The first human case of West Nile virus in La Plata County was reported to the La Plata County Health Department in July, ...

The first case of West Nile virus in La Plata County in 2025 was reported to La Plata County Public Health Department in July ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. — Evacuations have been lifted for one of the two wildfires that started Saturday in La Plata County ...

Colorado officials issued evacuation orders for some residents in La Plata County on Saturday due to two wildfires burning in ...

Edward Aber resigned last year while being investigated for sexual harassment of his colleagues and unlawful sexual contact ...

On the evening of July 26, 2025, a devastating head-on collision occurred on Maryland Route 6, known locally as Charles ...

Two longtime nonprofits providing music education in La Plata County are combining forces. Durango-based Stillwater Music, ...

Tourism to La Plata County, including international travel, is on the decline, according to the city of Durango. Based on ...

In January 2021, La Plata County Court Judge Anne K. Woods presided over an emotionally fraught sentencing hearing: Preston Edward Pitcher, a church leader, pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor offenses ...

Five months later, in the original La Plata County case, District Court Judge Suzanne F. Carlson issued an order once again confirming the county's legal land-use authority applied.

He won in a blue wave election year for Colorado, earning about 4,000 more votes in La Plata County than his opponent. (He lost neighboring Montezuma, Colorado’s only other orphan county.) In March, ...