Colorado officials issued evacuation orders for some residents in La Plata County on Saturday due to two wildfires burning in ...

The Rim Road fire, on Southern Ute Indian tribal land in southern La Plata County, has burned around 114 acres near oil and ...

Firefighting crews are working to establish containment on two wildfires that started over the weekend, according to incident ...

The Rim Road Fire, located south of Durango, along County Road 318, burns at approximately 112 acres. Evacuations were issued ...

Two wildfires that sparked Saturday in southwestern Colorado have forced several communities across La Plata County to evacuate, according to fire officials.

La Plata County commissioners agreed to sign onto the state’s Opioids Settlement Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday, paving the way for money to combat the opioid crisis in Southwest Colorado.

After years of legal challenges, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that, yes, La Plata County does have to clean up the toxic chemicals seeping out of the Bayfield landfill as required by the state ...

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has charged a former La Plata County jail commander with 117 counts of invasion of privacy after he allegedly viewed and replayed 117 female inmates' strip-search ...

UPDATED: July 22, 2021 at 9:29 AM MDT State and local public health officials are investigating a possible case of plague in a La Plata County resident who died recently.

A former county jail commander in Colorado has been charged with over 100 counts of invasion of privacy for sexual gratification and official misconduct.