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February 4, 2023
La Plata County commissioners toured the La Plata County Jail on Tuesday where they received an overall report of jail-related issues, which include new security measures, inmate transportation challe...
December 30, 2022
If the narrative of 2020 was dominated by the emergence COVID-19 and 2021 was cast as a period of slow but sure recovery, the story of Southwest Colorado in 2022 may be filed away as a year of transit...
December 14, 2022
During his four decades in law enforcement Capt. Ed Aber of the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has seen more death and trauma than most people will see in a lifetime. He lost count of the number of...
September 10, 2022
Mariah Flores, dressed in a cobalt blue graduation gown and cap, beams with the pride of a woman who has just received her GED. This is not just a significant day for her. It’s a significant day for t...
July 16, 2022
Homelessness is not new to Durango. It has existed in some form for decades. Growing up in Durango in the 1970s and 1980s, Ed Aber saw homelessness. It was less visible then, but people would still sl...
April 14, 2022
A Durango man suspected of escaping from the La Plata County Jail and shooting a Farmington Police Department officer will face a federal firearms charge before being prosecuted for the shooting, acco...
March 25, 2022
A man who burglarized numerous homes, escaped from the La Plata County Jail and allegedly had sexual intercourse with a horse was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison. Jonah Barrett-Lesko, 26, de...
March 21, 2022
The pale walls of the La Plata County Jail hold little life. Their beige cinder blocks do little to reveal the humans who live within their thickly coated confines. But in the central hallway leading ...
January 24, 2022
The La Plata County Jail has implemented changes in recent years to address security concerns. Since two inmates escaped in 2021, those efforts have undertaken a new urgency. The La Plata County Sheri...
April 1, 2021
Our View: Jail inmate is grateful for vaccine Durango, Colorado Currently Thu 3% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation 1% chance of precipitation Thursday, April 1, 2021 5:11 AM Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Loading the Español audio player... It’s not every day that the Opinion page editor receives a letter from a jail inmate. But it’s not unusual for incarcerated people to write journalists about their plights, hoping to...