January 2013

Not-so-pleasant chat goes back and forth between Ignacio's Elco Garcia (left) and Dallas’-based Azerbaijan-born Rahman Yusubov, after Garcia won by TKO in the seventh of eight junior-middleweight rounds in the main event at

Wed Jan 30th, 2013

Garcia gets it done in seventh

Dancers made their way through Fort Lewis College’s Native American Center following the unveiling of the center’s recently commissioned totem pole. The pole recognizes and celebrates the hundreds of Alaska Native students at the college as well as the diversity of the campus as a whole. Bringing the community together on Wednesday, Jan. 16 were the Git Hoan dancers and David Boxley of the Tsimshian people, who carved the elaborate totem.

Wed Jan 30th, 2013

New totem pole at FLC celebrates Alaska Natives

Tom Johnson (left), head of the Southern Ute Environmental Programs Division, meets with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe/State of Colorado Commission in Ignacio on Wednesday, Jan. 9.

Tue Jan 29th, 2013

Tribe-state commission meets on air quality issues

T’Liela Tallbird

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Bobcats of the month: Jan. 25, 2013

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Students of the month: Jan. 25, 2013

Students test out electrical patterns during the annual Little Shop of Physics science presentation from Fort Collins, Colo.

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Little Shop of Physics

Volunteers from each class stepped up to try their skills at limbo, including Zachariah Red, a student from the Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy.

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

African Acrobats dazzle in Head Start gym

Southern Ute elder Marge Barry was among the participants carefully cutting patterns out of cloth.

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Making quilts

Ignacio junior guard Antonio Torres catches Ridgway freshman Hasten Beamer slipping near midcourt and relieves him of possession, starting a Bobcat breakaway the other way during JV action Jan. 19 inside IHS Gymnasium. By head coach Tim Velasquez’s recollection afterwards, the 46-29 victory was his team’s second in the 2012-13 season to date, and preceded the varsity’s 51-41 triumph over the Demons later that night.

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Ignacio JV Basketball Action

Ignacio sophomore Adison Jones (33) fights with 4A Farmington, N.M., Piedra Vista junior Isaiah Valdez (25) for possession on Day 2 of the 2013 “Rumble in ‘The Jungle,’” hosted Jan. 10-12 by Aztec, N.M., inside its Lillywhite Gymnasium. Ignacio fell to the Panthers 55-38, but would make convincing amends the following afternoon.

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Ignacio Varsity Basketball Tournament Action

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Ignacio matmen take 12th in Salida

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Ridgway Demons dropped in Ignacio

Ignacio senior Valerie Armstrong (20) splits two Ridgway defenders, including sophomore Rane Dickerson (4), during SJBL battle Saturday, Jan. 19 inside IHS Gymnasium. The Lady Bobcats defeated the Lady Demons 42-28, moving to 2-0 in league and 5-5 overall.

Fri Jan 25th, 2013

Lady Cats roll past Ridgway

Fri Jan 11th, 2013

Obituary Notice for Manuel Myore, Jr.

Fri Jan 11th, 2013

Culture Dept. thanks