association as it strives to keep the power on. Hillary Knox, spokeswoman for LPEA, said outages started around 6...
DATE: Feb. 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, which covers 265 square miles of eastern La Plata County, plans to open a public vaccination center in the next two weeks. The fire district has been...
DATE: Jan. 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
In a quick turnaround, Bayfield distributed $150,000 in federal coronavirus relief money to local businesses – a recovery effort that brought some business owners to tears. Businesses have been hit...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
After years of dispute about jurisdiction, an agreement has been reached that will allow Nordic skiing to return to Vallecito Reservoir in full, which is expected to take effect this winter. For...
DATE: Dec. 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A pizza shop became a classroom. A sit-in smokehouse opened a drive-thru window. And an upscale dining establishment began offering carryout service. After spending most of their first year...
DATE: Dec. 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A Sunday morning fire in Vallecito severely damaged the home of Durango Police Department Cadet Levi Bobian, but the department and the community are rallying to help him and his wife, Erin. Police...
DATE: Dec. 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Smoke detectors helped save a couple from an Sunday morning house fire in Vallecito. The couple was asleep when the smoke detector alerted them to a well-advanced fire in the attic that was...
DATE: Dec. 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Residents of Forest Lakes subdivision north of Bayfield voted to construct a new $370,000 office building in the district, according to unofficial results Tuesday. About 55% of voters in the...
DATE: Nov. 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
The long-awaited trial for Mark Redwine, a Vallecito man accused of killing his 13-year-old son, Dylan, in 2012, begins Thursday. The homicide trial is perhaps the most high-profile case in...
DATE: Oct. 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
Mark Redwine’s defense attorneys tried once again Thursday to delay the Vallecito man’s upcoming trial – to no avail. Redwine, who is accused of killing his 13-year-old son, Dylan, in 2012, is on...
DATE: Oct. 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News