Adoption - The Durango Herald

80 free Polar Express tickets given to foster-adopt families

‘It's a treat for us,’ mom says

DATE: Nov 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County family finds purpose through fostering and adoption

Couple has welcomed nearly 80 children into their home

DATE: Nov 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County Humane Society hosts annual adopt-a-thon Friday and Saturday

Staff hope to free up shelter space for new animals

DATE: Jun 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Foster family, fostering families

New nonprofit seeks to provide basic material belongings to new foster families

DATE: Dec 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Humane society swelled to the seams with cats and dogs in need of good homes

Unprecedented numbers pack the shelter at time when surrenders outnumber adoptions

DATE: Nov 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Foster families climb aboard the Polar Express

Railroad donates a car each year for La Plata County families who participate in program

DATE: Nov 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Meet the Western Slope dads who’ve fostered more than 60 children

Matthew Foster and his husband, Jared Prochnow, have overcome loss and discrimination to give others a better life

DATE: Apr 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Bayfield family opens home, hearts to children in need

Colorado adoptive families to be honored for National Adoption Month

DATE: Nov 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Family in Ignacio becomes whole through adoption

Pierces embrace wider family dynamic by fostering children

DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Foster Care celebrates with its families

La Plata County Foster Care/Adoption Program, a program through the La Plata County Human Services Department, celebrated its children and families with an entertainment-packed Christmas par...

DATE: Dec 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Providing a lift to kids

County’s foster and adoption program always on lookout for families

DATE: Dec 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News