La Plata County government - The Durango Herald

New county administration building opens

$3.9 million remodel completed

DATE: Jun 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Smartphone voting isn’t ready

Technology isn’t yet ready to allow voting on your smartphone, Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams said Tuesday during a visit to Durango. “Right now, the technology isn’t ...

DATE: Jun 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Clerk’s offices will close briefly Monday

To help run a statewide conference, the La Plata County Clerk and Recorder’s Office will be closed to the public from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday. Three branch offices will be closed – t...

DATE: Jun 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Infrastructure examined in county comp plan

The new La Plata County Comprehensive Plan could lay out general guidance for many aspects of infrastructure lacking in the current plan. The 2001 version of the plan addressed o...

DATE: Jun 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County poll: Safety needs spur support for tax hikes

Safety could be the most compelling argument for a countywide property-tax increase to fund roads and bridges. But the campaign for a tax could be derailed if the infrastructure g...

DATE: Jun 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

More reports of elder abuse investigated

Human services seeing results from mandatory reporting law

DATE: May 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gas-revenue predictions bleak in 2017

Current declining prices could hurt the budget

DATE: May 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Take a tour of our region’s cemeteries

County’s second annual event to drive through Bayfield, Ignacio

DATE: May 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County water in decline

Infrastructure needed in region

DATE: Apr 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

County tightens driveway standards

Move taken to aid firefighting response

DATE: Apr 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nipping a weed issue in the bud

Oxeye daisies along roads to be targeted

DATE: Mar 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animal protection has new director

Gary Skiba, a six-month employee in the animal protection division of the La Plata County Humane Society, has been appointed to head the division. Skiba replaces Jon Plata, who re...

DATE: Mar 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News