Plata County News Today

A potential ballot measure may ask voters in November if they wish to reallocate up to $500,000 annually of lodgers tax revenue collected in the county to address issues such as child care access for ...

La Plata County is searching for a public health director – for the third time. The Board of Health, which oversees the newly jurisdictional La Plata County Public Health, voted Monday to restart the...

La Plata County high school seniors will have a chance to meet with “forward-thinking businesses” and enter the workforce upon graduating in May. Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio high schools are all par...

La Plata County has once again found itself with a singular finalist for the position of public health director after one of its two candidates dropped out of consideration. Tara Hardy, the director o...

Long-awaited construction on County Road 251 – the extension of East 32nd Street between Holly Avenue and East Animas Road (County Road 250) – has begun, slowing traffic to a single lane likely throug...

Sen. Micheal Bennet led 20 senators in calling on President Biden to finalize oil and gas leasing reform in a letter on Thursday. The letter urged the president to finalize the “common-sense reforms” ...

More than $7 million will support 31 forest restoration and wildfire mitigation projects across Colorado, the state announced on Monday.

More than $7 million will support 31 forest restoration and wildfire mitigation projects across Colorado, the state announced on Monday.

Kathy Morris has been a jack of all trades for Durango School District 9-R. At the end of the day, communication with the community and school district staff is the best way to protect students, she ...

North of Sunnyside Elementary on the Florida Mesa, a pump jack bobs in mechanical rhythm. The army green infrastructure is a jarring juxtaposition to a clean, navy blue array of solar panels protrudin...