Community residents had an opportunity to see where their money went during an open house from 1-5 Saturday at the Carlsbad High School collision and auto mechanics shop.

Courtesy Photo Local farmer Ryan Riggs spotted this black bear in his hay field southwest of Torrington on Wednesday afternoon.

In 2005, Brett Parson, then a sergeant with Washington's Metropolitan Police Department, headed down to Key West to catch the end of a national conference for GLBT criminal-justice professionals.