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La Plata County agriculture producers happy to see rain, but earlier would have been better (opens the original)
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‘It’s too late in the season for this to have been all that helpful,’ rancher says Updated Tuesday, Sep 29, 2026 2:05 PM MT Dispersed rain storms have peppered La Plata County over the past two weeks, providing some much-needed moisture after months of record-breaking heat across Southwest Colorado. The rain will wet the ground that has sat parched for months, which is welcome news for the area’s farmers and ranchers. But with the growing season largely over, the moisture is arriving too late to
La Plata County 2027 proposed budget anticipates continued economic strain (opens the original)
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Draft allocates $126 million in expenditures as revenue expected to remain flat La Plata County is preparing a 2027 budget that would keep expenditures slightly below what the county budgeted for this year as it anticipates relatively flat revenue growth and continued inflationary pressures. County staff presented the preliminary draft budget for 2027 to the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners Wednesday and proposed the allocation of $127 million in total expenditures for next year, ne
Bear that attacked Durango teenager in her room euthanized (opens the original)
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers trapped and killed animal day following attack The bear that broke into a teenage girl’s room in Durango earlier this month was euthanized by Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials the day following the attack. On Sept. 13, a black bear entered the teenager’s room through a window and scratched her on the abdomen before exiting the home. The following day, CPW officials reported the bear had been spotted in another home in the area, before it was trapped and e
Southern Ute Tribe requests removal of 2,500 acres in upcoming oil and gas sale (opens the original)
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Colorado senators ask BLM to engage in meaningful consultation before selling parcels The Southern Ute Indian Tribe says the Bureau of Land Management’s proposal for the upcoming Colorado oil and gas lease sale impedes tribal sovereignty and has the potential to undermine tribal efforts to protect their resources, rights and cultural heritage. In December, the BLM will auction off 113 parcels of land covering about 126,445 acres across the state, including nine parcels within the boundaries of t
La Plata County commissioners oppose measure to increase fentanyl possession sentences (opens the original)
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Proposition 132 amounts to another unfunded mandate for cash-strapped counties, they say Updated Tuesday, Sep 22, 2026 4:49 PM MT Colorado voters will decide in November whether to increase criminal penalties for fentanyl offenses. La Plata County commissioners plan to vote no, arguing the measure’s framing is an inaccurate representation of its material impacts. “Of course we don’t want fentanyl in our communities, but the way this is being done, I think, is really manipulative,” commissioner M
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