Bayfield News

The Bayfield Town Board voted 6-0 on Tuesday to join the Regional Housing Alliance of La Plata County, an intergovernmental entity that coordinates countywide efforts to provide affordable housing.

Relentlessly escalating gas prices are prompting area commuters to make significant changes in their daily routines - and could force them to make some tough decisions should the trend continue.

It wasn't long ago that the Fourth of July in Durango didn't look much different from any other summer day until the sun went down.

La Plata County commissioners will be paying visits to their fellow elected officials in the region during the next couple of weeks to seek their support for a federal courthouse in Durango.

Four years after its inception, the Regional Housing Alliance of La Plata County is welcoming Bayfield into its folds.

Pagosa Springs Arts Council's fifth annual Juried Art Exhibition, Tuesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m., through July 8, 315 Hermosa Street , Pagosa Springs, 264-5020. The Pagosa Springs Arts Council opened its fifth ...

Four men were transported to Mercy Regional Medical Center with minor injuries Wednesday after they were involved in a two-car, "T-bone" accident on U.S. Highway 160 west of the Hesperus Ski Area.

Jule Skoglund, the former principal of Excel Charter School in Durango, has been hired as the new education director at REACH, or Resource, Enrichment and Academic Choices, an alternative school program in ...

Building in Durango has slowed considerably this year as developers react to a bruising real-estate market.

A Colorado Division of Wildlife officer has killed a bear in Bayfield that entered the same house twice.

An old barn and a vacant house burned to the ground Tuesday southeast of Elmore's Corner.

A Bayfield man suffered life-threatening injuries Thursday night in a single-car accident just north of Bayfield.

Here's an update on efforts to form the proposed La Plata/Archuleta Water District, from The Pine River Times .

Beginning Monday, commuters between Bayfield and Durango can expect significant traffic delays while road crews work on two separate projects on U.S. Highway 160.

Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law Thursday a bill crafted by students in Southwest Colorado.

A federal judge has given hope to landowners and La Plata County officials with his preliminary ruling in an oil company's lawsuit against the developer of a proposed Bayfield subdivision.

An Ignacio woman was killed in a head-on accident Wednesday on Colorado Highway 172, east of Oxford.

Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien touted the Ritter administration's education plan during a visit to Durango on Thursday.

La Plata County is mulling new restrictions on the oil and gas and construction industries until the extreme fire danger passes.