BP America Production Co. has reported four spills of produced water at oil and gas facilities in La Plata County since Oct. 28, according to state records, bringing the total to nearly 20 spills...

La Plata County has reported its third death among people who had COVID-19 at the time of death, according to San Juan Basin Public Health. Since May, Colorado has provided two death statistics...

Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, La Plata County is now reporting a total of seven active outbreaks throughout workplaces, restaurants, bars and schools. The Colorado Department of Public Health and...

The Bureau of Land Management is conducting prescribed pile burning in several locations in the Tres Rios Field Office this week. In the Dry Creek Basin area 15 miles southwest of Norwood, the BLM...

Here is a list of COVID-19 testing sites available in La Plata County and the region: Southwest Health System Southwest Memorial Hospital, 1311 North Mildred St., Cortez, offers COVID-19 testing in...

A convoy of cars adorned with American flags and signs paid tribute to veterans Wednesday on Main Avenue in Durango, a scaled-down and COVID-19-friendly version of the annual Veterans Day parade....

Stephen Bass approached Andy Sovick last year with a plan for writing a guide to snowmobile-access skiing around one of the most popular backcountry destinations in Colorado: Buffalo Pass near...

Hundreds of veterans and their supporters turned out for the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Cortez Wednesday afternoon. All the local veteran groups joined in, said organizer and veteran...