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Southwest Colorado in ‘Stage 1’ fire restrictions

On a day where people in Durango woke up to hazy skies and the smell of smoke, all of Southwest Colorado entered the first stage of fire restrictions as a result of high fire danger across t...

DATE: May 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County installs public art at fairgrounds

Steel horses were donated by current and former residents

DATE: Apr 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County Planning Commission endorses development on 700 acres east of Durango

Land approved for commercial, residential projects

DATE: Apr 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County to discuss process for revising land-use code, district plans

Meeting to address timeline for achieving goals

DATE: Apr 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dry winter, spring winds deliver high-risk fire conditions to Southwest Colorado

By Megan Graham As we welcome the warmer, drier, windier months that characterize spring in Southwest Colorado, this spring also brings with it an air of caution and concern for t...

DATE: Apr 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

La Plata County Planning Commission postpones vote on proposal for high-density listing

Family wants to reclassify nearly 50 acres as mixed-use south of Durango

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Vallecito residents debate future of ATV use

Rental company’s effort to expand sparks discussion about economy, environment

DATE: Apr 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animal Protection may be tapped to help curb human-bear conflicts

La Plata County commissioners seek to enforce rules on the books

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

County sets it straight with leaning flagpole

What’s with the listing flagpole at the La Plata County Administration Building at East Second Avenue and 11th Street? The flagpole has been that way since the building opened. Does it imply...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Neighbors oppose high-density development in Animas Valley

Developer says project would provide affordable housing

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County fires Texas firm contracted to rewrite land-use codes

Draft of regulations sparked outcry that company ‘missed the mark’

DATE: Mar 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

As budget shrinks, La Plata County will not fill 19 positions

Property tax revenues down 50 percent in last seven years

DATE: Mar 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News