Results of a COVID-19 test performed on a La Plata County man after his death had not been completed as of Thursday, according to the Coroner’s Office. The man, identified as a local resident in...

La Plata County Jail is crowded, just the kind of environment public health officials and governments have been warning against for almost a week in an effort to prevent the spread of the...

The trial of Mark Redwine, a Vallecito man accused of killing his 13-year-old son, Dylan, in 2012, has been reset to begin May 26 as the COVID-19 pandemic surges through Colorado and the rest of...

The run on toilet paper was weird enough, but now it’s Everclear? That’s right, the high-potency alcohol has been flying off the shelves of liquor stores in Durango, according to interviews with...

Basin Towing and Repair didn’t know what to do with tens of thousands of pounds of pinto beans it had from last year. Then a pandemic hit. The local business in the past three days has sold about...

Durango will waive late fees for all city utility bills and suspend water and sewer disconnection for missed payments through April 30 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news...

A man in his mid-40s died last week of pneumonia on his second visit to Mercy Regional Medical Center – and now the La Plata County Coroner’s Office says it is awaiting the results of a COVID-19...

Self-quarantine may get a bit easier, at least for a couple of days this week, as a spring storm is expected to drop moisture Wednesday night and Thursday morning in Southwest Colorado. The...

Mercy Regional Medical Center CEO Will McConnell announced Friday through a news release his plans to resign from his position April 10. McConnell has spent the past three years of his decade-long...

Klaus Sonntag knew something wasn’t right. It was Wednesday, March 4, and Sonntag had phoned his son, Benjamin, in Durango from Germany. The two talked every day on the phone, but Ben was about to...

Most people dying of COVID-19 are older, and local long-term care facilities are taking precautions to keep at-risk residents healthy and safe. More than 17% of people living in La Plata County –...