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Upper Pine pulls car out of wet landing

A driver escaped with non-life-threatening injuries after plunging into a private pond early Sunday near Vallecito. The incident was reported at 1:31 a.m. just west of Vallecito C...

Report of smoke north of Bayfield

According to the scanner, Upper Pine Fire Protection District answered a call to a report of smoke north of Bayfield at about 8:15 p.m. Thursday. The smoke, which appeared to be i...

Possible structure fire in Bayfield

Upper Pine Fire Protection District en route

Rollover reported east of Bayfield

Law enforcement and emergency services responded to a rollover accident about eight miles east of Bayfield on U.S. Highway 160 at about 8:35 p.m. Friday. Trooper Josh Lewis with t...

Falls by senior citizens a growing problem in La Plata County

Falls by elderly No. 1 injury cause in Southwest Colorado

Fawn rescued from drowning

Animal swam in Vallecito Lake

Fire district volunteers crucial, hard to find

Durango Fire leans heavily on them; rural districts lose help

3 house fires keep firefighters busy

The first decent snowstorm of the season in La Plata County was followed by three house fires on Sunday, with chimneys and stovepipes to blame for two of the blazes. Authorities f...

Two escape from morning house fire

Smoke detectors and quick response by the Upper Pine River Fire Protection District prevented a disaster early Monday. Upper Pine firefighters were paged at 2:34 a.m. for a house ...

Firefighters responded to controlled burn

At about 4:05 p.m., firefighters were called out to a possible structure fire in the 11000 block of Colorado Highway 172. Los Pinos Fire Protection District responded and found it...