When Lewis-Arriola teacher Alison Robinson sees garbage, she sees creative opportunity and a chance to teach about the virtues of recycling. She passed that lesson on to her fifth-grade cla...

This weekend, Small Business Saturday will give Cortez shoppers an opportunity to see the diverse amount of local businesses in town, said Mark Drudge, of the Cortez Retail Enhancement Association. ...

We would like to thank everyone for all of the thoughtful outreach of support and help that you have so graciously given to us from meals, messages, cards, letters and visits. Your everyday loving tho...

La Plata County Humane Society Buster your well-trained dog spends most of his day home alone, sleeping. You arrive home from work, school or wherever you spend your day, and Bu...

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